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what about the to. play. the c.w. news live from for lent nigerian president a hollow jubal hari is sworn in for a 2nd term the 76 year old won the election in february after pledging to live by the economy improve security and tackle corruption but many young nigerians for me unconvinced he is the right choice for their future also coming up the tussle for the top job in brussels is underway and it could take some time the leaders are clashing over who should be the next president of the european commission
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a post-election summit in brussels has so far failed to ease the tensions clocks. live. chats live in the. bed and porch tumbling off 10 was living a nightmare. one woman's tragic story of a son lost to hopefully avoid addiction as u.s. drug maker johnson and johnson defends its role in court plus the world of formula one says its final farewell to a motor sport legend niki lauda is being buried today in his hometown of vienna austria following his death last week at the age of 78. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program nigeria's president muhammadu buhari has been an angry. for
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a 2nd and final term the 76 year old was sworn in at an open air ceremony in the capital but he did not give an inaugural address a number of regional leaders attended the low key event in africa's most populist nation. of the char who is reporting from eagle square in a budget where president hu hari's inauguration just took place funny we are hearing of a low key ceremony walk us through what you're seeing. well 1st of all let me just share this situation that happened just moments after the president has left the square and the red carpet is just being rolled up by now a crowd basically stormed the square and it tried to get what ever they could get their hands on anything connected to the inauguration but also water bottles things that they could tell outside of the square which definitely shows you a part of the state of the country that is about desperation after all
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a nigerian this country has this very sad record of being the number one country when it comes to poverty worldwide having said that of course you can imagine has that turnout here at the square which is a small it or stumble sort of like a small stadium was quiet you know it was actually representatives from the governing a.p.c. party who joins but not the ordinary civilian because the ordinary civilian outside of the square in a we just city is very much disappointed about that the 1st target went on the president rouhani they feel that not a lot was done to revamp the economy to sweep away corruption and to make sure that the stability and security in this country but then again of course the people who voted for president the 2nd term a.p.c. they say simply so many challenges ahead so many big tasks that cannot be sold in 4 years but especially young people are the ones who say they're very much disillusioned about the way this country is headed and they feel that's very basic
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things are lacking for example electricity or education funding for char from the inauguration ceremony of president hu hari in nigeria's capital of which i think you funny. not all nigerians are happy as funny just articulated about reelection about half of registered voters in february as election were under the age of 35 and many young people are skeptical that their 76 year old president is the right man to revamp the economy a little bit earlier funny also spoke with young voters who see no reason to celebrate today's inauguration. these young men who were in this cocktail bar and if the president were to stop by they would make a very special drink for him. if he needs a strong drink before so maybe you could resets. the. way you get a strong drink you puts you to sleep when you wake up maybe use going to think about all these youths gave all their strong drink let's see what we could do for
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them. they feel bihari is doing way too little to empower the youth all of them have studied abroad back here they are often called for into the nigeria's makeshift infrastructure such as its regular power outages they must spend 2 $100.00 every month just to keep their drinks cool their youths are young vibrant we want to do something so if the government can give us. i think we'll be great at anything give you power in terms of your power in terms of influence and power in terms of electricity when we get electricity influence. and. business. has promised all of that but it's hard to find someone who believes in his policies i very. rarely does of them are nothing anything
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is the people that seem to be so the issue i feel that they should give new people . after a while i finally find a horror supporter who is eager to join the festivities president we need patience room was no beauty. of the saints but i don't see it. for now. president of the war president elects the support of a majority of the electorate the youth about half of the registered voters are under $35.00 but only every 3rd of the electorate went out to vote at all a historic low which doesn't bode well for president haris 2nd term. let's get a quick check now of some other stories making news around the world in australia a newly reelected prime minister scott morrison has been sworn into office one week after his conservative coalition won a surprise victory his half includes can wyatt the 1st aboriginal person to become
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minister for indigenous affairs. in argentina activists are renewing efforts to legalize abortion lawmakers have said that they would introduce a bill to legalize the terminations of pregnancy is up to 14 weeks a similar motion was passed in the lower house of congress last year but was defeated in the senate due to opposition from religious groups. and at least 11 people have been injured in a wave of tornadoes that struck the u.s. state of kansas and missouri the twisters destroyed several houses and brought down power lines in the kansas city area that came a day after 30 people were injured by debris as a tornado hit ohio. there appears to be a growing split between german chancellor angela merkel and french president a manual over who should take the top job merkel backs the process by which the biggest party so-called lead candidate takes the post that would be the head of the
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european people's party who also happens to be a fellow german but mccollum says that the process is obsolete it comes after last week's european elections destroy the long standing political alliances. as europe's leaders took their seats at a summit in brussels there was little to suggest that anything was wrong but after last week's elections to the european parliament in which both the center right to and center left parties lost seats the political climate here is changing and so too are the jobs. the biggest question is who will replace this man john claude younker is president of the e.u. commission and soon to step down. and these are the frontrunners for the post they've been nominated by the political groups in the european parliament we can bring the whole strength of europe german chancellor angela merkel has put her
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weight behind german m.e.p. manfred vapor the lead candidate from the biggest block in the e.u. parliament but french president emmanuel mark on doesn't like this lead candidate system and wants change perhaps even this woman e.u. commissioner mark waid best arguer feebleness to you because the german government has committed to the principle of the need candidates however the parties represented in the coalition have different views as to which candidate is best suited. if everyone just stays with their preferred names we will be stuck because none of the groups have a majority all alone and even if 2 of them work together they still have a majority we need 3 or even 4 groups to do this fulfill some believe mekel is behind the curve on this because she has self will soon be leaving her own job. if it there is a kind of missed opportunity between france and germany the germans were at one
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point more european than the french there's too much of an economic discrepancy between france and germany germany is the 1st economic power in europe so europe is less vital for germany than it is for france and that's quite sad. it's now down to another e.u. chief donald tusk to try to come up with an acceptable nominee for the next commission president fronts with germany and france at odds over the process this won't be any easy task. y. way has asked a u.s. court to throw out legislation barring american federal agencies from buying its products the lawsuit was initially filed in march and the chinese company is now asking for a summary judgment all that after u.s. president trump has also banned the telecom equipment maker from trading with any u.s. company. 4 way the case is clear politicians in the
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u.s. are using the stance of an entire nation will come after a private company they are using every a tour they have enclosed in legislative administrative and diplomatic of china as they want to put us out of business well every 4 months washington has been accusing hallway of spying and delivering data to leaders in beijing to simply walk away is something that's very dangerous you look at what they've done from a security standpoint from a military standpoint it's very dangerous from a clear rebuttal the u.s. government has provided no evidence to sure that our way is security threat. there is no gun no smoke
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only speculation. speculation that has landed huawei on the so-called entity list a list of companies that u.s. firms cannot trade with google has already announced that it wouldn't provide updates of its smartphone operating system android to huawei shares of some u.s. tech companies including chip makers have come under pressure. meanwhile the us chinese trade war is escalating beijing has announced it was thinking of limiting exports of rare earths to the u.s. endangering the tech sector there chinese rare earth are a key resource used to make smartphones as well as computer and even military hardware. one of the world's largest to drug manufacturers has gone on trial in a multi-billion dollar lawsuit brought by the u.s. state of oklahoma oklahoma prosecutors accuse johnson and johnson of deceptively
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marketing painkillers and downplaying addiction risks by doing so they say that the company played a key role in the state's opioid epidemic. gail box is heartbroken at the loss of her son i'm going to miss the great things that. austin was a college football player at the university of oklahoma and only 22 years old when he died from an overdose of opioid painkillers and the last day i saw him was the day he graduated from the university of oklahoma that day one of his coaches britain venables came up to him and said austin. hasn't gone line and he said coach live in the. chest. but unfortunately austin was living
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a nightmare the nightmare of prescription drug abuse prescription opioids to be exact. it were drugs like these produced by manufacturers like johnson and johnson that killed almost 50000 people across the u.s. in 2017 now legal action is being taken against the company. how did this happen. at the end of the day your honor i was sure one word answer. greed the state of oklahoma is accusing johnson and johnson of intentionally creating an oversupply and lying about the risks the company denies the allegations. to brazil now where the prison system has been rocked by a spate of killings the bodies of more than 50 inmates were found in several prisons and none now us in the remote amazonia state authorities are attributing
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the deaths to drug related gang violence president also not all had vowed to regain control of brazil's presence his spokesperson said that the violence is unlikely to spread further but others are not so sure told come from above but inside these walls brutality reigns some 55 inmates have been massacred inside brazil's prisons strangled to death and stabbed with shop and toothbrushes. families gathered at a morgue demanding to see the bodies of their loved ones brothers are still waiting to hear if their husbands are alive let's put up with that anguished desperate here outside the prison we don't know what to do because we aren't allowed to get close to the gate the police won't allow us and don't inform us about anything. less it's not easy because they are treated like animals inside they are humans not dogs they should be given jobs and put to work but it doesn't happen. the killings began on
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sunday and spread across 4 prisons in the amazonas state anguished relatives rioted outside the gates brazil's justice minister has blamed gang violence he says suspected ringleaders will be transferred to maximum security prisons. in formation we have stood there was a conflict between criminal factions within the prisons which can happen anywhere in the world but this should not happen we have a really good reason to try to control these types of cases but others blame systematic overcrowding for raising tensions between inmates. regardless. of the brazilian prison system is a system that is absolutely overcrowded we have the 3rd largest prison population in the world we have more than 700000 prisoners living in absolutely any human condition. it's not the 1st mass killing inside brazil's
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prison system some are now warning that these latest deaths could trigger a wave of payback killings. turkey's largest city istanbul is preparing for a rerun of its may more may oral election in a few weeks time the country's electoral commission and know the results of an earlier vote following a complaint from president recha type a k party elsewhere in. herky it is also not uncommon that candidates who have won an election are prevented from taking up their positions. on met an opposition politician in the kurdish majority city of van she was elected mayor back in march but is unable to take up office. severus around her. and it's only when did john catch must walk through her neighborhood in the city of van it always takes a while she's constantly recognised by people involved in conversations asked for
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advice it's hardly surprising many you think of catch must as then they are that is what they're there just minutes into a local elections at the end of march she stood for the pro kurdish opposition party h d p in vans it amid district she won with almost 54 percent of the vote but her joy did not last long. enough for you to feel secure here museum although i never thought that i would not receive my mandate i wasn't expecting this because the election commission had approved me as a candidate. 2 months after the vote people here are still appalled by the election board's decision. i think this is very unfair the. decision is wrong and whoever wins the election should take office. there in minutes but not giving her the mandate they're stealing the will of the people. the election commission says good catchments should not
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be mayor because she was dismissed from her job by an emergency decree following the attempted coup in 2016 despite international criticism the turkish government had tens of thousands of state employees detained sacked or suspended. as was a teacher at the time was also on the list she still doesn't know why. only if that comes in by schools are the same election authority that allowed us to run as candidates then makes this unlawful decision it's supposed to be an absolutely independent institution but it's not it's under the control of the a.k.p. . lawyers thought. instead of catch must the runner up candidate in her district was declared mayor a member of president. adeline's a.k. party. a few weeks ago catchments protested against a ruling in front of the town hall where she feels she should now be working just a few minutes for the police to clear the demonstrators.
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i. am. hyla tanisha is the only member of the ruling a.k.p. in van who is willing to talk to us he blames good young coach mrs policy for the outcome. of a rival party deliberately nominated candidates who were sacked by emergency decrees are honorable president had warned them don't nominate people with links to terror groups or crime or those who were sacked if you do it this is what you can't will do in 5 districts in southeastern turkey a key people the titians were given the office despite pro kurdish h.t.t.p. candidates actually winning the elections the opposition insists it's a deliberate attempt to keep them out of power. goujon catchments is now helping out in her husband's stationery store and she has
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filed an appeal against the decision to withdraw her mandate even though she has little chance of success. i don't want to give up i want to be there for the people of adamant my hope for the unlawful an anti democratic practices in turkey will soon end. as. a present from a friend in nameplate for what should have been her new office. now it's here in the shop one of the few reminders that goujon catchments was recently and they could mail. funeral services are being held today for formula one legend niki lauda in his hometown of vienna austria he died last week at the age of 73 time world champion allowed a claimed his 1st title with ferrari in 1975 a horrific crash of the german grand prix the following year very nearly cost the australian austrian his life but louder made
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a remarkable recovery and went on to win 2 more championships in 19771904 iconic figure he retired in 1905 but remained active in formula one throughout his life. let's get more now we're joined here by don benoit from or so tell us a little bit more about what's happening today so currently underway in vienna the sense even as cathedral right in the heart of the city. is a public memorial service for niki lauda his coffin has been lying close in repose this since 80 in this morning and mourners have been cheering up to come by and pay their final respects fans of niki lauda fans of the sport notables family members colleagues contemporaries of loud in attendance lewis hamilton one notable personality of course from the world of form for me the one who's been there today he dedicated his monaco grand prix win at the weekend and he allowed
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a saying that it was the hardest race he'd ever had that was for you nicky your fighting spirit was right there with me every step of the way austrian president alexander vander been is also in attendance bernie ecclestone of course a giant from the formula one mode as well has stayed away he said they didn't want to see nicky allowed a date that nicky lives on for him so after this public masters the lights are going to be a private funeral just for family members close friends of niki lauda and he's going to be buried actually wearing his ferrari racing over what was his legacy well his legacy is his legacy and of course his you know just in sporting terms he goes out as one of the most successful drivers in the history of formula one but it was far more than just his race wins which you know captured people's hearts you mentioned the horrific crash that niki lauda was involved in in 1976. and it really was a miraculous recovery after that crash when he was in hospital recovering being
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treated for his injuries that he sustained he was actually read his last rights he came back close to losing his life in that incident but missed only 2 races following that he then by the 3rd race he was back in the cockpit back foreign for the title and came. close to winning he went on to win 2 more during his career he was of course had a very famous rivalry with james hunt which was immortalized in more recent years in the film rush that could be familiar to plenty of our viewers and like you said he was active in formula one for the rest of his life he was instrumental in bringing lewis hamilton to miss avies a big hand in the history of the sport time tonight thank you thank you. it's football now and in this size arsenal and chelsea meet in buckle tonight in the final of the europa league the build up has been overshadowed by criticism over the choice of the host in the game in azerbaijan's capital far away from london arsenal's arminian player henrik make it terry on hasn't traveled over security
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fears while rights groups have accused us of a shot of using the final to distract attention from its poor human rights record. lympics stadium had seemed an asset to the city ahead of this final now the fact that the ground can hold almost 70000 seems worrying plenty of those seats looks set to remain empty for arsenal and chelsea fans from london almost 5000 kilometers away travel is complicated and expensive for locals ticket pricing is prohibited unrelenting criticism is making you wait for his decision to hold the final him back look like an own goal and the prospect of playing in front of me go support is an unappealing one for the teams themselves yes i prefer to play with also partly here i prefer can't call here a lot of support there for us now from front. for long on but it's difficult for the 4 of these fly it's not only the fans that have been left back in
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london arsenal are also missing one of their key players armenian henrik mkhitaryan bowed out of the fixture considering azerbaijan too dangerous a destination the 2 countries fought a bloody war within living memory and remain locked in conflict over disputed territory today there have been reports of police and security forces bothering fans with military ends name on the back of the shirts. of course you are disappointed it's not here but. then we spoke a lot of all about. a lot of. politics things it's time to speak about football president ilham aliyev would be pleased if the conversation moved on as no doubt would you a frog friends too are keen to get on with the game but in backroom politics once again overshadowing sport. you're watching news still to come on the program.
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