livre brags that and in the end she couldn't british prime minister theresa may says she'll step down as conservative party leader she'll leave her post in a few weeks so what does that mean for britain's efforts to leave the e.u. i'm sunni's almost down to and this is the day. so i am standing on saying that i will resign as leader of the conservative and unionist party on friday the 7th of june that it doesn't change the numbers it doesn't change the best for it and that parliament can make a decision it is and will always remain a matter of deep regret city that i have not been able to deliver. but the reality is it's a new conservative place that isn't going to solve the problem i do so with no ill will but with enormous and ensuring gratitude to catch the opportunity to serve the

country i. also coming out making history in taiwan on day one of a new law allowing same sex marriages hundreds of couples lined up to get hitched the island's become the 1st place in asia to legalize same sex unions. goes through jordan here but if i didn't get married on the 1st day i would probably regret it for my entire life the president says when we talk about marriage equality equality is crucial. but 1st we start with theresa may she says she's resigning as leader of her conservative party on june 7th may delivered an emotional speech outside 10 downing street she said she tried her best to honor the brits at referendum result she's been under growing pressure to step down over her fail. your to get m.p.'s to support her breaks

a deal which laid out the terms of the u.k.'s departure from the european union so now be a fierce race to take over the conservative party leadership a couple of hats are already in the ring she called the job 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 owner 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. very emotional theresa may there after a very turbulent time in office let's bring in our correspondents on the story barbara vessel is in london and teri schultz is in brussels good to see you both barbara let's start with you after 3 years let's talk about the timing here what made tourism a announce that she setting down now. she simply sumi could not withstand the constant onslaught of her own party anymore and what broke the camel's back really was the last her last attempt to push the it was drawl agreement was the european union through parliament it was disguised legally it within a different law however it was mauled less the same thing in new clothes and she had made a compromise or tried to make a compromise was the opposition offering a referendum and offering a temporary stating of britain in the customs union and that was finally during

this week what drove her party really up the fences and it was the end her group leader upon a parliamentary group leader andrea lets him step down kevin and kevin had threatened to walk out entries in may finally after so many attempts to already oust her she finally had to acknowledge that this was the end of her road and her tory friends or partners had told her this friday was the last day where she could go off on her own will then next week she would have been pushed so barbara she had to go at this point is what you're saying and now if we look at had a furious race some might even say a vicious race for the conservative party leadership has started so where did the chips fall here who will be the next pm. if i had a crystal ball but you're right saying it's going to be vicious but because usually during those. sort of rounds of fine trying to find out new leader for the party

and at the same time from minister there is a lot of bloodletting at the moment the bookies put the money on boris johnson because he has a lot of support at party grassroots people like him they think he's a freak or he muses him and they really overlook and they like to overlook his weaknesses which is his real thirst for power who's just meant one party friend called he is not the details man which might be said the deadly fall prime minister he doesn't like to read files at all but still it is boris johnson because he is determined to break here all that say he turned into one throughout the last months and maybe during the last year and so the tory party hardliners made may very well support him because he promises he's going to push drag or kick britain out of the european union by any means are terry let's come to you and brussels now you might

not say that people there were entirely surprised by the announcement that theresa may will step down but take us through some of the reactions we saw they are today . i don't think anyone was surprised if anything their surprise she's hung on this long and are going such a battering from her own party from her own parliament and for a large for a large part of her counterparts around europe reacted with empathy she was praised as courageous people's told her it wasn't her fault the dutch prime minister said you know the problem is that the process is bogged down the problem wasn't to resume herself at the same time they're coming out also very quickly and saying don't let the next person in line think we're going to reopen this withdrawal agreement we have a deal on the table so basically whoever the brits decide they want in power they can step up and take the deal that we're offering them it's not going to be rediscussed gen not really

a sigh of relief because nobody knows exactly what's coming next terry so who it is that you definitely not want to see become the prime minister. i don't think anyone is in politic enough to say that at this point i mean they know all of these characters whose names have been thrown out now they've all come through brussels many times in this position or that position i mean the front runner boris johnson was a journalist here decades ago everyone knows him and he's he's been here in as different cabinet ministers as well so no one saying who they don't want i think everyone basically accepts that the next prime minister is likely to be a pro brick city here and you know it's a reason they may not have been such a such a hard campaigner on that so they may be uncomfortable with the next person but again what they're saying now is that the e.u. 27 are unified behind their position that this is the withdrawal agreement and nothing else is going to be reopened so in that case they're thinking you know it

really doesn't matter who comes on that side this is what they're going to have to work with from brussels and the question is where are things headed in london terry let's listen to what the labor leader jeremy corbyn had to say earlier yes we want to prevent a no deal brooks it and we will do everything in parliament to prevent a no do but the reality is a new conservative leader isn't going to solve the problem that has to be the opportunity for the people of this country to decide who they want government how they want to go to be run what the long term structure is that government i think we do to turn around we don't need another tory leader installed by the tory of. ok barbara break this down for us where are things headed are we headed towards a no deal bragg's it now or could we see new elections. the chances for a no deal bricks and sumi are certainly rising because we heard bars johnson already say today that he would take britain out of the european union on october

31st that is halloween and they break today that the european union sort of gave out during the last extension and saying this is it folks that was another half year nothing has happened so far so boris johnson has already sort of made clear that deal or no deal britain will leave and that of course increases the chances for no deal because nothing has changed here was regard to bracks it he he will have if it's johnson or somebody else the successor after reason maybe year she will have this same parliamentary majority s. he will have to face the same problems getting a deal through parliament however legal experts now say it might not be binding this conclusion by parliament that they don't want to heartbreaks it so far as knowns johnson and others know that very well the breaks that hardliners might very

well head for it but the country remains divided and of course the tory party remains deeply divided the moderate forces in within the tories they now see that their stock is falling and so johnson or somebody else might yet to split the tory party there will be tremendous bitterness and all this good talk at the moment devolved we need to reunite the country yes they do need to but who's going to do it there is far by far and wide nobody to be seen who could operate if nothing has changed on the ground there wouldn't be just see a new conservative party leader and up exactly work theresa may found herself. absolutely that's it i mean it breaks it will be thrown back to sort of ground 0 we'll start at square one and then the new leader will just be at the very same point having knows a certain parliamentary majority is brussels as we heard and as everybody who knows

about this is quite clear about will not reopen the deal and the country is deeply divided so what do you want what is there to work who has more or less nothing so you need somebody who could really do a political miracle and we don't really see who that could be in the tory party so there will be uncertain times of britain might be dragged and kicked out of the european union at the end of october we also might as well see new elections coming up if the whole thing breaks apart before then everything is totally up in the air and very uncertain times for the government in london and for the whole country certainly sounds like a conversation the 3 of us have had before all right barbara vessel in london and teri schultz and brussels thank you both. now it has been a turbulent 3 years for theresa may as we heard her premiership was marked by a series of stumbles and struggles here's a look back. even when she tried to be

cool to reason may couldn't help but look a little stiff her leadership style and the nickname may bot and it was with the same robotic determination that she would try and push through bricks that. when made took over the premiership from david cameron britain had just voted to leave europe may has self had campaigned to remain in the year yet despite her own convictions she would make it her personal mission to deliver a breakfast deal for the british people. following the referendum we face a time of great national change and i know because we're great britain that we will rise to the challenge as we leave the european union we will forge a forge a bold new positive role for ourselves in the world but forging that new role would prove much harder than anticipated may's brags that negotiations appeared to be doomed from the start the e.u. loath to see the u.k.

leave the union made it clear that there would be no cherry picking it soon became evident that the bracks of may could deliver was not the bracks that many in britain had voted for. and attempt to get a stronger mandate for her bracks a vision backfired spectacularly tough to make or snap elections in june 2017 she ended up weaker than before short of a majority in parliament and forced to make a deal with the hardline northern irish the u.p.a. in order to govern but maybe wouldn't be deterred smiling through gritted teeth she carried on with the task of pushing through bracks it come what may bricks it means bricks it and we're going to make a success of it bricks it needs frets it i'm very clear bricks it does mean bracks it. empty phrases drawing ridicule from the opposition all we care is even more bizarre soundbites remember when we. marriage for actually means breaks it then we

had liberal break suits and now we have ambitious managed divergence. and she got flak from within her own ranks with several of her key ministers resigning over the breakfast issue for. finally against all the odds and after months of negotiations london and brussels agreed on a draft breck's a deal e.u. leaders approved it but may fail to drum up enough support for the deal at home. at the last minute she was forced to call off a parliamentary vote after it became clear that she would not get the deal through which. a desperate last ditch attempts to meet european leaders followed to try and get some concessions to make the deal more palatable to her critics but to no avail . members of her own party seize the moment to challenge her leadership that may

survive the vote of no confidence amongst tory m.p.'s. a fight over her deal in. 3 times it went before parliament and 3 times it was rejected by m.p.'s. it was postponed and meant britain had to take part in the european parliament elections muster talks between the opposition labor party and mates conservative governments seeking a compromise over break that broke down because lunging the country back into uncertainty may's final attempt to repackage her bracks a deal fails. in the end it was too much for may to survive. that announcement from the british prime minister comes as the election is underway check and irish voters head to the polls friday in the 2nd day of voting turnout could be a concern in the czech republic only 18 percent of voters headed to the polls for

the elections 4 years ago a voting started thursday in the netherlands and britain and official results will be revealed until all countries have voted on sunday but i suppose from the netherlands just a surprise victory for the center left there. let's talk about the elections this weekend with christopher young he's a political scientist at berlin's free university and he joins us or christopher thank you for being with us let's start with those exit polls from the netherlands what do you make of those results that. parties don't appear to have done very well so on the one hand i'm not so surprised because what we've seen is a fragmentation of the party system so we see and parties populist parties do better but this story that they will replace traditional parties i think has been a bit oversold so seeing them do well but not as well as maybe they were predicted to does not surprise me so much what does surprise me a bit who did well which were the social democrats but i think that may be more of

a sort of country specific effect rather than a you wide thing so what did the dutch central do right. i mean i think maybe it's more that the enemy's did a lot of things wrong and i mean he's a very charismatic leader he did a very good election campaign so i think he sort of singlehandedly won it. if you look at the debate surrounding this election what we keep hearing in france and also other countries is that this is a battle between anti e.u. forces and pro e.u. forces between nationalists and progressives is that really what this vote boils down to. again we have a lot of anti e.u. parties that are now doing quite well again some of them are more driven by national factors but across e.u. we have seen skeptical voices but i think even the parties have realized of being within the e.u. can be quite helpful as long as you can. make that you do your work for you and so

they may all agree on being and to you but then they are not actually a cohesive political force such rather they have very specific national interests and i would be very surprised if they can manage to. both you know have those national interests represented and yet be a cohesive from that you love all right we've seen some divisions as you said between those populist parties in different european countries we see in the parties also stumping for votes making their last pushes and we've seen young voters also coming out in force do you think we're going to see a big turnout because this generally european elections we don't see a big turnout. i think big needs to be some want to contextualize unfortunately as i keep telling my students not too many people go to vote for the european election even though it is a very important one i think now people have realized that it is more important though and we've seen a lot of mobilization particularly in germany but across europe and not

just by political parties but even by sort of. private actors and i do hope that that will bring more people into the electoral cycle because otherwise the only people that do go to vote and to be the very euro skeptical ones you said this is an important vote why is it so you know what issues are really being solved at a european level that voters should be casting their ballots for well as we've seen the europe in itself has become of course an important issue that has shown us this but beyond that there seem to be a lot of problems that really only are solvable at the european level and i think the type of issues that have to comport and particularly immigration on the one hand but also environmental issues on the other really require a european court a nation and because those 2 issues are so salient for so many voters now and they have begun to realize that really it needs to have the european perspective here i think that has also driven

a lot of people to become more active the european election how much of an indicator are these elections for you know national governments and national parties we keep hearing this in germany this is going to be a bellwether for the social democrats for the conservatives is that really true is it going to change the way we see politics being made on a nash. level. somewhat like we've mentioned the european elections tend to be elections where people maybe try out some new parties they may try to experiment a little bit with who they vote for and that can actually help shift allegiance. maybe you vote for a new polity at the european level and you're quite happy with what you see so the next national election comes around and you're more willing to cost your vote for you know a party you have not voted for before. beyond that though i think it is a bellwether because it highlights the issues that are important to voters and i think the traditional parties have maybe not done such a good job of necessarily always capturing the excitement of voters and for those

issues are writer christopher nguyen a political scientist at berlin's free university thanks for sharing your insights with us today thank you for having me. frank if you watched the show last night you might have seen our coverage about kenya's high court about deciding on a law that bans gay sex that today that court upheld the ban that means same sex relations in kenya are still punishable with up to 14 years in prison activists were fighting to reverse the law which states back to the british colonial area. now it's a different story in taiwan the island has become the 1st place in asia to legalize same sex marriage the new law went into effect on friday and dozens of couples celebrated by tying the knot the weddings came a week after lawmakers made the decision to legalize gay marriage despite conservative opposition more than 500 same sex couples registered on friday while

many are celebrating there a life changing moments activists say it's not yet the end of the road to equality . alex and joe have turned a new page in their relationship taiwan's top court 1st made gay marriage a constitutional right in 2017 but they had to wait until this month before legislation was passed allowing them to tie the knot. engine darwin this is a gift from my sister when the constitutional court handed down its ruling 2 years ago i feel very emotional that it is finally coming true passing through the back and starts now or since you are going to use the stamps for the 1st time on the wedding document was the moment that eliminating the couple didn't wear tuxedos but a simple outfit with a bow tie in the iconic rainbow colors for them marriage is about more than romance . when we talk about marriage equality equality is crucial. because this is the most important day in my life

and for taiwan's human rights history. guys aren't here if i didn't get married on the 1st day i would probably regret it for my entire life. it's also a kind of legal assurance for us. alex and joe were among hundreds of couples who tied the knot on friday but the new law only recognizes trans national partners from the $26.00 countries around the world where same sex marriage is already legalized in other words all asian transnational couples in taiwan are excluded. leaders of the campaign for marriage equality said there are other problems with the law which may trigger further litigation if they're not rectified. says. knowledge which would include the

county. and it is truly. a. nudge which. is different and might try and. likely transform. in a controversial referendum last year over 70 percent of voters agree to a strict definition of marriage to heterosexual couples if they go cold despite the fact that their government legalized same sex marriage and that they with special law the opposition groups do criticize it as turning a blind eye to public oh pinion and they're not ruling out any possibility. other referendum against it much of time when a society clearly views gay marriage skeptically so the individual families job regrets that his own mother didn't attend his wedding. her basic understanding and discrimination won't disappear now that the door of marriage has opened we still need to make a lot of effort to communicate change is

a slow process. both alex and joe say that the key to true equality is not the law but education. despite the rocky road ahead many of taiwan's newly wedded gay couples are optimistic and determined to carry on. all right if that was the day as ever the conversation continues online you'll find us on twitter either at news or my handle at some ugly ass and i don't forget to use our hash tag the day we'll see you next time.

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