why aren't people more consigned. to the 1st d.w.i. . this is the w. news live from berlin scandal in austria chancellor sebastian kurtz pulls the plug on his governing coalition as he calls for snap elections after his vice chancellor is forced to resign amid allegations that he offered a lucrative government contract in exchange for campaign donations to australia's governing conservative coalition's course and shock victory in the country's

election prime minister's top morrison calls the win a miracle after polls ahead of the vote suggested a victory for the opposition labor party also coming up the bundesliga season has come to an end and buying a new car champions for the 7th straight season to be jubilant varian's a list of the trophy in front of the home crowd after beating frank 1st to secure the crown. i'm irish waiter welcome to the show. austria's chance less about kurtz has announced new elections following a corruption scandal involving his deputy he made the decision after his vice chancellor from the far right freedom party apparently offered lucrative government contracts to a potential russian benefactor kurtz's center right people's party has been in the

coalition with the freedom party here's what the chancellor had to say rent its own guns i'm told my goal is a simple one i want to work for our wonderful country not recording to my political beliefs my policies and with the support of the majority of the population. of accounts without any incidents or any scandals. just i believe that right now that's not possible with any other political party freedom party cannot to tie into social democrats conduit and the other parties. to support the government. to clinton. that's why i have proposed to the president that austria hold early elections as soon as possible. a scandal started when a video surfaced purportedly showing vice chancellor hans christian telling an

unnamed russian woman he wanted her to buy a leading austrian newspaper and use it to support his party and the growing pressure resigned on saturday we'll talk to our correspondent in vienna in a moment but 1st this report. is vice chancellor how he did not want to be seen on t.v. . caught on tape apparently soliciting campaign funding and return for government contracts. at a meeting in a villa in a pizza and a party colleague thought they were talking to the niece of a russian oligarch. in addition to legal donations they discussed the possibility of her buying a stake in austria's biggest tabloid to generate favorable coverage ahead of the elections in 2017 but this was a sting and the video was leaked to german media who published it on friday denies any wrongdoing. i know that i spent almost 7 hours it's making it was a d.n.r.

from 5 on to midnight. during the course of this meeting i insisted that being broken. i repeatedly made this very clear. i did not do anything illegal and i never have despite pleading his innocence knew his game was up and he resigned on saturday. and for more on this i'm joined by klaus haas in vienna casserly stop elections are to be expected here but explain exactly why the chancellor had to do this. you're already b. how he said enough is enough and says the last point is video which appears to be really that one adult at the coalition with the free democratic party the write up of history of the record free democratic party didn't really function and not only does. it to acknowledge that the leaders didn't really hold at risk on there were probably still some new and nazis still some of his image in its

people hating immigrants and. so a lot of things happened in those 15 months they approached together because he had to cover something in the one or the other way and if he didn't want to do this any longer as every said. and let's go to a new election. and in the meantime thousands of people were on the streets in vienna today protesting is this what they wanted what were their demands. that a man was exactly this new elections let's clarify who is responsible in the government and who is really taking the aim of responsibility into his political position against reelection. the president of the country austria and said in the evening this is dr austria what we have seen as a video yesterday night be higher shamed of what we are seeing we want to politicians at the helm of the republic which are trustworthy which your and which

is the job they are elected to do and obviously it also doubts about what $63.00 democratic party and the stench that are in your own buildings had done. where does this leave the governing party of us right now. i think. let's hope sits he can just majority last time he was a little bit about 30 percent 31 percent and maybe he can gain a margin of the last 10 percent in the elections to take care of the courts in september of this year next week in the european elections here in austria taking place on sunday really indicate a little bit results in scepter lation goes through i think it was a wise decision to go to the polls and to ask people to walk again and then you can

see what kind of really young men here before and afterwards but this government was not open to the struggling list which one another but there was in turn are struggles more and more and so it was really time to read. a class from past for us in vienna thank you so much you reckon. well the scandal in austria has overshadowed a rally of right wing populist leaders taking place in milan straka was scheduled to speak at the event the leader of the alternative for germany said austria's freedom party were to remain an important partner despite these developments other speakers at the meeting room clear differences in the pen and the netherlands as shared elders there are optimistically predicting historic results for nationalist parties the next week european parliament election of. our correspondent rebecca ritter's attended the gathering in milan earlier we asked her what the main message the leaders had pulled the rallies to drum up support for the alliance which was

look last month the alliance of the european alliance people in nations they are as i just mentioned everything they mention in this speech is something that they they really hope to do they want to get into europe and change it from the inside they're really hoping to bring this their idea is to bring power back to the sovereign nations they believe the process has taken too much away from them and they really want to shake things up they're hoping to unite the far right parties which are currently split into 3 different factions in the parliament they've had moderate success with that a lot of parties have come on board but there is some major ones namely poland's law and justice party and hungry speed dance party they've not signed up yet but they're still trying to make as much of an impact come after the elections next week. analysts take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world former u.s.

vice president joe biden has officially kicked off his campaign for the 2020 presidential elections speaking to supporters in philadelphia he called on democrats to reject the anger and division that have become a hallmark of u.s. politics in recent years. ahead of the keen european parliament elections next week thousands marching more sought to. celebrate poland's membership in the e.u. european council president donald tusk was among those taking part opposition leaders hope to get out the pro e.u. vote poland's conservative government is highly critical of the e.u. and its institutions. in australia there's been a shock result in the national elections prime minister scott morrison conservative coalition has retained office just by trailing in the polls before election day in a victory speech and supporters more morrison called the win a miracle have to conceding defeat opposition leader opposition party leader bill shorten said he

would step down after 6 years at the helm. for his trade is conservatives and their leader this is an unexpectedly sweet victory scott morrison had trailed in every poll since he became prime minister but the former tourism executive has clung on with a tenacious one man campaign successfully concealing divisions among his team and now against the odds morrison has been returned as a stray as prime minister. our government will come together after this night and we will get back to work and that is our task and that is more on the tightening through a straw from one end of the country to the other i said that i was going to burn for you and. it's a night man for a favorite bill shorten for decades he's been seen as a potential leader by labor shorten spent nearly 6 years uniting the divided party he presented a detailed policy plan and campaigned heavily on climate issues that voters

rejected him and now he's quit his post. and i'm proud that we argued what was right. no well. this is what politics should play in our country. politics should be a battle of ideas pre-election polls may have got the result rome but they did predict the continuing success of independence like one time. running on a climate change action platform she won a seat in parliament that had been held by a former conservative prime minister for 25 years. analysts say prime minister scott morrison and his conservative coalition may well need the independent support if they haven't got the numbers to form a majority government so strangely is next parliament may be just as divided and just as turbulent as its 45th. and to sri lanka now where people are marking

10 years as the end of a bloody civil war but victory came at a high price in we'll leave i call where the complicated it's bloody and civilians became trapped between an advancing sri lankan army and the separatist rebels the u.n. believes about 40000 people died here in the final weeks of that war alone. and heading call centers this report from a levi call where thomas gathered to remember their dead yet again this. riser for a loved one she'll never see again others console her they were here and 10 years ago and indiscriminate shelling they were forced onto a tiny patch of land with nowhere to go many were separated from their families as they fled. but my husband went missing and in different directions i ran with my children one way my husband went in another we didn't see each other

after that i tell my children their father is alive and he'll come home one day but in my heart i think he's gone i. she died. using plays as mourners like flames for those who died the u.n. says some 40000 people were killed in the year weeks other reports indicate the death toll is much much higher some survivors saw family members perish before their eyes on able to forget what they witnessed their desperate to remember a relative. these girls were orphaned here a decade ago sister chris shawnee helps care for children without parents she says even the very young remain traumatised when out of the medical exam remember they remember the path their families took his they fled to remember being in a place where so many die they remember parents and the children wanted to come here now not one of the girls didn't want to in the past thinking about

a father the but wanted to be here today. tumbles have come to this remembrance event from all across the country their sorrow but there's also a sense of guilt. a little bit of everyone has dreams i have studied i have a job but the people who died here had dreams too and that's devastating i'm living my life they lost theirs they say it's up to them to memorialize their dead in sri lanka the grief is shared the pain still raw. in the bundesliga by and munich have sealed a 7th straight title after a convincing final day went over thanks much. as the moment they got to lift the bundesliga trophy fiat had their fate in their own hands on the final day and they made no mistake with a 510 victory probably vevey an aryan robin full score their final appearances for

violin and in keeping with tradition coach nico called much was drenched in beer his side and it up 2 points ahead of boca. it's monday. and a reminder of the top story we're following here for you austria's chance for us about it and currents has pulled the plug on his governing coalition and called snap elections as soon as possible after his vice chancellor was forced to resign amid allegations of corruption. in washington is up next you know the world stories so we can report after a short break on my assuage our state. after. we're not here to join. 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. not here

to give the right answers but to ask the right questions. were.