this is news coming to you live from berlin the formula one racing legend niki lauda has done his family say he passed away peacefully in his sleep while it was known for his remarkable comeback from a repeat crash in 1970 look back at his career and his achievements deal with the truck. also coming up. for his political crisis deepens the country's chance for sebastian court starts to feel the heat of anger corruption scandal involving his coalition partners of the far right freedom party to speak to our correspondent in

vienna. and chinese tech company qual way gives a defiant response to the u.s. restrictions on its activities saying washington has under estimated the 1st. low i'm terry martin thanks for joining us austrian formula one great niki lauda has died at the age of 70 well the won 3 world titles 2 of which came after he recovered from a terrible crash at the $976.00 german ground prix he'll be remembered as one of the best and most charismatic drivers in formula one history. by life in the fossil lane niki lauda the 3 time formula one world champion has passed away aged 70. allowed his 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 climb 3 world titles between 175 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 new burg 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 louder air and mickey as well as serving as a stakeholder a non-executive chairman witness a nice f one. he will be remembered as

a great of motor racing. joining me here in the studio discuss niki lauda his legacy we have d.w. sports verio mark meadows good to see you mark. the racing world has lost a legend niki lauda a larger than life figure wasn't he wasn't data think his charisma was very much a part of him in been to f 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 throughout 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 nasally determined guy to

come back from all of that and f one has lost one of its greats today so men 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 the riffing i mean the 5 ball 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 booms was so horrific also the new building where it happened they never actually had another form of one race on that part of the track again after the incident because it was so dangerous i mean looking back to the 1970 an 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 of the section of the nuva ring which they used back then it's 5. the longer than any of the f one track i actually drove it with a test drive and proper form along test drive and he was going about 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 allowed his accident happened and you can see why it happened you know just banks really thin straights 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 race car driver but he also went on to do other great things later on in life indeed grandfather never wanted him to be a former one driver he hated the idea he wanted him to be a businessman well after is f one career he did become a businessman he said of airlines many people may have flown is their lines fly nuki out of vienna and then he became the non-executive chairman of miss eighty's.

can it really be a coincidence that the save the face of the woman every title going for the past 6 years while he's been that you have to think he's at a hand in it i mean he has such respect in f one he knew everything about the sport 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 there 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 as he loved going to monaco people have seen the film brush will know the motor sports and i did seventy's wasn't just about driving it was about winning but it was also about parties and jump a and and monaco had a lot to do with that so it's kind of fitting really that the monaco grand prix is coming up this weekend we also the indy 500 the biggest race in in us will just fall on the same weekend so i think we might see some should be it's 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 eons mark meadows from did obvious sports. austria's coalition government is on the brink of collapse after an on mass resignation by ministers from the junior partner of the far right freedom party the resignations came after chancellor sebastian courts proposed sacking his interior minister in the wake of the scandal that all had already forced his vice chancellor heinz. to step down she said the interior minister would have to go to ensure the unbiased investigations 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 courts as conservatives will survive that poll. 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 say 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 things are so fluid at the moment but for courts it's really dangerous to be christian is of course freedom party is out for revenge because this weather

the social democrats will turn against him and sort of make a future listen was him and the conservative relatively impossible so dangerous day for sebastian codes who was the young hero foster 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 no narrative they are out to get us and that sort of will drive them out to vote however one thing's for sure this was it's. 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 when you said they are about to get the big question who the scandal is on the least by a video apparently showing the vice chancellor 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 bad 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 tell us a little sign was sort of. cultivated but he said i have nothing to do with it he

denies stringently german canadian un burma mine is being a name here in austria 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 spilt 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 basal in vienna. state a look at some of the other stories making news around the world today in sudan talks between ruling generals and protesters over a power sharing sharing deal have broken down opposition demonstrators have been camping outside the army headquarters for weeks they say that is sebelius should

have the transitional government after the ouster of the country's longtime strongman ruler last. djoko we doto has been reelected as indonesia's president no one just over 55 percent of the vote according to the election commission result was released today ahead of schedule of it fears of violent unrest the dodos opponent forward general probably. has not yet conceded defeat after claiming widespread cheating well. in new zealand police have filed terrorism charges now against the man accused of the christ church mosque attacks the already faces $51.00 charges of murder but police say he's now also charged with engaging in a terrorist act after the shootings the charge comes with a maximum penalty of life in prison. the u.s. has temporarily eased the restrictions on huawei it introduced last week for the

next 3 months so american companies will be able to continue to provide components for the chinese tech giants existing networks and smart phones but always founder says the white house is underestimating the company. the u.s. claims its thinking of ways custom is a 90 day reprieve mean select american companies will be able to continue working with the chinese to ensure existing uses of its smart phones and networks don't suffer too much disruption. but while way hasn't exactly shower at the white house with facts and an interview with a chinese news site found a wrench young face said the u.s. had underestimated twa a strength and ability to make its own components some analysts agree that what might seem like a setback for the company could prove a major opportunity. they are already in the cheap foreign market and still and this is going to actually make it make it probably better for them that they have

something in house that good will or they could actually make forms even cheaper. and set it in other markets the easing of restrictions comes a day after google bob twal way from some updates to a sound void operating system showing the times the challenges that could lie ahead for the company for the u.s. isn't pulling the plug completely for now at least. and for go just reminder of the top stories we're following for you here on news austrian formula one greats niki lauda has died at the age of 7 his family say he passed away peacefully in his sleep out of $13.00 world titles and famously survived a horrific crash at the 1976 german crow. at austria's chester's fostered a court this is under growing pressure as the political crisis deepens following a corruption scandal involving his or right coalition partners composition say it

may call the vote of no confidence in the government. you're watching g.w. news from berlin coming up next what are europe's right wing populists after an in-depth report from brussels freedom will be with you at the top of the next hour thanks very much. shifting powers the old order is history the world is religion izing itself and the media's role is keep the talk we can focus of the global media forum 29 change today one out of 2 people is online who are we following whom do we trust to beijing and shape the future at the touch of the a global media for 20000000 change.