this is news coming to you live from berlin and the formula one racing legend niki lauda has died his family say he passed away peacefully in his sleep although it was known for his remarkable comeback from a crash in 1970 s. we'll look back at his career and his achievements beyond the trip. also coming up . also for his political crisis deepens the country's chance for sebastian call it starts to feel the heat pulling a corruption scandal involving his coalition partners the far right freedom party

will speak to our correspondent in vienna. plus even if you've never watched it too you will certainly heard of it the series game of thrones well it's ended after 8 years but not all fans are happy with the conclusion and if you haven't seen it yet don't worry there are no spoilers here. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us austrian formula one great niki lauda has died at the age of 70 lauder won 3 world titles 2 of which came after he recovered from a terrible crash at the 976 german grown prix 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 is 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 a 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 lauder became an entrepreneur in the world of aviation founding airlines including

lauder air and mickey as well as serving as a stakeholder non-executive chairman witness a recent one. he will be remembered as a great of motor racing. and joining me here in the studio discuss niki lauda his legacy we have d.w. sports very own mark meadows could see a mark the racing world has lost a legend niki lauda a larger than life figure was named he wasn't day to think his charisma was very much a part of him i mean i've been to one tracks as a journalist and he's always been there in the center of the f one paddock wandering around saying hello to everyone having time for absolutely everyone just such a friendly guy that's my biggest memory of him basically and you know such courage i mean we mentioned the terrible accident he suffered and that had. you know health problems for the rest of his life because of that accident because the lung

transplant that he had last year was basically because of the toxic fumes that he breathed in doing that the 5 all in 176 so you know and mazing the determined guy to come back from all of that and f one has lost one of its greats today so a man of extraordinary resilience given his comeback what sort of a driver was he he was a top driver irrespective of his determination and his courage he was one of the top drivers very few drivers win 3 titles but to win 2 of the titles after this crash is just quite incredible i mean most people wouldn't have even been able to go back in a car after what happened and he got back in after just 6 weeks and then won 2 titles afterwards i mean the crash was there if it came in the 5 or was so huge that the driver that had to help get him out had to go into the 5 all 3 times because it was just such an inferno and he was just trapped in the car so that is why the boones was so horrific also the new building where it happened they never. actually had another former one race on that part of the track again after the

incident because it was so dangerous i mean looking back to the 1971 f one basically a driver died pretty much every season it was that dangerous it's much much safer these days a lot more safety precautions but i've actually driven the nordschleife for the section of the nuva ring which they used back then it's 5 times longer than any of the f one track i actually drove it with that with a test drive and proper form one test drive and he was going up 200 miles an hour and even he was struggling and i was really scared alongside of him and he pointed out the spot where nicky loud as accident happened and you can see why it happened you know just banks really things traits just obviously a dangerous track and not to be used nowadays but yet to come back from all of that and to win titles and to carry on until the seventy's pretty remarkable speaking of carry on carrying on he did have an extraordinary career as a racecar driver but he also went on to do other great things later on in life indeed grandfather never wanted him to be a farmer one driver hated the idea he wanted them to be a businessman well after is f one career he did become

a businessman he set up airlines many people may have flown is their lines fly nicky out of vienna and then he became the non-executive chairman of miss a tease. can it really be a coincidence that the safeties have basically won every title going for the past 6 years while he's been there you have to think he's got a hand in it i mean he has such respect in f one he knew everything about this boy he wanted to know which drive is going to which team which tracks going to come off the calendar you go and ask nicky it's a big weekend in motor sports coming up this weekend in the suspect they're going to be a lot of tributes to the will indeed i mean we've got the monaco grand prix this weekend the biggest event on the f one calendar they will be huge tribute paid there nicky obviously loved going to monaco people have seen the film broche will know the sport than i did seventy's wasn't just about driving it was about winning but it was also about parties and jump a man and monaco had a lot to do with that so it's kind of fitting really the monaco grand prix is coming up this weekend we also the indy 500 the biggest race in u.s.

motor sport on the same weekend so i think we might see some she views there that if you come in already if one champion justin button a said he was a legend just simply that and also mclaren one of his former teams have said he is in stride and in our history that's how important he was to the sport or thank you so much for. mark meadows and did obvious sports. now austria's coalition government is on the brink of collapse after the all mass resignations by the ministers from the junior partner of the far right freedom party resignations came after chance was a boston course proposed sacking his interior minister in the wake of a funding scandal that has already forced is vice chancellor heinz who stands to step on the court said the interior minister would have to go to ensure an unbiased investigation into the scandal the chancellor hopes to prop up the government until snap elections in september but as the freedom party says it would support

a no confidence vote against the chancellor it's far from certain whether klutzes conservatives will survive. well the correspondent barbara basal joins us now from vienna barbara this doesn't look good for sebastian quotes as cabinets been decimated and he could face a confidence vote can he keep the government functioning until september. that is the big question here in vienna this morning because it seems as if suppose the best in courts is now himself fighting for political survival if in fact all the opposition parties gang together against him he is going to lose there is no question about that then there would be some sort of interim a caretaker government till september and then the big question is what the votes of punish courts all would they probably say he's our hero and we think he's still great and that is completely opened at the moment because you're also impulses

don't even dare sort of come out was a prognosis the things are so fluid at the moment but for currents it's really dangerous the big question is of course freedom party is out for revenge because whether the social democrats will turn against him and sort of make a future correlation with him and the conservatives relatively impossible so dangerous day for sebastian codes who was the young hero forced in politics so austria is going to be holding a national election in september but this crisis comes just days before the european parliamentary elections what are the implications of. that is equally unclear of course the freedom party is going to lose votes because it had made inroads into conservative territory during the last national election so many voters looking at the brown swamp and looking at even side gate will probably try to weigh in horror and return to the conservatives so that might be

good for the their vote and for could set the european elections but the core voters will certainly still turn out because that's how populous voters usually react conspiracy theories are already swirling around here and of course it's the it well known narrative they're out to get us and that sort of will drive them out to vote however one thing's for sure this was. certain warning to other conservative parties in europe don't play was the right wing extremists it's going to be dangerous and drag you down they will drag you down with them but you said they are out to get the big question who the scandal is on the least by a video apparently showing the vice chancellor of the vice chancellor promising government contracts as a reward for help with this election campaign 2 years ago any idea who was behind that video. nothing but rumors i mean all austria talks about this people in the

street talk about his kook who could have been behind this former spin doctor of the social democrats it's also a sign was sort of. but he said i have nothing to do with it he denies stringently german comedian young man is being a name here in australia you might just grin and shake his head so this seems rather like a really well prepared statement coming from the political sphere because you have to remember one thing these people have been sitting on this highly explosive material still the elections in 2017 throughout the forming of the government and they choose this particular moment to blow up the government so who could possibly behind it it's a question mark barbara thank you so much that was barbara hazel in vienna. now a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today joko widodo

has been reelected as indonesia's president i mean dodo won just over 55 percent of the vote according to the election commission result was released a day ahead of schedule amid fears of rest opponent former general problem serbia has not yet conceded defeat after claiming widespread cheating on. their zealand police have filed terrorism charges against the man accused in the christ church mosque attacks he already faces $51.00 charges of murder the police say he is now also charged with engaging in a terrorist act after the shootings the charge comes with a maximum penalty of life in prison. a court in france has ordered the hospital to resume giving food and water to a man who has been in a better tate of state for more than a decade 42 year old vincent has been completely paralyzed since a motorbike accident in 2008 his wife had to come 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 very parents prepared for what was to be their final goodbye with a son. that killing him that killing him. they'd food a long battle to prevent this happening. but not everyone in the family shares the view and some were clearly relieved. this is the 1st time of told myself it's going to happen and everything is being done to make it happen and so i'm quite serene and ready for it to end. doctors begin shutting down 42 year old best life support but the battle wasn't over yet a paris court even ordered doctors to resume treatment it's the latest episode in a. legal battle that's divided families 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. his nephew and several siblings back to 2013 decision by his doctors to end life support his parents and siblings opposed it. 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 kid to be continued until united nations committee could consider an appeal from lome best parents. the german constitution or basic law as it's

known is 70 years old this month the constitution came into effect in may $949.00 after being put together under the supervision of the victorious allied powers and say was to ensure that after the years of nazi dictatorship the struction of the war a new germany would be built on solid democratic nations 40 years later when west and east were reunited the constitution was adopted in the new reunifying germany. is marking the occasion with a special series of reports about the rights and shrine in the constitution today we have a profile of a campaigner for disabled people someone who is determined to overcome all obstacles. to his also down syndrome is actually cool we just want to be like everyone else already on the. not only did toy 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 eat as i see fit oh. 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. is just. so great was part of the. developmentally challenged people in germany rarely find decent jobs with

reasonable paint 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. as for now so i'm natalie digital 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 womb 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 oh

no. 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 a portrait i want to stay in this world. natalie'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. voting is underway in malawi to elect

a new president and parliament president peter. is seeking re-election to a 2nd term with a population of about $20000000.00 malawi is one of the poorest countries in the world it's also one of the youngest some 70 percent of people there are below the age of 30. 8 or in creech has this report on the tactics candidates are using to appeal to the used. voter apathy is not the problem here and the turnout in these elections is expected to be very high the polling stations opened at 6 am already but many of the people here came already early. the country is expecting one of the most unpredictable elections in the history and 3 candidates standing the chance to win and here the rule is you don't need 50 percent or more to win the elections you just need the largest share of the vote so let's have a look down here at the list of the candidates at the very bottom you find the current president. who is trying to run for

a 2nd term he claims that he improved infrastructure and also stabilized the country his major contenders check where are and vice presidents howlers to lima during their campaign rallies both of them mainly try to address the issues of young people of the youth that make up more than 50 percent of the registered voters in this elections many young people here are not happy about the current situation might have you remains one of the poorest countries in the world the education system has problems and also they are not enough jobs for the young people. now the khan film festival it's in its 72nd year and it's experiencing a true premiere franco senegalese director marty yop is the 1st black woman director in the running to win the palme d'or her film teac has been described as a ghost stories 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 here in new york. city said him portrays the atlantic ocean as a supernatural force which is swallowing up sending calls you. alan. as a black woman i missed i 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 shoes. which like everywhere. atlantic tells the story of these poor parents of a ranch i had to marry a wealthy man but she was secretly in love with building marcus tooling around. 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

silly man is gone. mahmassani who plays at diana says she's humbled by the film's success at costar nick kosik loosies a message behind the tale of love beyond death. idealism 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. atlantic sentai a cast and crew were on luck was that for the premiere d. o. ses it's sad but can have to wait 72 years to see a black woman director that pound all may come a lot sooner. for

the big screen to the small stream the small the most popular show in t.v. history has ended we're talking about game of thrones of course a record 19300000 viewers in the us alone turn tuned in to 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 by the way if you haven't seen that final episode 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 $73.00 episode television series watched by tens of millions across the world

including in the united states. in chile. russia. and another 167 other countries. i didn't see the t.v. standard in epic storytelling and the visuals and the reactions by . the 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 mega fanatics the beauty of 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. but i didn't feel

a good game of thrones because if you assume. the good season was like it is you know knew it was going to. just 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. paul thank god i'm back at the thought i wish that 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. just reminder of the top stories that we're following for you here today on d w news austrian formula one greats niki lauda has died at the age of 70 his family say he passed away peacefully in his late father won 3 world titles and famously

survived a breathtaking crash 976 german. austria's chancellor in courts is under growing pressure as a political crisis deepens following the corruption scandal involving. his far right coalition partners you know physicians say it's made all the boat of no confidence in the government. you are watching the news still the cult. business for you is the u.s. has temporarily east restrictions imposed all the way aiming to minimize disruption for u.s. customers of the chinese tech giant however always founder says the 90 day reprieve makes little difference as the company is aiming to become less dependent on us suppliers want to get jones will be here with that story and much more in our

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