this is t w news coming to you live from berlin he played the president in a t.v. show now he's the president in real life comedian paul on the view sometimes he is sworn in as ukraine's new leader he faces a raft of challenges so what's his plan for the country go live to kiev. after 6 weeks of voting in india this marathon election is finally over it's being called a referendum on prime minister narendra modi so is he headed for a 2nd term. also coming up now the 1st 3 here in germany the document at the core

of the country's democracy the basic law was enacted 70 years ago g.w. speaks of one is talking president book on short about what it means for germany today. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we begin in ukraine where the former actor and comedian belong to me as alinsky has just been sworn in as president and his 1st statement at his inauguration selenski said he would dissolve parliament and hold new elections the political novice takes over after defeating the forests in a landslide victory last month is the porters see him as breaking with the previous political establishment but critics fear his it inexperience could be exploited by neighboring russia. so people's. nick conley joins us now from

outside the ukrainian parliament in kiev nick what the new president have to say there's no gration speech what priorities has he set for himself. well good morning terry it started off very conventionally lots of pomp and ceremony the anthem being sung several times the great seal of state being handed over words about unity keeping the country together and then he dropped a bombshell he not only said he would be dissolving parliament with immediate effect to the very faces of the members of parliament who face a very tough election for them given that selenski is riding high in the polls he also said they now have 2 months to pass a law stripping themselves of immunity from prosecution and also to pass a new law that would make getting back into polyphemus the much harder and you law proportional representation and he fired the head of ukraine's security service who was standing in the podium a couple of weeks away from him so lots of very. straight expressions of

incredulity on the faces of ukraine's elites who really had been expecting something a little more conventional and he says given that today monday is a working day they should get straight to work now there are loopholes here he might not get the elections he's hoping for but he really has started off with all guns blazing so selenski starting off with a bang there as ukraine's new president will as the new leader of the country selenski will face many challenges let's take a closer look now at the man who has just taken over the reins of power. was. it was a result that even zelinsky himself seemingly couldn't quite believe 73 percent almost 3 quarters of ukraine's voters had put their trust in him as the political hero 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 all but one ukraine's regions his pitch to the nation as commander in chief as the man who had kept ukraine in its army together in the face of russian aggression had fallen on deaf ears simply in the weeks 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 are really expecting any 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 faces and politics you know. the happy face corruption in our country is that's the main thing. is always the puts alinsky let's see what to expect from him as president. in his fictional inauguration as president in this series servant of the people zelinsky charms his

audience by throwing stuff he protocol who called and refusing to speak. like a politician. whether the real president selenski 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 show business star weighing in on ukraine's politics as the country's most famous rock musician says he too plans to launch a new party. so it is a familiar face but he has no political experience nic what qualities do you craniums see in him that they think will make him a good leader. well terry to put it bluntly i think the main quality for most voters was the fact that he wasn't part of the old elite he wasn't petro poroshenko i think this was mainly a vote against forcing good incumbent and the old political class were also will of the same generation and had been on people's t.v. screens for decades. really selling a promise of hope of change of bringing

a new approach to politics rather than going into too much detail of the nitty gritty of politics voters seemingly weren't really interested in that they were definitely concerned about low standards of living the corruption that has led to ukraine failing to make good on its huge potential and keeping people in such poverty so those are the main themes but i think it's more about a mood and a feeling and a desire for change rather than anything to concrete so you mention a number of domestic issues and the new president has come in with guns blazing as you said already dissolving parliament but what about russia any idea how ukraine's new president intends to approach those testy relations with russia. well in his speech just a couple of minutes ago he addressed what he the ukrainian citizens in crimea and in donbass and said that his main priority would be bringing an end to hostilities

in the east of ukraine that don't bust conflict where ukraine faces russian backed separatists and there had been speculation mainly from his political opponents that he would be a soft touch that he would be someone easy to manipulate for vladimir putin is a more experienced political operator i think it's going to be difficult for him to make any concessions to russia even if you wanted to because ukraine society off of these 5 years of conflict with russia over donbass of crimea has really shifted in the way ordinary people see russia there was one candidate in the elections who visited moscow before the election he came in 4th place i think in modern ukraine being seen as too chummy with the kremlin is not something that pays off at the ballot box or with public opinion so i think that's going to be very limited the scope there for any closeness to russia more broadly he is concerned to reach out to russian speaking ukrainians to people who felt they've been maybe neglected at a time where ukrainian language and kind of building of ukraine's nation cultural nation building has really been a focus and he actually made

a point of speaking in russian for parts of his speech something that would be unthinkable for a go so i think it's going to be a change of stylistics mainly directed towards russian speakers within ukraine but russian the crimean i think is still to boo for russia for ukraine given that we are in a state of conflict over donbass of crimea nick thank you very much nick conley there in kiev. now austria is to hold snap elections an early september following a corruption scandal involving one of the parties in the governing coalition secret footage shot in beats in 2017 shows vice chancellor heinz question of the far right freedom party apparently offering government contracts to a person posing as a russian investor in exchange for political favors stock resigned after the video was released by 2 german publications. in the form of bedroom of holy

roman imprest maria to resign 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 a few i recommend new elections in september. what they didn't mention is whether austria's current cabinet will remain in office until the vote will be replaced with the interim minister that includes portfolios controlled by the far right freedom party. we have to give it the most important thing now is to ensure full disclosure of these events all of the videos suspicious details have to be examined this video is a given people have to be. which might prove tricky with an interior ministry led by the freedom party's habit. there are questions as to whether he can be trusted to clarify hines questions tatas misconduct or examine allegations of abuse of office bribery and illegal party financing the opposition is calling for an

independent investigation. you see is a snortin big i think the investigators should be experts and not members of the ministries involved it's ok nick i'm did not know that the i'm this was the freedom party is holding talks at a secret location interior minister kittle is not eager to step down 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 at the at the if they had to get a look at the wild conspiracy theories in connection with the abuse or video are now making the rounds with the right wing populists but chancellor could swill probably have to deal with the freedom party ministers to get anything done. the mention of the government's stability can mean a lot of things but 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 in a minister of the nose of a good boy and he's off the big but again following the fateful meeting on i bet they were further contacts between a confidant of striker and the presumed russian investor that's according to the german daily sued dortch upside on the drunken taylor's talk because it seems unlikely to be a one off misstep in a drunken stupor i did. investigations will certainly be necessary. internet giant google has suspended business with huawei it's a major blow to the chinese tech company which the u.s. government has sought to blacklist around the world while way the world's 3rd largest smartphone maker will immediately lose access to some updates to google's android operating system new huawei smartphones outside of china may not be allowed to include popular google apps like g. mail and you tube last week the trump administration added huawei to

a trade blacklist triggering restrictions that will make it difficult for huawei to do business with u.s. companies. want to jones from d.w. business we'll have more on this story in the 2nd half hour but 1st let's take a look at some other stories making news around the world today u.s. president donald trump has tweeted a stark warning to tehran writing if your friend wants to fight what that will be the official end of iran never threaten the united states again the remarks come in response to comments from iran's revolutionary guard saying it is not afraid of war. officials in brazil say gunmen have killed 11 people in a bar in the northern city of aleppo police say the attackers fled the scene but that one was wounded and is in custody the motive is not yet. and authorities in

tajikistan say 32 people have been killed in a prison riot near the capital due sunday 24 of those killed were members of the so-called islamic state justice ministry officials say order has now been restored at the high security facility. voting in india's national elections has ended with exit polls predicting a 2nd term for president iran or modi long queues formed outside polling stations in the final round of voting throughout the election modi's hindu nationalist b j p and its rivals have accused each other of violence fraud and intimidation the election is seen as a referendum on modi and his policy its results are expected on thursday. our correspondent. has been following the election from veyron aisy in the northern state of our pradesh it's the constituency of prime minister narendra modi as the

planes the vote is being seen as a referendum on modi's leadership over the past 5 years. it is the final are all of the final day of calling in india's mammoth 7 phase election we are standing at a polling station in the holy city of water nazi which is also a prestigious constituency because prime minister no dreams are more the is standing for reelection from here this is the city he represents in the lower halls of parliament right now that have been some rumblings of discontent among stress events over a redevelopment project which he has spearheaded around an iconic temple in the city but he is still largely expected to win again from this constituency the question is simply of how white a margin he is going to win with now water nessie waters are not the only ones who are voting for noreen the more the all across the country he has been and i can fault the ruling b.g.p.

even in his campaign speeches we have the prime minister saying that every vote on the lotus which is the election symbol off the b.g.p. every vote on the lotus is award for more the this is what the prime minister has been saying and this is why this election is seen as a referendum on the last 5 years of prime minister nouri interim or these governance now of course on the opposition and we have the indian national congress led by o'donoghue gandhi but these 2 parties in these 2 players are not the only ones which are relevant regional parties are expected to play an important role as many political analysts believe that a coalition government will form the government at the center unlike the majority government that prime minister nouri and more the is leading right now even today there have been reports of opposition party leaders holding meetings perhaps to figure out to people alliance to find a way to take part but finally off to 6 long weeks these weeks and weeks and

perhaps months of speculation about who the next prime minister will be is coming to a close in. it's just 4 days to go for the results beeville be finding out if the country things that prime minister nuri and more the should be awarded a 2nd term or if the national mandate will favor the challenger from the opposition rahul gandhi or perhaps some other candidate from one of the regional bodies to take the post of prime minister the way it is coming to an end in genocides on may 23rd. it obvious to me while they're reporting to us from the indian city of daraa nasi well it was introduced after the horrors of world war 2 and this week the german constitution or basic law marks its 70th anniversary the constitution came into effect in may $949.00 after being put together under the supervision of the victorious allied powers its aim was to ensure that after the years of nazi dictatorship and the destruction of war the new germany was built on solid

democratic pound ations 40 years later when west and east were reunited the constitution was adopted in the new reunified germany. tell relevant is the constitution in today's germany article one for example states that human dignity is in by levels as part of our series it's my right our next story looks at what dignity means to a german man who was homeless for 10 years. also because half of them do go into the toilet taking a shower their normal things for everyone but how can you do this when you're homeless it's not so simple and. dominic lift on the streets for 10 years always on the move looking for something to eat somewhere to sleep he says it was

a life without dignity. i don't ache was 16 when his mother threw him out the streets of st paoli became his home the red light district of hamburg. would beat each other up for a sleeping bag it's a fight for survival and then the. it's a sadistic violence and contempt where people come in they don't treat you with dignity but like dirt. they pee on your sleeping bag or batter us something there might not be a tomorrow maybe someone will set me on fire beat me to death you end up living just for the here and now and trying to stay alive. yet dominic's got his high school diploma and volunteered in a clothing to pay for refugees people even worse off than him he sees this kind of

thing all the time please wake up a sleeping homeless man and tell him to move on. this is also a question of dignity cool among us who sits down somewhere at lunchtime expects to be approached by 3 police officers and you see how they put on gloves because they're disgusted that's no way for people to treat each other. dominick is working to offer homeless people some dignity he's collecting donations to pay for a shower a bathroom on wales with a dressing room full of clean clothes he learned what hygiene can means were passed and when he was living on the streets. body and soul go hand in hand at some point if you're physically dirty you turn inwards and feel in the end that you yourself are dirt has a lot to do with dignity and feelings of self-worth these are things that are lost

on the streets i hope this bus can help taking showers to people who need them. dominic got his life in order he's 30 now and for the 1st time his existence is fairly secure he has work he has goals. and he has friends most importantly he says. i have an apartment and i appreciate what that means for me it's a luck. to be able to sleep in my boxer shorts or to wash myself whenever i feel like you know i need a shower but. people have dignity and that's inviolable and that should apply to everyone washing is a large part of that. well as we heard after german reunification 30 years ago it was decided that west germany's basic law would apply to the entire country today's bonus type president was going scheuer

was a central figure in negotiations with the former communist east he spoke with our chief political editor mikhail like. mr president what's so special about basically all just based on their name what is it the 1st of all what special about the basic lore is the conditions under which it was created one must be clear germany had unconditionally surrendered after the catastrophe of hitler. total destruction of the 2nd world war he was a ruin to come trickling through but we still think even have a sovereign state to create a framework that then became something no one could have even imagined back then that's the great thing about the space and come when i look at the basic law today which is i mean the most important thing is already contained you know article warm human dignity is an inviolable all the other things derive to an extent from this principle. and suke weighed up of course we also have many other

questions to article 38 which is the basis for the parliamentary mandate which in which members are only bound by their conscience but are also representatives of the whole people but the guns and 4 percent no one is and so it's a constitution that was created in post-war germany which at 1st was a kind of temporary solution and then became kind of a top export many young democracies adopted parts of it how do you explain this. this is of thought the theory is often the case that things that at 1st are not at all claimed to be intended for eternity are often much more successful than the basic law is really a stroke of luck in german history get what you really savvy that has become a talker export the basic lore is the precise embodiment of what a constitution must. provide stability and at the same time it's allows for change it's not rigid it's called because we've experienced unbelievable changes in the

last 70 years the basic law has become the constitution of the united germany it's real constitution no longer a temporary solution was and for all these changes the basic law was both a basis of stability and at the same time a flexible framework in which the changes were possible this will also be important in the future we're facing dramatic changes especially due to technological developments in the age of digital is ation we must concern ourselves more and more with how we can assert a values and it's not just the basic laws values but also of western democracy is the american decoration of human rights and the french revolution is the legacy being expressed in these values of the west how can we also assert these values that were gained and acquired will achieve in the real world in the digital world of the internet that's the big question all western democracies must deal with for

which no one yet has a panacea but we're working on it so. it has gone because it has basically also guided you personally through historic upheavals how you played a significant role in negotiating the reunification treaty of the 2 germany's looking to the future how future proof is this german constitution that is that artifacts are called is it the basic law or is also a good basis for the future because it's not just a stable foundation. it also leaves room for changes what we have is just the right balance the basic law becomes situation has been continuously for the developed through the constitutional reality by what happened in the 70 years she was the jurisprudence of the federal constitutional court that's the way it is with every constitution even the american constitution is no longer the same as it was when it was created 200 years ago and that's a good thing if a constitution is good for anything it creates stability amidst will change the

bond. there has been a star president of thanks tribal there speaking with our chief political editor mccain because the. turning to sports now and in tennis rafael nadal has defended his italian open title defeating his big rival novak djokovic in 3 sets the spaniard proved he's still the man to beat on clay for the 2nd major of the year the french open coming up later this month. rafael nadal. and novak djokovic each to tennis study 8 is doing battle on the clay of rome. nidal attacks from the off dominating a one sided 1st set with some big hitting joke of each in need of mercy. the spaniard took a set 6 love the 1st time that's happened between the pair into the 2nd set and djokovic still gain trying to force his way back into the match but no doubt as

a stubborn opponent joke of it was a venture they rewarded for his efforts this hold the end of the 2nd set paved the way for him to level the match. but that was the high point for the serbian the 3rd set mirrored the 1st with more and more mistakes coming from the top of its racquet. now don the thankfully beating him into submission a 6 love 4661 victory the king of clay looking imperious head of the french open which stops on sunday. and just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on the w. news. selenski has been sworn in as the new president of ukraine. landslide victory in last month's elections despite having no political experience he said his 1st task was to tackle the conflict with moscow in the east of the

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