this is g w news live from berlin scandal in austria can't suppose the bastards pulled the plug on his governing coalition because for example actions after his vice chancellor is forced to resign amid allegations that he offered lucrative government contracts in exchange for campaign donations. and australia the governing conservative coalition scores a shock victory in the country's election prime minister scott morrison calls the wind a miracle after pulled ahead of the vote suggesting a victory for the opposition labor party.

waiter welcome to the show. austria is heading for an early election following a corruption scandal involving the government's junior coalition partner chancellor sebastian kurtz made the decision after his vice chancellor from the far right freedom party apparently offered a lucrative government contract to a prospective russian investor. resigned from his post on saturday. shortly after the vice chancellors resignation thousands of people gathered at the chancellery to express their indignation with the far right freedom party and demand fresh elections and the protesters got what they wanted. chancellor sebastien cool announced the end of his coalition saying the populist

freedom party had finally gone too far i would have to because to go after yesterday's video i must honestly say that enough is enough. the chancellor asked president alexandre funded beland to cold snap elections the president who can just hold parliament back the move and he had strong words for the alleged corrupt deputy. from 2 of the excluder there but the leaders of the republican have broken the trust placed in them this is outrageously disrespectful to the citizens and i cannot tolerate this lack of respect these are they speak to those who care to live here they. this is the video behind the scandal austria's vice chancellor. caught on tape apparently soliciting campaign funding in return for lucrative government contracts at a meeting in a villa on the spanish island of stafford thought he was talking to the niece of a russian oligarch in addition to illegal donations they discussed the possibility

of her buying a stake in austria's biggest tabloid to generate favorable coverage ahead of the 2017 elections but it was a sting and the video was leaked to the media denies any wrongdoing. this is i know that i spent almost 7 hours this mading it was a d.n.r. from 5 am to midnight. during the course of this meeting i insisted that no laws were being broken. i repeatedly made this very clear. i did not do anything illegal and i never have. despite pleading his innocence start a new he had no choice and resigned resignation that has now triggered the collapse of government. and for more on this i'm joined by klaus one of us in vienna klaus released apple actions were 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 radio which appears to be evenly that wanted out as a question with the 3 democratic party the write up in history of the record 3 democratic didn't really function and not only just. had to acknowledge that the leaders didn't really hold at risk on there were partly still some neo nazis still some of his image just simply people hating immigrants and asylum applications so in order to sing 2nd 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 and every said. yeah true and let's go to new elections. 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 eman was exactly this you elections let's clarify who is responsible in the government and who is really

taking the aim of response ability into his political position against reelection. the president of the country. and the said in the running this is dr austria what we have seen in the video yesterday night the higher saying do what you're seeing we want to read politicians at the helm of the republic which i trust to see which into your and which is a job they are elected to do and obviously it also doubts about what's a free and ready party and that's the sense that in your article dana's had done. where does this leave the governing party of us right now. i think. drugs are opes he can just majority last time he was a little bit about 30 percent of the one percent and maybe he can gain

a margin of plus 10 percent in the elections to be taken to the courts in september this year next week in the european elections here in austria taking place on certainly real indicate a little bit red as it's escaped relation goes through i think it was a wise decision to go to the quotes and to ask people to walk again and is and you can see what kind of really young men to be formed afterwards but this government was not open to the struggling with its rather another but there was in turn our struggles more and more and so it didn't really time to read that last fall pass for us in vienna thank you so much you reckon. and the scandal in austria has overshadowed a rally of right wing populist leaders in milan shaka was scheduled to speak at that event the leader for the alternative for germany. said austria's freedom party

would remain an important partner despite these developments the growing movement of populist parties is hoping for a historic result in next week's european parliament elections are willing to see answer the call of italy's far right interior minister also the unique leaders of nationalist parties from 11 european countries beating to win more votes in next weekend's european elections. the rhetoric was anti globalization anti migrant and anti you know that you know what we do not want they see european union that damages europe through globalization globalization that is not regulated is made by slaves and sold to the unemployed there's still no. the league of disparate groups hopes to become the 3rd largest alliance in the european parliament and shape policy making across the european union. meanwhile germany's chancellor anglo-american was in croatia to attend a campaign event

a pro european union gathering of moderate conservatives she warned against supporting far right groups. who tune it will be dismissed when we're dealing with populist movements who want to destroy european values. the ones of the at this includes minorities not being protected fundamental human rights being questioned corruption is playing a role in politics. we have to stand up to them decisively and that is what we will do. to win. in milan the far right party leaders presented a united front but some nationalist groups notably the governing parties of poland and hungary did not attend. an indication that the show of unity may not be so deep . parliament election will reveal how much support they have. and let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world former us 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 year. the head of the key european parliament elections next week thousands marched in warsaw to celebrate poland's membership in the european union and european council president donald tusk was among those taking part opposition leaders hope to get out the pro e.u. but poland's conservative government is highly critical of the e.u. and its institutions. there's been a shock result in australia's national elections prime minister scott morrison conservative coalition has retained office despite trailing in the polls before election day in a victory speech to supporters morrison called the win a miracle and after conceding defeat the leader of the opposition labor party 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 straight as prime minister. our government will come together after this not and we will get back to work and that is our task and that is more on the tightening to a strike from one end of the country to the other i said they're always going to boom for you and all i am. it's a nightmare for savers 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 i am proud that we argued what was right. you know what. this is what politics should play n.l. country. politics should be a battle of ideas. pre-election polls may have got the result wrong but they did predict the continuing success of independents like one time a limp excuse. 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. to sri lanka now where people are marking 10 years since the end of the brutal civil war but victory came at

a high price. where the conflict came to it and civilians became trapped between an advancing sri lankan army and the separatist rebels. das and heading call centers this report from well a couple were thomas gathered to remember their dead. riser for a loved one she'll never see again others console her they were here and 10 years ago heavy 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 me around 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 here come home one day but in my heart i think he's gone i think he died.

music 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 traumatized. when out of a medical exam remember they remember the path their families took his they fled they remember being in a place where so many donate they remember parents and the children wanted to come here now to go to one of the girls didn't want to in the past thinking about to father but wanted to be here today. tom olds have come to this remembrance event

from all across the country there's 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. pop music lovers from around the world have decided that the winner in europe's ultimate pop kitsch extravaganza which this year took place in the israeli coastal city of tel aviv in the lawrence of the netherlands had been the favorite throughout the competition and turned it into a crap convincing victory with his ballot called arcade pop music lovers of all shapes and sizes flew in from around the world for the euro vision song contest and all 26 nations were competing for the honor of being named europe's best pop around the world an estimated 200000000 people tuned in to watch the contest. you're

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