this is t w news coming to you live from berlin the formula one racing legend niki lauda has died his family say he passed away peacefully in his sleep it was known for his remarkable comeback from a horrific crash in the 1970 s. a look back at his career and his achievements beyond the truck. also coming up austria's political crisis deepens the country's chancellor sebastian call it starts to feel the heat corruption scandal involving his coalition partners the far right freedom party will speak to our correspondent in vienna. and chinese tech

company huawei gives a defiant response to the u.s. restrictions on its activities saying washington has underestimated the for. plus even if you've never watched it you've most likely heard it it's called series game of thrones has ended after 8 years but not all fans are happy with the phenomenon and if you do you haven't seen it yet don't worry there are no spoilers. following terry marchin good to have you with us. austrian formula one great niki lauda has died at the age of 79 out of 13 world titles 2 of which came after he recovered from a terrible crash at the 1976 german ground pre he'll be remembered as one of the

best and most charismatic drivers in formula one history. a life in the fast lane nicky lauder the 3 time formula one world champion has passed away aged 70. lauder's health had been deteriorating for some time the austrian underwent a lung transplant in vienna in 2018 after being diagnosed with lung disease he was known as a fierce competitor considered by many as one of the greatest racing drivers of all time the only man to have won championships for both ferrari and mclaren loud his incredible talent behind the wheel saw him claim 3 world titles between 1975 and 984 his exploits both on and off the track even serving as inspiration for the hollywood movie rush his most famous moment was however a traumatic one in 1986 loud crashed into an embankment at the newburgh ring in germany he had to be pulled from the flaming wreckage and suffered horrific burns to his body which also affected his lungs despite his injuries allowed to return to

race just 6 weeks later a remarkable show of courage and determination. following his retirement in 1905 loud became an entrepreneur in the world of aviation founding airlines including lauder air and nicky as well as serving as a stakeholder a non-executive chairman with miss a.b.c.'s one. he will be remembered as a great of motor racing. all joining me now to discuss niki lauda his legacy we have mark meadows from d.w. sport hey mark so the racing world has lost a legend niki lauda he was a larger than life figure was no different he was always had a smile on his face i used to cover a f one as a journalist used to go to the track often and used to meet him quite a bit and he had time for everyone he just wander around the formula one paddock and he never wanted to talk to him he'd just go to them and chatter away on anything they wanted to talk about and you really knew the sport you know everyone

respected him if anyone wanted to know the real golf that was really going on involving one you don't ask niki lauda and you know such a determined guy i mean obviously we've we've mentioned the terrible crash in 1976 absolutely horrific to get back in the cost 6 weeks later just insane i mean who else would get back in a car at all never mind going to when will titles and. basically health problems that he suffered from for the rest of his life were connected to the crash he had kidney transplants and also a lung transplant last year and it was the cause of the toxic fumes that he believed in giving the the fireball that he suffered so it's a great great loss to form the want today a man of extraordinary resilience what kind of driver was out incredibly determined i mean his grandfather didn't want him to be a foreman one driver he hated the idea he wanted him to of be a businessman or something so you know he got over that hurdle 1st of all and then you know you have to pull various tricks with the banks in the 1970 s. to be able to get a drive and remember the 970 s.

was an era where basically from the one driver died for the most every season i mean it was that dangerous and for him to even want to be a racing driver shows the character the had but then to suffer such a horrific incident and then to going to win 2 world titles afterwards really is the mark of the man i mean i've actually driven on the track at the new building where it happened it's called the nordschleife and they don't use it anymore they haven't used it since. that 976 don't pray because it is so dangerous i mean the steep banks really tight straights it's basically 5 times as long as any of the f one circuit so far from paramedics so far from a career vehicles in fact the driver that helped pull him out of the wreckage had to go into the fireball 3 times to get niki lauda out and so that shows you how horrific it was and still he went on and on i mean this is a remarkable guy i mean people who maybe never saw him race might know the hollywood film and he was the inspiration for that and that kind of summed up his cow to that film you know it was about winning it was about determination but it

was also about parties and champagne and girls and so you know he will be so sorely missed by one so niki lauda had an extraordinary career but he also had an interesting and accomplished life later life as well yes his grandfather got is when the end became the businessmen after f one and sets up various airlines including fly nicky many people might have flown it out of out of austria and then he became the exec long as i could see the chairman of the sadie's i don't know if it's a coincidence that the cities have been the dominant team basically since he's been there i mean he knows his stuff i mean when we say he's went to him and said we give lewis hamilton of a contract yes we will should we hire valtteri bottas as nico rosberg replacement yet if he did said no they would have done it because they knew nicky now louder knew everything about from the one we're coming up on a big weekend in motor sports suppose we can expect some tribute indeed we've got

the monaco grand prix this weekend the flagship event of nicky was there every year there will be big big tributes we've already had some come through today he's from a team ferrari have said he will be forever in our hearts and formal in itself has put out a statement saying he is immortalized in our history so that shows how important was to the sport a motor sports in general is the indianapolis 500 this weekend as well and i think that might well be a tribute to mark thanks so much for inside so fast you yourself have been on track where he had a crash in the 70s mark meadows from d.w. sport thank you so much. now some of the other stories making news around the world . has been reelected as indonesia's president doto won just over 55 percent of the vote according to the election commission the result was released today ahead of schedule amid fears of violent unrest without his opponent former general sabean toe has not yet conceded defeat after claiming widespread cheating. new

zealand police have filed terrorism charges against the man accused in the christ church mosque of times already faces $51.00 charges of murder but police say he's now also charged with engaging in a terrorist act after the shootings charge comes with a maximum penalty of life in prison. just after former comedian a lot of mierzwinski was sworn in as president of ukraine he's announced he will dissolve parliament and hold new elections in 2 months he says his 1st challenge is to end the conflict with russia in eastern ukraine. and venezuelan president nicolas maduro has called for early elections of the country's opposition controlled national assembly doro made the call in a speech to celebrate the 1st anniversary of his disputed reelection which he described as quote a victory for venezuelans oil rich nation is in the midst of a growing humanitarian and political crisis. accordion france

has ordered a hospital to resume giving food and water to a man who has been in vegetative state for more than a decade 42 year old vincent has been completely paralyzed since a motorbike accident in 2008 his wife had campaigned for him to be allowed to die but his parents contested the decision splitting the family and the nation. the french media swooped as various parents prepared for what was to be their final goodbye with their son. there killing him that killing him that month. paid for a long battle to prevent this happening. but not everyone in the family shares their view and some were clearly relieved. this is the 1st time i've told myself it's going to happen and everything is being done to make it happen so i'm quite

serene and ready for it to end. doctors began shutting down 42 year old vessel life support but the battle wasn't over yet a paris court then ordered doctors to resume treatment it's the latest episode in a bitter legal battle that's divided lamberti family since a 2008 motorcycle accident left him in a state of minimal consciousness doctors say his condition has deteriorated and that for years now he's been in a persistent vegetative state bears wife rochelle his nephew and several siblings back to 2013 decision by his doctors to end life support his parents and 2 other siblings opposed it. bears parents have brought and lost cases before french courts and the european court of human rights in repeated efforts to prevent his life support being ended earlier this month the united nations committee on the rights of persons with disabilities requested that french authorities suspend the decision

to take him off life support while it examine the case monday's like decision from the paris appeal court ordered care to be continued until united nations committee could consider an appeal from lawn there's parents. now 28 countries 400000000 voters people from across europe will go to the polls between may 23rd and made. 6 decide who will represent them for the next 5 years at the european parliament here's how the european parliamentary elections work the number of seats each country gets is roughly proportional to its population europe's most populous country germany with 82000000 people will be electing 96 m. e p s fall a small this country in the e.u. mulcher will have 6 any piece to represent its population of less than half a 1000000 now once elected the members of parliament join transnational groups with

similar views at the moment there are 8 such groups representing the center right socialists greens euro skeptics and others well the m.e. peas vote on new laws and approve the e.u. budget they also help choose the president of the european commission the current president is john claude yoga the favorites to replace him our german conservative m.e.p. monthly veba here on your left and dutch politician franz timmons for the party of european socialist well as europeans prepared to vote many are asking lots of questions of course our correspondent marina shelves has gone deeper into the question what has the e.u. ever done for me. perhaps its practices and more practice in the member states i'm hearing about susan take it my friend and that's right just curious with the united states and the president the most sad. it seems the european union is

dealing with the problem of the problem. that's. less than a couple of positive things for me as a german citizen i'm allowed to cross borders of most countries without even so i'm a possible. yes a single market that doesn't only allow me free movements but also the same standards everywhere hands i don't have to pay if i want to transfer money from my german bank and. sounds crazy some company for example. when i'm in belgium where i live right now i can call home with my german mobile and i don't get so much stuff so that's not bad that's because the. roaming charges and 2017. pounds i don't have to have saved some money and most you countries because you introduced a common currency the euro and safe house and so. i have to thank you for another very good experience of mine the e.u.

extends program for us because it allows me to spend one semester in gothenburg sweden where i learned how different europeans can be and how much fun they can make through learned how to pronounce just right i'm not the only one of course and friends who had seen almost 900 times it's citizens but that sounds nice study abroad and there's one thing i shouldn't leave. i grew up in the us and that's a fortune 5 europe was a war torn concept especially france and germany were enemies. as i had the chance to listen both countries i met friends with people from all over europe and that's the best thing about the european internet. austria's coalition government is on the brink of collapse after the almost resignations by ministers from the junior partner of the far right freedom party the resignations came after chance most of us in course opposed sacking his

interior minister in the wake of the funding of the already forces by chance of a higher. court said the interior minister would have to go to ensure an unbiased investigation into the scandal chancellor hopes to prop up the government until stuff elections in september but as parties prepared to vote for prepare a vote of no confidence it's far from certain whether quotes as conservatives will serve on. this. the u.s. has temporarily eased restrictions on wall way that it introduced last week it claims it's to minimize the disruption to the chinese tech giants customers while way will be able to continue to use u.s. made components to maintain its network and provide updates to existing smartphones but it's still barred from buying american parts for any new products always

founder been showing face says the 90 day reprieve makes little difference as the company has been preparing its own components. business correspondent lars hobson is covering this story for us and joins us now from frankfurt laws' what's prompted this change of heart by u.s. authorities concerning what way well terry president trump might have just heard from his own tech companies over in california because they're doing quite a lot of business with wall way and they stand to lose a lot of money look at google for example way as a major customer we've heard all about it in the last 2 days now where the android operating system here but also chip makers like silence of intel are selling chips and big numbers to hallway 70 percent of any who away a smartphone actually comes from the united states so there is a lot of business attached on that site too and i guess that's his one major factor

that played into this was just this big stick small carrot approach to huawei they tell us something about u.s. economic policy. well i guess it tells us mostly 2 things about generally a president trumps economic policy both of things are not necessarily new here but it brings it all together here 1st of all president trump doesn't always seem to look at all the details before he makes a decision like in this particular case he blacklists a company before realizing how much it costs american businesses as well we saw the same thing in this trade war with china being taxes on other countries without realizing how much it hurts his own industries or agriculture but the other thing it tells us too is that president trump is playing hardball here he goes in this particular case after one of chinese china's strongest economic players one of its strongest businesses and hopes to get of course china back to the table on

a broader scale to finally get his deal with china on his terms when it comes to trade in a broader framework thank you so much to that was lost hearts are there in frankfurt . well the german constitution marks its 70th anniversary this week introduced after the horrors of world war 2 the basic law makes human rights freedom and equality fundamental values for germany after the allies had defeated the nazis there were many questions about how to rebuild germany western powers u.s. france and britain wanted to create a solid democracy constitution drawn up was initially a temporary one just for west germany but 40 years later when west and east were reunited the constitution was adopted in the new you know in germany. on the occasion of the constitution's 70th anniversary d.w. is profiling people who are activists for the fundamental rights written down in

that basic law. and he has not thought down syndrome is actually cool we just want to be like everyone else really on the. natalee detour is 20 years old. she's a seasoned campaigner for equal rights for people with disabilities. not only lives with her family in cologne and has been seeing her boyfriend for a year she stooped to move out soon and make her own decisions. for example i want to decide for myself whether to start a family of my own or inside and if i do become pregnant then i want to decide for myself things like how i am at it as i see fit over there and. i don't

want to be checked on all the time and for decisions to be made for me that's how it feels to me. the rubbish just. so good as part. developmentally challenged people in germany rarely find decent jobs with reasonable pain not only works in a cafe in a welfare center but for no salary she also writes for a magazine published by people with down syndrome unpaid voluntary work. and i'm so i'm natalie did and i'm 20 years old and i still don't live alone i live. a rally in berlin marching for equality campaigners like not only have already secured voting rights for developmentally challenged people in germany now they're trying to prevent more unborn children being tested for disabilities they fear that could lead to no more people with down syndrome being born. in the

world in the constitution in article 3 it says that all people have the same rights with or without disability so you shouldn't be so scared of us we're really cool well you know. she's managed to get politicians to listen she even confronted german chancellor angela merkel on the campaign trail 2 years ago. are these is this topic is important to me i don't want to be aborted i want to stay in this world. natalee's life is already pretty independent but it's something she also wants for others equal rights for all people with disabilities as written in the constitution you know it's about not pushing away people who have a disability it's about allowing them to take part letting them take part is really

important the most important thing is that every person is valuable and everyone is taken seriously. the kung film festival in its 72nd year the past fall is experiencing a true premiere franco senegalese director matisyahu is the 1st black woman director in the running to win the palme d'or her film atlantic has been described as a ghost story set on a senegalese construction site since the workers haven't been paid for weeks they turn to the ocean in the hope of a better life in europe. so he sent him patrice the atlantic ocean is a supernatural force which he swallowing up sending calls use. alan.

as a black woman i missed a really missed black figures and black characters like cruelly and it's also why i mean i needed to see black people on screen like shoot like everywhere. long teak tells the story of these poor parents of a rancher had to marry a wealthy man but she secretly in love with building. when he and the other men set out in a boat for europe he never tipple happens and they all try and. can't believe that superman is gone the name of. mahmassani who plays at diana says she's humbled by the film's success costar nick cosa goosey the message behind the tale of love beyond death if the book equals my

dealing mom for our parents to learn through this film that forced marriages don't help their children. that they do it so that their children don't hang around in the streets. but i think a marriage should be based on love as does the buzz they don't know. how to antiques entire cast and crew were on luck was that for the premiere the op says it's sad but can have to wait 72 years to see a black woman director pound all may come a lot sooner. on a big screen to the big stream the most popular show in t.v. history has ended that we're talking about game of thrones of course a record 900300000 viewers in the us alone turn to it and watch the final episode but when you've got that many fans it's impossible to please them all the conclusion has left many disappointed and many others wanting more other way if you

haven't seen the conclusion yet there are no spoilers in this report. game of thrones. is over. the record breaking t.v. show's final episode tied up the loose ends of the world's most expensive 8 season 73 episode television series watched by tens of millions. across the world including in the united states. in chile. full russian soldiers and another 167 other countries. i it set the t.v. standard in epic storytelling and pick visuals and the reactions by.

people who like game of thrones are abroad fans there are young people middle aged older people like my parents who are over 60 and make a fanatic's peachey if the series is that you can identify with any of the characters if you know the definition of t.v. success and in terms of production costs excess except. the final episode go pretty mixed reviews. i didn't feel a good game of thrones because. you know i knew it was going to. be good you always do it again but. many fans and many actors grew up with the show it's truly the end of a t.v. . i know that i thought i wish there was more of this but never say never a petition asking for

a remake of the last series has reached well of a 1000000 signatures. perhaps another twist in the game of thrones saga. you're watching to do a news roll in speaking of games in football coming up for you. match day 34 of the book.

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the climate crisis how will the european election affect the rest of the. expert discussions. of reforms voters 1st hand. dublin as in all cases the european elections on may 26th on g.w. . what more can a football fan wish for than a title race this wide open until the very last match die.