this is t.v. news of live from berlin tens of thousands of people take the streets of europe to protest against far right parties and show their support for the e.u. recent poll showed nash was in populous parties likely to make major gains in european parliament elections which begin on thursday also coming up. austria's president called snap elections after corruption scandal forced the resignation of

the country's far right chance. plus it was the netherlands night at the eurovision song contest. wins the public begins there with his piano case we'll bring you the highlights of this evening. thanks for joining us tens of thousands of people have rallied across europe ahead of upcoming european parliament elections they're protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger you recent polls show parties are likely to do well in the elections which kicked off thursday in britain a show of love for the european union. but tough love. in

cities across europe tens of thousands join pro e.u. an anti nationalist rallies like here in germany urging people to not vote for nationalists but also urging europe to do much better many protesters worry that nationalist parties could make substantial gains across the continent. which didn't notice i think you have to send a signal against nationalism you just have to make it public i don't know if there's anything to stop people from choosing an empty democratic party but we have to show that many are against it and. i think through the european parliament election a signal can already be sent about it and i think it will clearly be against rex's and yes i also hope that the election goes in the direction of centrist parties and to the left and that there isn't a populist advance hundreds of civil society organizations back the rallies calling for better climate change policy and a more humane stance towards migrants but as the 28 e.u. members prepare for next weekend's vote polls suggest their fears are justified

centrist set to lose far right nationalists and n.t.e.u. parties are expected to gain. austria's president has called for fresh elections in early september and made a corruption scandal president alexander vender bell and made the declaration after the scandal brought down the coalition government of conservatives and the far right freedom party the announcement followed the release of video footage showing vice chancellor hines. apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian oligarchs nice in exchange for her backing his party's 2017 election campaign. austrians will be voting for a new parliament but voters will have to wait until at least september transfer sébastien courts and president alexander funded by the agreed to the general election roadmap during talks on sunday. fundable and said ostrich reputation has

been damaged by the actions of the countries now resigned vice chancellor of. the president said the government needs to regain the public's trust. we need to take all necessary steps to repair the reputation of our public officials and government representatives in difficult this this is an issue of national interest as well as of austria standing in the european union and the rest of the world. when your own. chancellor chords also said the government was examining the video and considering taking legal action he said the videos content required careful attention from government investigators. due to the issues raised by the video we need to answer all open questions. they range from abuse of power to possible legal consequences. that question is said to be answered in the coming days during

talks between coats funded belen and the freedom parties designated leader norbert hoffa. vessel is following the story for us from vienna barbara how are people reacting there to essentially the collapse of the government in snap elections. people think a many people think is worse high time because this government has been plagued by scandal after scandal even before even so i gate as they call it here said of course published and sort of really led to this government crisis now that will then in the end they get new elections in september but people really have seen that suppressing kurds the chancellor who has a high popularity personally has been covering up and again and again talking about the freedom party saying i don't like what they're doing i did what i want them to stop this and this is about extreme right wing connections this is about neo

nazi connections and this was sort of like one scandal after the other in austria newspapers and finally it took this last push this even some publication to sort of topple them over the edge but now people really want change and they can name many say here that elections can't come soon enough at a demonstration this afternoon the pro-democracy demonstration pro european demonstration i talked to some people what they want. some kind of resistance towards the current administration and the government is pretty completely corrupt and happy trust that we need a new face absolutely it's an absolute disaster just so you know now we have the chance to change it all for the better the space of that's the only for visas many of very happy about 2 terrible call attention stepping down the. fact that it isn't enough even if the freedom party is removed from the government they've had enough

time to put their people into important positions. so this is far from over. parts of this in the run the people really sound frustrated a new elections are just days away what impact could the scandal have on the freedom party there and far right parties across europe. for the freedom party supposedly this will mean that they will be reduced to their core vote to shift and don't make a mistake they have a lot of supporters in austria so they will shrink but they will still be visible however on the european level it is it has 2 different sort of consequences on the one hand on a national level like in italy in germany or france for instance voters won't be swayed by a scandal in austria particularly because conspiracies theories are already blossoming bot on the other hand strategically what somebody like matusow vini the

italian populous leader wanted is sort of to drag the whole european union to the right to sort of entice conservatives mainstream conservatives to get together and band together with the right wing populist and that will not happen because many are now seeing what happens in austria and they say we can never sort of get too close to them it is really opposing this and it is dangerous politically what some of these people are doing so that dream of jeannie and our there's might not come to fruition but as we've mentioned of course the fresh elections are now set for september but until then the government obviously has to function so how will this scandal affect it. this government will just keep limping on one way or another and the interesting thing is that sebastian cordes who has nominees so quick in reacting to events and sort of sort of likes to talk a lot and pretend to be very decisive can't make up his mind how he wants to do

this does he have the courage to go into a minority government and just say i would sort of be a caretaker till september and then we will see where the my jerk majority lies or does he keep the freedom party in the government and sort of limbs on and drags them along till september which would many people in austria which will many people here find very disappointing and which would turn his his reputation because he has promised a lot big reforms for not for austria and now he really is at the point where he has to make a decision in which direction he wants to go in the future thanks so much barbara faisal. let's turn now to other stories making news around the world a bomb blast has hit a tourist bus near egypt's famed giza pyramids at least 17 people were wounded but no deaths have been reported it's called latest blow to the country's tourism industry which showed signs of recovery after years of political turmoil and

sporadic violence. around 2 thirds of swiss voters have backed tighter gun control in a referendum the question was whether access to semiautomatic weapons should be restricted and more training required for owners switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world. australia's conservative government is celebrating what's being called a miracle victory in national elections opinion polls had all predicted a win for the opposition labor party but it's still unclear whether prime minister scott morrison his coalition will command an outright majority in parliament. polls have closed in the final day of voting in india's general election with 900000000 eligible voters it was the biggest election in the world voting took place in phases so over 6 weeks one of the seats contested on the final day was it's a holy city for hindus and it's where prime minister narendra modi was up for reelection and while he's expected to win his popularity in his constituency has

been dented by a construction project. has this report. the holy city is a piece of paper to much for a devout hindu and consider the spiritual capital of the country. but now and i connick bought of the temple city is in ruins. close to 300 houses some of which dates back to the 17th century have been torn down i. would not stand to. devoted to the hindu gods. on the temples i left standing. the demolitions ought to make way for the cost she quoted daughter and ambitious infrastructure project off prime minister.

represents. when he was elected 5 years ago he promises to modernize the ancient city while preserving its rich culture and headed to bottle michelle grew up in the not only. he down to shop. but when the parties came knocking to tell him to get out he petitioned the high court. but after 15 months of fighting he gave up for what he claims is not enough money and the promise of a new shop in the corridor. the area around the temple has traditionally been a stronghold for more these b.g.p. but now says locals feel that the party is crushing the soul of caution. in the room with what's made the city of shiva the city of modi whatever changes modi wants are happening here. it was the city of temples now it's a city of ruins. the prime minister wants to be directed from the sea.

and the controversy seems to have little impact on his chances. on the campaign trail more he is treated like a celebrity. his stop has been the main draw for the b.g.p. across the country. more the have said that award for the b.g.p. is a vote for him. many will concede no alternative to war thing for the prime minister . even the opposition has speeded to be candidates practically giving him a walkover. hindu nationalism has been a pull for the b j p and the prime minister is counting on this holy cities indorsement to once again be the country. it was a night to remember for the netherlands at the grand final of the eurovision song contest in tel aviv as usual the world's biggest music competition was packed full of glitz and kitsch but also some controversy.

duncan lawrence of the netherlands had been the competition favorite and in the end the book my kids were right words can describe what i'm feeling now i'm feeling so much emotions everything that i wanted to do on stage and it came out. it came out so good and i really felt the song and this is like the result the results combine national jury picks with 5 favorites. because. it leads mahmoud to the 2nd with an up tick number called so. this is the. so ok let's arrest valid knitted up good for russia.

your visions rules forbid mixing music in politics but there's often a sieve of controversy to go with the pop this year icelandic group atari night headlines all openly supporting the palestinian cause and israel's your vision. you're watching the news on michael okuda and we'll be back with more news at the top of the hour zoe stay tuned for shift living in the digital. and action packed life. anythings.