t w. this is newsnight from britain's prime minister says she has no choice but to quit she will resign on the 7th of june. i do so with no ill will but with enormous. to attach the opportunity to the country. to resume a failure to deliver said nearly 3 years after the referendum sealed also on the program. to vote in the european elections turnouts in the czech republic the

sets of. strokes is more about issues closer to home and developments in brussels. sealed with a kiss after a 30 year struggle tyrone becomes 1st place in asia to legalize same sex now. i'm phil gayle welcome to the program we'll have more on those stories in just a moment we'll start 1st with the breaking news from france and reports of an explosion in the city of a number of people are said to have been injured in the blast occurred in the center of the city have the area stopping cordoned off and on forces people to stay away. from d.w. correspondent lisa newest saw on the line from. the french capital welcome lisa

what more do we know. well we do know that the arias. several in just people around you know when you severely injured and the authorities are now saying that the situation is under control local media are reporting that person has left just being on a bicycle and that the police. training can we have really we don't really know who that person might be why put down but. we've heard that there were news. crews in a bag that was put in front of a bakery. that the situation is out of control according. to. people are saying that some of the by put down the bag last and then there was an explosion. got a report. from 6 by the authorities

president and one of the calls went on they're just trying to minutes off. i'm going to be interviewed by you tube and he said we think there has been an attack it's not really confirmed just yet but we're looking into it so for now we don't really know anything about. the attack of the formula we don't know why he did it and what you. know would have any possible connection to previous attacks in fronts. not really but this comes up 3 times a very tense time here in country the european election 2 days and everybody's kind of. getting ideas for that in paris but i am the last meeting of the amash movement is. happening everybody is really concentrating on that. trying to get control of this situation under control. at least in the recent past thank

you. of course more on that story as we get it let's move on british prime minister theresa may has announced that she will resign as leader of the conservative party in chew on june the 7th the british prime minister has been under increasing pressure because of a failure to get m.p.'s to back her bracks a deal which lays out the terms of the u.k.'s departure from the european union speaking outside the 10 downing street mrs ray said she had tried her best to one of the results of the budget referendum but she resigned on the 7th conservative party will then hold a leadership contest some of her colleagues have already announced their intention to stand still continue as prime minister until that race is decided in an emotional speech the prime minister described the role as the honor of a lifetime whatever our backgrounds the color of our skin or who we love we stand together and together we have

a great future our politics may be under strain but there is so much that is good about this country so much to be proud of so much to be optimistic about. i will shortly leave the job that it has been the honor of my life to hold. the 2nd female prime minister but certainly not the last i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. more on this from tom nottle he had seabird in bureau of the weekly news magazine the economist welcome to d.w. people within the country and indeed outside it got a look at this rather puzzled and asked themselves will our well a new british prime minister change the bracks landscape. i think that's

a reasonable question whoever it is who succeeds to reason is conservative leader and prime minister will very quickly find themselves confronted by the same difficulties that made life so hard for to reason may they will find a european union that is not prepared to make any substantial changes to the withdrawal agreement they will find parliamentary arithmetic at home that makes it almost impossible to get a deal through parliament and so they may find that they are going to have to take a rather radical step whether that's trying to push the no deal asking for another election possibly even a 2nd referendum because the fundamental reality despite all the drama hasn't really changed and so. we're in uncharted waters now a new prime minister brussels of course is going to say no nothing changes but when it comes down to it if a new leader of one of the major powers within the bloc says look this house to change can you see any concessions being made. i don't think that the

situation is any different from the one that to reason may has found itself in the sense that the withdrawal agreement including the dreaded northern irish backstop that is not up for renegotiation in case that message hadn't been made clear dozens of times before it was reiterated today by mark whitaker the dutch prime minister whoever it is who find themselves meeting a british negotiating team in brussels is going to run up against that that said the political declaration the 2nd part of the brics it deal which sets out the terms for the future relationship it is always been made clear from the e.u. negotiators that that can be changed and so for example if boris johnson or dominic robb or a michael gove or whoever it is who ends up taking over from to reason may want to adjust that to make it indicate that they have a different vision for the future relationship that's certainly something that can be renegotiated but that has always been the case perhaps it has consumed

a lot of e.u. time and energy has it done much damage to the block. interesting question up until a few months ago i would say no because if the e.u. is good at doing anything it's good at compartmentalizing problems and putting officials in charge of it and leaving the politicians to get on with other things and that's exactly what happened during the 2 year article 50 process that was given over to michel bonnie and his team they negotiated a deal and the rest of the e.u. got on with this business i think that is now starting to change most obviously with the british participation in the european elections the numbers in what is going to be a very finely balanced european parliament. the presence of british there could change the balance they could for example complicate the question of how the parliament elects the new presidents of the european commission so i think we are starting finally to see the nightmare of brics it starts to infect the everyday business of the european union and i think when the dust settles in britain when we

have a new prime minister mr singh to think about whether there's going to be yet another extension to breaks it that is going to be uppermost in the minds of e.u. leaders good talking to thank you for joining us tom little of the economist. well as you've just been hearing teresa mayes resignation comes in the middle of elections for the european parliament which is being held across the bloc britain voted yesterday most countries will vote on sunday and conservatives have been holding their final rally in munich bringing together leaders from a number of e.u. countries their lead candidate for president of the european commission for variable said the conservatives would defend your pretense of balance of populist parties he said the challenge of breasts it shows what happens when voters listen to the populist. has been not listening to him at springer and how welcoming in munich will start with this resignation what have you heard in terms of reaction to her announcement thanks

a lot of raised eyebrows here and these are the monkeys also here this evening let it be known that she always work constructively with theresa may in fact we of course did see her comment check in with a chance usually without any public statements when she was on yet another tour towards brussels to try and secure some more concessions to take back and actually get voted through in her own parliament at the same time the german chancellor that it be known that she would work with whoever becomes the next prime minister quite clearly wanted to make sure not to show any kind of preference and that she was hoping to see you know what if he breaks it and close ties is possible with britain so you can see. trying to maintain. the periods of noninterference but the same time that of course is a preference here for britain to never leave the view. and so does all this turmoil

in the u.k. is that likely to have any impact on these elections being held over the next few days. well clearly i mean if we're seeing the new party is not so far is essentially the europe that brought. soaring there in the opinion polls this will be a slap in the face of the european union and more concrete it will make the job of months with very few seem to speak behind me at the top condit the man who hopes to become the next commission president that much harder because the math will be complicated with the brits going to vote and essentially strengthening thank you rightly so thank you thank you but suppose to be in new york to write pretty much for granted european parliament so it's making life much harder for the other parties and one of the 1st things buffett said coming in here today is that he would not leave this europe to default populists it's quite clear that this is the

fight that's being fought over these coming days now you know amongst the conservatives they've just closed their election campaign was speeches from i'm going to go as well as my friend one of we've been here thank you they're about to be behind you know it's the world that monthly these are is the barrier thank made sure to bring the woman who succeeded on the market itself to see the party. and could also become the next song so many see have pretty much in the fray already and so we do expect to hear a lot about this struggle of the kids now so listen that america also highlighted this very few election appearances that she heads coming up throughout this evening but for now you can see there's also a distinct focus on a bit of the. world will leave you to it perhaps i will come back to you when you have a go to karaoke i'm

a fairly tough one thank you. so taiwan has made history by becoming the 1st place in asia to legalize same sex marriage dozens of couples have celebrated by tying the knot for the battle for equal rights is far from. a historic day for taiwan sealed with a case. these couples are among the very 1st to tie the knot on the day the island's landmark decision to legalize same sex marriage came into force taiwan became the 1st place to legalize same sex marriage in asia placing it at the vanguard of the growing gay rights movement in the region it's a momentous day that many couples have been waiting a long time for. ok today i can candidly tell everyone in front of so many people that we have gotten married or were homosexual i feel that we are so lucky to see. hundreds of couples have been seizing the 1st opportunity to tie the knot some 300

pairs are expected to register today. this registration office in the capital taipei was packed it's the culmination of a 3 decade fight for equality the weddings came a week after lawmakers voted to legalize gay marriage despite storage conservative opposition the new law still contains restrictions not placed on heterosexual couples including that same sex couples can currently only adopt their partner's biological children but gay rights groups say they are willing to accept this partial equality in the hope of winning those remaining legal battles later for now they're celebrating a hard fought victory. is a reminder of our top story this hour the explosion in the center of the french city of leo has left of the 7 people injured president emanuel macro's described the incident as an attack reports say our police are searching for a man who left the scene of bicycle the prosecutor's office has opened a terrorism investigation. on that story and the rest of the day's world

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