why aren't people more concerned. it's 131st w. this is deja vu news live from berlin britain's prime minister says she had no choice but to quit theresa may will resign on june 7th her failure to deliver brags that nearly 3 years after the u.k.'s referendum sealed perfect also coming up it's day 2 of voting in the european elections some 400000000 are eligible to cast their ballots but turnout in the czech republic is set to be low voters care more about

issues closer home than developments in brussels. and sealed with a kiss after a 30 year struggle to taiwan becomes the 1st place in asia to legalize same sex marriage. i'm assuming so much got to thank you for joining us the outgoing british prime minister theresa may says she will always regret failing to secure a deal for the u.k. to leave the european union man now and she will resign on june 7th almost 3 years after the british voted to exit from the block and she was on able to get a deeply divided parliament to back her withdrawal deal. 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. and emotional and to a turbulent time at the top theresa may came to power promising in bragg's a deal and spent over a year negotiating one i have done everything i can to convince m.p.'s to back that deal. sadly i have not been able to do so i tried 3 times. but so-called brags of fatigue has many voters resigned to whatever comes next or just fed up. it doesn't change the numbers it doesn't change the mess we're in the parliament can't make a decision even if we get progress a prime minister what are they going to do that's going to change things about choice and they should get. a leader that's been the liberal people vote for you

may as difficulties in office were compounded by infighting within her own party boris johnson was her foreign minister and one of her greatest tormentors and is now considered the leading candidate to succeed her as prime minister so there are often surprises as the party picks its leader. whoever becomes pm will face pressure from the braggs of party led by nigel for raj the brand new group has a wide lead in polls for the european parliament if you want proof that you got to go fix it we didn't want to play go into this so we're going to get this stuff and they don't realize that it isn't just the votes we get to do it it's what we want to get at the general trend because that. may well carry on for the coming weeks preparing to pass brags that on to whoever is lucky or unlucky enough to get her job. london correspondent bob a baseball says the endless wrangling over brags that no deal to show for it left

theresa may isolated within her own party. this was an emotional and cheerful farewell for trees in may she finally had to acknowledge that she could not hold out any longer against the onslaught of her party her latest attempt to find a compromise for the brics a deal had been a bridge too far and the expected whitehall it for the tory party in the ongoing european elections made things infinitely worse she had no political for. left her supporters drained away all she could do in the end was stepping down may will still greet general trump for a state visit in early june and travel to normandy for the d.-day commemorations after that the leadership contest in the conservative party will officially begin but it is of course already in full swing with new candidates springing up by the our friend secretary jeremy hunt eggs breaks administered dominic and of course boris johnson among others are competing for may's job johnson is the favorite of

the bookies having the most support among party grassroots in any case a new prime minister should take up office before the some of occasions that's the plan in london but he or she will then find it totally on change situation with regard to brics it the majority in parliament is the same the e.u. won't change the deal on the table and the country remains deeply divided therefore the chances rice they don't total 31st we may end up was a hard for exit but nothing is decided yet the infighting among tories will be fierce and it all might yet and in a surprise for the reason may however this was a bit today she had to leave office and feel that she has failed the most unhappy ending for this british prime minister. davies barbara vale reporting from london there now the announcement from the british prime minister comes as the key

european parliamentary election is underway voters in the netherlands and britain have already cast their ballots voting in the czech republic is taking place today and on saturday amid turmoil and czech politics many voters are more worried about what's happening at home than developments in europe. those working at prague's polling stations are not expecting a huge onslaught of voters only 18 percent of czechs voted in the last year a piano election 2nd only to slovakia with its 13 percent turnout the turnout is not expected to be much different this time around i thought city people don't think the european election is important unlike national or local elections. i'm not going to vote on of i don't want to hear it anymore they have all disappointed me so no vote for me. i just don't. check politics is getting turbulent tens of thousands of demonstrators have been protesting weekly against prime minister andre bobbish they fear judicial independence is under threat and

hope brussels will respond but prime minister bobbish and his own movement have the best chance of victory has been campaigning against brussels in supermarkets he claims checks are being treated as 2nd class europeans because the foodstuffs sold here are of poor quality in a campaign video he says we are not the trash bin of europe with. the pirate party is also hoping for success they could become the 2nd strongest party in check politics their message of a fight against old cliques is coming across well with young voters obviously. a big idea what's become of it and what will it look like to. get ready for in depth look at the european election. the key issues for european voters and how will the european electorate and the rest of the. expert discussion

comprehensive reports posters to. the european elections on may 26th. now anti-terrorism authorities are investigating an explosion in the french city of president has described the incident as an attack the blast happened in a busy pedestrian street in the center of the city at least 7 people were injured none of the injuries are said to be life threatening a french police are searching for a suspect who was caught on security cameras leaving a suitcase at the scene shortly before the blast. let's catch up now on some other stories making headlines around the world u.s. president donald trump has announced he is sending 1500 troops to the middle east to beef up the offenses against iran that move comes after the pentagon said that iran was waging quote a campaign in the region and was directly responsible for attacks on oil tankers in the gulf earlier this month. hollywood producer harvey weinstein has reached

a provisional deal to settle multiple civil cases against him for sexual misconduct the deal is reportedly worth $44000000.00 but it hasn't yet been signed weinstein also faces criminal charges including great. kenya's high court has upheld a ban on same sex relations the ruling is a huge setback for the activists who have fought for the law to be changed the legislation dates back to the british colonial era and makes homosexual acts punishable with up to 14 years in prison. what's a different story in taiwan which has made history by becoming the 1st place in asia to legalize same sex marriage dozens of couples have celebrated by tying the knot but the battle for equal rights is far from over. 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 got married 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 staunch 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. the climate crisis is one of the biggest issues driving young voters and on friday hundreds of thousands of students took to the streets around the world to demand action against global warming they skipped school to press political leaders to do more it is the 2nd globally corden aided school strike for the clients. ha. thousands of people pulled onto the streets in new zealand's capital wellington and in melbourne australia there demanding more action on climate change now. we basically waited to answer wanting a more ambitious eric up next year also wanting the government to clarify marriages .

in germany there were similar scenes thousands of schoolchildren gathered in front of the plan book 8 and then it as hugh peet elections get on the way the students are demanding that politicians do more to protect the climate. it's up and. i would like to see all political groups of the newly elected european recall a mentor crossed party lines actually put climate policy on the agenda came up with it think of that for a few months ago fridays to future started with one person in sweden. now it's a global movement and governments around the world have free lies to have to take the protest seriously but according to the students' test still room for improvement. as they sing out coal is an extremely important issue and it has to be implemented it's a project we actively have to go through with. a worldwide climate strike is

planned for the 20th of september when people of all ages are expected to join the fight for climate protection. these i'm proud to says they really have succeeded in bringing climate change on to the agenda especially right now in the middle of the european elections many of them are not 18 years old yet they can't go to vote but they want to influence the adults around them and that has been happening. now there's a big. weekend ahead in motor sports formula one's flagship race the monaco grand prix takes place on sunday with a special tribute expected to the late niki lauda who died this week it is also the indy $500.00 north america big event and on saturday here in berlin the new kid on the block has its latest race that's formula the series using only electric cars began in 2014 and it's been growing in popularity ever since cars will race around berlin's former tempelhof airport one fan of electric powered races that is the

26th in formula one world champ nico rosberg he told exactly how it differs from a fossil fuel powered race. in formula one is the gladiator sport the ultimate sport formula is the technology of the future it's where car makers develop their electric motors it's much more relaxed it's easier for families to get close to the rice it's not as noisy so it's much more child friendly also the race comes to the people because it's in the city so it's easier for people to come along. so they're very different beasts but of course formula one is still king. arthur minor in our top story here on g.w. british prime minister theresa may has announced she will resign as leader of her conservative party on june 7th comes after heavy criticism from within her own party she failed to get support for her breaks a deal with you they will remain as caretaker prime minister until

a new leader is chosen that process could take several weeks. coming up compensation claims are piling up over boeing's grounded 737 x. jet stephen beardsley we'll have that story coming up for you in the d.w. business stay tuned. every journey begins with the 1st step and every language with the 1st word courage because. rico is in germany to learn german why not come with him it's simple online on your mobile and free to sap d w z e learning course nikos fake german.