d.w. . place . this is t w news live from berlin tens of thousands of people take to the streets across europe to protest against far right parties and show their support for the new recent polls show nationalist and populist parties are likely to make major gains in european parliament elections which begin this coming thursday also coming up austria's president call snap elections after a corruption scandal forces the resignation of the country's far right vice chancellor. and in tennis rafael nadal proves he's still the king of playing

leading no back djokovic to find his italian open title. thanks for joining us tens of thousands of people have been rallying across europe ahead of the upcoming european parliament elections they're protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger you recent polls show anti e.u. parties are likely to do well in the elections which kick off on 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. and 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. just 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 end to democratic party but we have to show that many are against it and take notice of i think through the european parliament election a signal can already be sent about it breaks it and i think it will clearly be against rex it and yes i also hope that the election goes in the direction of centrist policies 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 $28.00 e.u. members prepare for next weekend's vote poll suggests 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 new elections in early september president aleksander father belen made the declaration after

a corruption scandal brought down the coalition government of conservatives and far and the far right freedom party they now follow the release of video footage taken in 2017 showing the vice chancellor hides questions apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian oligarch sneaks in exchange for her backing his party's election campaign that year. an austrian ritual in the form of bedroom of holy roman emperors maria teresa austria's president and the chancellor announced the election date following the collapse of the governing coalition the vote will be earlier than planned they have plenty of very few i recommend new elections in september. what they didn't mention is where the austrians current cabinet will remain in office until the votes will be replaced with into remissness that includes the controversial fall right into here in minister. we have to hear the most important thing now is to ensure full disclosure of these events. of the videos suspicious details have to

be examined this videos are given to prove to be ardent which might prove tricky with the freedom party led interior ministry there are questions as to how a close party friend can clarify heinz christie instructors misconduct or examine allegations of abuse of office bribery and illegal party financing the opposition is calling for an independent investigation. c is a snortin big i think the investigators should be experts and not members of the ministries involved as ok now i'm did not know that the i'm in this was the freedom party is holding talks at a secret location interior minister kicker is not eager to step down that's according to party sources for political analysts that doesn't come as a surprise. this was kicking pickle is trying to keep his party colleagues motivated it's a sign of the freedom party returning to its defensive siege mentality that's what

the at the experience of that's what killed while conspiracy theories in connection with the ip to video and now making the rounds with the right wing populists but chancellor because we'll probably have to do with the freedom party ministers to get anything done. to stop the dimension of the government's stability can mean a lot of things about the kurds certainly doesn't want to risk an open conflict within the government and don't forget that in 4 months an interior minister can accomplish a lot of his political agenda and minister of to have a good talk and he gets off the big but i get off to the fateful meeting on my beef there were further contacts between a confident of struck and the presumed russian investor that's according to the german daily sued to it should cite. the drunken tale struck a cools it seems unlikely to be a one off misstep in a drunken stupor additional investigations will certainly be necessary. earlier i

spoke to our correspondent who is on the ground in vienna and i asked her how people there are reacting to the government falling apart and the news of snap elections when we heard the president earlier talk about. people losing trust austrians losing trust in politics in their politicians and in political institutions because this is just the end like with a bang office string of scandals that has been plaguing this government and all these scandals came of the source of all these scandals was the right wing populist freedom party so i talked earlier during the day when there was a pro europe and a prague democracy demonstration also in vienna i asked some people what they thought about the situation some kind of resistance towards the current administration the government's pretty completely corrupt and happy trust. we need a new face absolutely it's an absolute disaster. now we have the chance to change it all for the better the suspense of it's the only for visas many of very happy

about 2 terrible politicians stepping down the fish then please but that 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 long the 3 i think we can see and we can hear obviously that people are quite concerned they do want change and some even fear that the rots in austria might be deeper than is even evident at the moment. and these people who we heard from they may be voting in the european elections coming up this week is the scandal going to affect the austrian vote and those elections. it will certainly affect the austrian vote because supposedly the freedom party will be reduced back to its core voters they will be there they will turn out because they believe in

their party and they are dyed in the rule dyed in the wool populist really and conspiracy theories about this even a reading throwing around however we don't know yet how it's about seen cords the prime minister the chancellor here will be fairing and where the opposition party for instance the weekend social democrats or greens or the liberals can sort of gain from the scandal that is yet to be seen but something that is very likely the outcome off the scandal in austria is that this is a warning to european conservatives against going into coalition getting even to close politically was right wing populist parties that had been one of the dreams of the italian league leader material salvini he wanted to sort of get. together we . make this big quasar a coolish in the european parliament and they have been warnings from several

european countries from the netherlands from germany's from conservatives there who said don't do it see austria as a dire warning lot of fast moving developments thanks to bob levey still in vienna for following all of them for us and now let's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world u.s. president donald trump has tweeted a stark warning to tehran writing if iran wants to fight that will be the official end of iran never threatened the united states again the remarks come in response to comments from iran's revolutionary guard saying it is not afraid of war. voting in india's national election has ended and exit polls suggest india's prime minister narendra modi will increase his majority modi focus heavily on national security during the campaign which helped to rally his b.g. the party's hindu nationalist base over 900000000 people were eligible to vote in the world's largest democratic election. 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 their owners switzerland has one of the highest rates of gun ownership in the world. from t.v. president to real life president ukrainian comedian and actor of law to me as alinsky has never held any political office but he did play a president on t.v. and now he's set to actually take office on monday after scoring a landslide victory in last month's presidential election our correspondent nick connelly has this report on what ukrainians are expecting from him. as a result 30 minutes himself he couldn't quite believe 73 percent almost 3 quarters of ukraine potence had put their trust in him as the political year a man who would only announce his intention to run in just a few months before a face familiar to almost all ukrainians from television but someone who had never

been involved in politics let alone run for office. for incumbent petro poroshenko it was a stinging defeat losing to zelinsky in one ukraine's region his pitch to the nation as commander in chief as the man who had kept ukraine in its all meet together in the face of russian aggression had fallen on deaf ears simply a week since his sensational victory selenski is kept out of the limelight making only a handful of appearances most of them on social media as ukraine's parliament squabbled over the timing of the inauguration but what is it the ukrainians who really expected the new president to do. i don't really know what to expect but i'm hoping for the best i've had enough of all the old face and politics. behind me defeats corruption in our country that's the main thing. these are live images that we support alinsky let's see what to expect from him as president hasn't made an

official appearance yet told us what to expect. in his fictional inauguration as president in this series 70 people zelinsky charms his audience by throwing stuffy protocol who bald and refusing to speak will behave like a politician. whether the real presence alinsky will manage to pull off the same feat only time will tell but one thing is already clear he's captured the country's imagination and he won't be the last showbusiness star weighing in on ukraine's politics as the country's most famous rock musician says he too plans to launch a new party. turn into sports now in tennis rafael nadal has defended his italian open title defeating his big rival novak djokovic in the 3 sets a spaniard proves he's still the man to beat on clay but the 2nd major of the year the french open coming up later this month. rafael nadal and

novak djokovic 2 tennis gladiators doing battle on the clay of rome. mental attack from the off dominating a one sided for a set with some big hitting jacket you need of mercy but. i doubt the spaniard took the sat 6 love the 1st time that's happened between the past into the 2nd session joke of each ducking trying to force his way back into the match and then tells the step an opponent. was eventually rewarded for his efforts this hold at the end of the 2nd set paved the way for him to level the match i but that was the high point for the 3rd set mirrored the 1st with more and more mistakes coming from the djokovic track it down eventually beating him into submission. 6 mouthfull 661 victory the king of comedy looking imperious ahead of the french

open mates of this month's. in motor sports mark marquez has extended his championship lead by winning the french moto g.p. at lamont the spaniard started from hole position on his honda and finished 2 seconds ahead of to cut the writer and it's also the victory was marquez's 3rd in the last 4 races as well as honda's 300 in moto g.p. that puts marquez 8 points ahead of italy's 2 of its also in the championship rankings. and a reminder of the top story we're following for you tens of thousands of people have been rallying across europe ahead of the upcoming european parliament elections they're protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger in you feel actions kick off thursday in britain. they're watching d.w. news i'm irish waiter always back with more at the top of the hour for now stay

tuned for the bundesliga with a look back at another winning season for buying munich coming up right after the break thanks so much for being with us. i'm secure in the volume. the time and in the end this for me you are not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers with lions and. what's your story ready. i'm with numbers of women especially of victims of violence.