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really t.w. . this is news live from berlin a victory for turkey's opposition and a big blow for president there who want. large crowds and there's them both celebrate after opposition candidate. wins the controversial rerun of the city's mayoral election he calles the outcome as a vote for change in the country also coming up hundreds of thousands of people
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flooded the streets of prague demonstrators turned out for what i thought to be the czech republic's largest protest since the overthrow of communism they want prime minister bob inch to step down but he's standing. and tears protests and anger on the pitch at the women's world cup cameroon's footballers crash out against england after a series of controversial calls by the video assistant referee. i'm calling assman thanks for joining us in turkey opposition candidate. as one of the rerun of stumbles in the world election won over 54 percent of the ballots with now more than 99 percent of votes counted the outcome deals a blow to president richard tie up to one and his ruling a k party as. the vote was seen as
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a barometer of his approval. they had turned out in force at the voting booth no they came to celebrate the undisputed win oh it's them with me or the elections. 6 secured a comfortable majority in the controversial rerun of a ballot he narrowly won in march the new mayor held up his victory on sunday as a vote for change. well here's dr drew this is not a victory this is a new beginning. i would like to say from here that as of tomorrow i will treat 16000000 people equally as a mayor. present at once ruling aka party had successfully called for the election to be held again alleging voting irregularities but this time it's candidate b. knowledge of durham conceded defeat. according to the results.
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as of now my competitor. is leading the race i congratulate him and wish him good luck. it was not what he had hoped for president add on had been hit hard by the country whiteman is protections in march the a.k.p. lost control much of sophistical but also other key cities the results have been widely interpreted as a rejection of bad ones rule his turn increasingly author terry in recent years and struggle to revive a flagging economy immortal had a conciliatory message for the president. i am ready to work with you in harmony and i aspire to do that i am announcing that in front of all residents of istanbul . 6 that once rise to power began with a stint as mayor of istanbul. the outcome of this electoral rerun could no herald
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the end of the president's 16 year rule. correspondent you leon is inestimable she's been covering this election for us and she sent us this assessment of the day. opposition supporters here in istanbul celebrating there are celebrating an extraordinary victory of their candidate to run him on the who has achieved the near impossible he won 1st 2nd time and this time with a does not margin. 700000 thoughts at 42 the results we have so far that is making many people very happy here as you can see there are celebrating a lot they are chanting that president allen and his candidate did not hear him have accepted defeat for them for the ruling a k p this is a huge blow analysts say to their reputation as an unbeatable political force here
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in turkey there is a popular saying who are the winds assemble wins at turkey and so many opposition supporters see it this is clearly the message of the day. well an estimated quarter of a 1000000 people have flooded the center of prague demanding the resignation of czech prime minister entre bobbish it's believed to be the barges protest as the country's revolution 1809 which overthrew communism sunday's rally was the culmination of a series of demonstrations in recent weeks against bobbish the leader of the populist a.n.l. party he's under investigation for corruption and conflicts of interest. we've heard enough no more they call they've had enough of czech prime minister andre bobbish this is the country's largest demonstration since the velvet revolution that overthrew communism. and many here say the fight for freedom that began in 1909 isn't over yet. and they're simply it's
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unacceptable that we have someone in the p.m.'s office who's facing criminal proceedings now he works for the communist secret service that's not normal we want andre bobbish to step. but you see their. prime minister and a successful businessman his company are going to ferret is accused of misappropriating you funs the demonstrators here say bob is trying to hinder the investigation the e.u. for its part also says bobbish has a conflict of interest in the case and says stop paying are going to fair to the prime minister has called a protest a campaign that won't change anything. only because the citizens vote in democratic elections and choose who serves in parliament and that is what decides who is part of the government for now bobbish is party dno is sticking by him as are his coalition partners. let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making
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news around the world opposition leader. has returned to the democratic republic of congo the country has yet to form a government after last year's election and benbow says he aims to unite the opposition he was acquitted of war crimes by the international criminal court last year after serving 10 years in prison. a newly formed women's soccer team from the vatican and called off its debut match after a pro choice protest by the opposing team 3 austrian players revealed slogan supporting women's abortion rights on their bodies before kick off vatican representatives canceled the game saying that politics has no place in sports. some 8000 people turned out in kiev on sunday for the largest l g b t pride march in ukraine's history the parade has been marked by violence in the past and there was heavy police protection this time around but marching for the 1st time was
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a group of veterans from the country's conflict with pro brush and separatists mcconnell he went to meet some of the people challenging stereotypes of what it means to be a soldier and today's ukraine. rainbows as far as the eye can see so far so familiar but this is no ordinary pride parade security is tight and police often seeming outnumber the participants here of pride has come a long way since it began with a few dozen participants back in 2013 and it's attracting new and diverse groups of people who are moderate they're there i am there that is the official greeter of ukraine's on forces and not something you expected to hear pride parade until now that is their job is. i'm a soldier and i'm going to you know i was a volunteer in the dumb ass battalion i fought from 2014 to 2016 we're fighting on
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the front for the freedom of ukraine. and the freedom of every citizen in a free country life should you knew. his isn't a unique story hundreds of thousands of ukrainians from of life have volunteered to fight since the conflict began in 2014 making the queen's armed forces more diverse than ever before but most choose to keep quiet about their sexuality until they leave the ranks. you have been an active service since russia attacked us. if we don't stand up for ourselves it will be no freedom no equality and not just for people freedom has to be defended shout that. we will defend our children from paedophiles opposed to read these words what do you do with a poster go do something useful go fight to the here pride is still more demonstration and party a place for chant some posters and not for celebration yet was. earlier
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this month a remarkable photo taken in greenland went viral it showed the troubling scale of the arctic's melting ice sheets and it brought on president's attention to the impact of warming temperatures in the region d.w. met the photographer behind that photo and says he hopes it will trigger action to protect the environment. now back home in denmark stephanie. his photo made such an impact. the image of. june 13th at the. northwest greenland normally. the temperature is a few degrees below 0. it was much. it was 17 degrees celsius almost the highest temperature ever recorded very unusual because there were still snow on the sea the lake turned into melting water. and.
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the picture is just a snapshot in time so it can't be taken as concrete evidence of climate change when he published it on twitter it provoked debate for many it symbolizes the dangers of . the climate researcher himself is just happy that finally attention has turned to the situation in the arctic. scientists have been that the region is heating up. a new study presented a stark forecast if greenhouse gas emissions are not reduced. dramatically by 2200. cities and islands under water. it's difficult to forecast 1000 years into the future but we can see the near future very clearly in the next 100 years the melting ice will cost sea levels to
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rise by half a meter to a meter. started very early and the. hopes his picture. maybe the picture hit a nerve it addresses something that other photos don't it shows a very warm day in the arctic. he says photos that are quickly forgotten are of little value but a memorable image could spur people into action to protect the environment for future generations. england are through to the quarter finals of the women's world cup after beating cameroon but the match proved controversial with the cameroon players furious over the use of the video assistant referee. england were quick to apply pressure and
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benefited from an early back pass from augustine and 11 players on the goal line couldn't prevent center back step horton from hammering home to give the lionesses delete. number 2 came on the stroke of half time and meet through ball found ellen white and the strike upright the pool of the tournament. the flag had been raised but a v.a.r. intervention proved white was on the side and the goal was given during furious protests among the cameroon players the mood was not improved at the start of the 2nd half when the stunning strike by iraq and shoe was disallowed for the most marginal of offsides in the build up cameroon were inconsolable and minutes later they were 3 nailed down alex greenwood converting a cleverly what corner to send cameroon packing their tournament ends in violence in. formula one now lewis hamilton won the french grand prix on
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sunday to extend his championship lead over teammate well terry bolt us to $36.00 points driver started in pole position and lead a largely unavenged full race from start to finish finished in 2nd place followed by ferrari's charles they click in the 3rd level to now has 79 career wins he's closing in on michael schumacher is all time record in needs just 12 more. in tennis roger federer looks to be in fine form for wimbledon after he swatted aside france's divied golf and to win germany's hollow open for a record 10th time the swiss took the 1st sets a tie break and he went on to dominate the 2nd set from there winning $61.00 to clinch his 102nd tour level title federer will be hoping to add to his all of 20 grand slam titles wimbledon gets underway at the start of july he's already won
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