w. . place to. place. blame. this is g.w. news live from berlin in the us marathon election process nears its end and voters cast their ballots and daley and other areas in the poll that could see the governing p.g.p. significantly weakened also coming up. anti-government protests in albania turned violent demonstrators throw molotov cocktails flares and firecrackers as they demand the government resigned and calls for fresh elections. and 70 years after allied planes broke the soviet blockade of west berlin young artists and close ones

from around the world celebrate the anniversary in their own style. and welcome to the show. voters in india have been casting their ballots in the penultimate round of a 7 face general election more than 100000000 people across 7 states were eligible to vote today including the capital delhi election the world's biggest exercise and democracy is being seen as a referendum on prime minister narendra modi and his hand do nationalist. 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 one of the 2 that i do it was a very good fright or 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 fees. but we need to go along we are making we need to do a lot. and we are nobody i have put in democracy. we need the right person to get down to work today from 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 people are going to. the final phase of the election takes place next sunday with the votes tallied on may 23rd. for more on this namath election i'm joined now by our correspondent nimation jives well in delhi the polls have closed now in the 6 election phase how did the day go well because 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 $56.00 seats now falling all across the country like i said was lost because for bottom the state of vesting gold there have been reports of violence of course there are massive security deployments all across the country 60000 security personnel were manning new delhi alone and now we have one feeds to go including be watching in the crew should see

joe barton and see which by minutes in a dream the more the will be fighting him south and not the 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. well from some remained more the is definitely controversial his critics have alleged that he has actually divided the country and supported the rising hindu nationalist rhetoric 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 their budget when he 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 does not to rally as much support as prime minister naji in the more the dark 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 more office years in independence his father his grandmother his create grandfather have all been prime ministers of the country 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 ravi gandhi off the congress and prime minister nouri and 3

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 dual ruled by quotations and many of the original parties could play a role in selecting who the next prime minister will be by deciding who they will support by minute in the regions more the for a 2nd term on the challenger of the gandhi image 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 rahman to resign and call snap elections the violence is the latest in 3 months of anti-government protests albania as a member of nato and a candidate to join the european union. protesters took their grievances and their

molotov cocktails straight to the prime minister's office the opposition democratic party accuses the government of manipulating election results 2 years ago opposition leader lott seemed blames the pace of talks with the e.u. on government corruption the. court did their hits a day to send the 1st and clay a message to prime minister eddie rama we will not allow you to block a road towards europe any more rum i must go. 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.

their search but they were protesting because we're unemployed this is a government of criminals thieves they are corrupt people in the years 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 little to no more of. the e.u. and the us ever urged the opposition to channel its passion into local elections except for the end of 2. that is some of the other stories making news around the world gunmen have killed 6 people in an attack on a catholic church so the attackers set fire to the church and several shops in the northern town of double 0 before looting the local health center it was the latest in a series against of christian church attacks throughout the country. israel has reopened border crossings to gaza allowing goods into the palestinian territory just over a week ago an escalation of violence involving palestinian rocket fire and israeli

air strikes killed up to 30 people a cease fire has largely held monday. for lent is marking the 70th anniversary of the allied airlift that broke the soviet union's blockade of the city 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 less than a year later on may 12th 1949. on the anniversary young artists have come to berlin to find new ways to tell the story. everybody's. 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 left. here

. and this is eddie. white's work of youth 92 years old. 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. 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. 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 with starvation. going to be a. deviation but the western allies responded to a call for help by west berlin mayor and. planes landed every few minutes

a tempelhof airport and edwin shuns helped unload supplies the airlift lasted 11 months this. until the al if the americans and their allies well enemies were there then we had the feeling we were. enemies became our friends. in the. form. 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. edin seans his role in the berlin airlift made a strong impression on them. i think it's important to remember. moments like that because you have to compare it to now it's terms of just they got through

it you know it's horrible. and that's the beauty of this is just of the things because it creates like a resilience. to know 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. to sports now the english premier league season has just ended with reigning champions manchester city retaining the title they hammered right in for one on the final day to win the league again it's the 4th time city have won the premier league and the 2nd under coach pep guardiola they also won the league cup and will compete in the final of the f.a. cup next weekend. lewis hamilton has taken the lead in the formula one drivers

championship after winning the spanish grand prix in barcelona hamilton started the race in 2nd place and successfully over chuck has more say these teammate while terry bought us to cross the finishing line 1st stop on of red ball was 3rd it's hamilton's 3rd victory of the new season drivers have finished 1st and 2nd in every race so far. and tennis novak djokovic is currently playing against us and the madrid open final in the women's event last year is defeated finalist kicky burton's had another crack at the title and this time she came out on top. reggie and focused kiki burtons of the netherlands faced a tough challenge in her quest to win the biggest tide love 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 throw up 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 much 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 i a grandmother from arizona has taken the plunge and fulfilled a lifelong dream rosie johnson 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. collective if it could be helped you were wrong i

had a wonderful calm i'm still alive and in one piece. you're watching d.w. news life from berlin coming up next shift living in the digital age stay tuned for that i'ma call for early for me and the entire team here and berlin thanks for watching. after. all. we're not here to judge but to eliminate prejudices. we're not here to change your opinion but to open some space for different points of view we're not here to speak on behalf of anybody but to let everybody speak for themselves. we're not here to give the right answers but to ask the right questions.