d.w. . this is deja news live from berlin a big win for ukraine's president in snap elections and exit poll tips floated there's a party to win some 44 percent of the vote is that enough support to help him deliver on his ambitious reform agenda will get a live update from you also coming up. protests turned violent on the streets of hong kong police fire tear gas and rubber bullets as tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched for a 7th successive weekend they say they're worried beijing will take away their

rights in free. spicer thanks for joining us. and we begin in ukraine where an exit poll suggests the party of president. will take some 44 percent in the country snap parliamentary election. it's a clear victory for the former t.v. actor and political newcomer he called the vote hoping to consolidate his party's power and thereby implement a sweeping reform program when he was running for office and once he promised to tackle corruption and shake up ukraine's political system so far progress has been slow but he and nick connelly is in kiev and selenski election headquarters nick thanks for joining us voting closed just a little while ago given the numbers that we have it looks like

a clear win for selenski but perhaps not as big a victory as he was hoping for. exactly nic this was definitely a huge win more than any of his predecessors had achieved and gives him infinitely better power base and column but it wasn't a majority that lots of the outright majority looks people had been expecting so the kind of celebrations were a little music especially compared to the presidential election back in april not so much champagne drunk here at this election party where the mood is kind of rather more businesslike having said that i think the fact that anything short of an outright majority seems like it went on to climax shows you what how high those ambitions running here this after all if you take step back is a candidate who this time last year was an entertainer and had no official political ambitions it was only new year's eve that he really spoke to the ukrainian nation and said that he would be running for president so this is still a pretty extraordinary people he's managed to achieve in just those few months we

understand that selenski an entertainer actor turned president if you will may be turning to another entertainer musician for help. can you explain. exactly well such like bucket is ukraine's probably the most famous rock musician and someone who was also thought to be running going to running for president he didn't in the end but has set up his own policy called fixing. the voice which has now according to exit polls passed 5 percent will and will be the smallest party in ukraine's next parliament and has it looks just about enough seats in the new parliament to a naval selenski to get out of that 50 percent mark so that seems like a kind of obvious fit i think that gives you just indication of quite how big that desire was for fresh faces in ukraine people fed up with their old political class people who've been in charge last 2 decades in which ukraine really hasn't has failed to live up just potential and to be willing to take anyone but the people

they knew and these were people who through show business would known to every ukrainian and so had no worries about voters knowing who they were and if the numbers add up nick and his legacy is able to get relatively solid majority what are his chances of getting his reforms through parliament and particularly in dealing with russian president vladimir putin. when terms of the reform agenda obviously he looks set to have what he's policy will be by far the biggest in ukraine's next parliament basically if these polls are right it's alinsky 7 people party one of 40 percent everyone else on or around 10 percent or less so that really is a huge gap that even the. russian policy was led by a budget which is personal friend might be true coming on just over 10 percent so he has a real chance now to really change this country fundamentally in a way that his previous is didn't but it's a chance and also at the same time a big responsibility because after all if things don't work out if he's not able to

make good on his reforms then the voters will be able to point the finger at him he has no excuses he called push the responsibility on to the opposition paula meant as has been the tradition ukrainian politics all eyes now on him to deliver ok connelly and thanks for that. to britain and tensions with tehran the u.k. is considering its options against iran following the seizure of a british flag the oil tanker in the strait of hormuz on friday speaking on sunday british finance finance minister philip hammond said the u.k. would pursue every possible diplomatic route to resolve the situation according to iranian press reports the 23 crew members of the sterile arrow have now been taken off the ship for questioning audio has emerged of a tense exchange between british and iranian navy officers recorded moments before iran raided the best. obstruct. the angry sterner in.

iran bird. security number. 3. internationally. and through to the end the senate and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. almost 2000 firefighters are trying to put out a huge wildfire in the mountainous region of central portugal at least 20 people have been injured and strong winds are complicating efforts to bring the fires under control. twin attacks in northwestern pakistan have killed at least 9 people and wounded dozens more gunmen opened fire on police in the city of dera ismail killing 2 a female suicide bomber then killed another 4 officers and 3 civilians outside a hospital the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks.

japanese prime minister shinzo a base ruling coalition has secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in sunday's elections but it will fall far short of the supermajority needed to propose constitutional. forms during the campaign that liberal democratic party focused on revitalizing japan's economy and bolstering the military. to hong kong were clashes have erupted between police and anti-government protesters tens of thousands of people took to the streets on sunday for a 7th consecutive week and the march continued after nightfall police charged demonstrators who had defied orders to disperse and fired tear gas the rallies were initially sparked by a controversial extradition bill though that bill has now been suspended the protestors continue to worry their freedoms will erode and are pushing for free elections. our correspondent phoebe king was at the scene of the clashes between

police and protesters police fired rounds of tear gas to disperse protesters we can feel it a choking and irritating smell at the central business district anti extradition view movement has lasted for more than 6 weeks and there is no sign to end so far protesters have demonstrated their long standing strength and persistence throughout the movement what it aswell now is more than scrapping the controversial they're also very angry with how the police handled the clashes over the hospital weeks but a government to set up independent inquiry to investigate their liability and more importantly many of them feel like this may be their last chance to be found home homes eroding freedom and fight for democracy something they longed for after years of repression. was you know used to be kong in hong kong and protesters there have found another colorful way to speak out against beijing and carl and joins me now

to shed a little light on that and to talk about something called lenin the wall so lenin is that the communist or the songwriter that would be the songwriter john lennon the talk of the beatles here these are named after john lennon because of a memorial that winds up for him in prague after he was killed in 1000. 80 now in hong kong these are balls that are covered with sticky notes and they have messages of support for the protest movement the 1st one in hong kong appeared during the demonstrations in 2014 this time around though these are spreading across the city there are dozens perhaps even hundreds of these sorts of balls and you can see them right here i mean they're really impressive to look at nick you can you can find them in tunnels and bus stops and metro stations nearly any wallwork palm along these protests routes you'll find them some people estimate there might be as many as 200 of them across the city to give you a perspective take a look at this time lapse this is in the typo underpass it's now being called the lenin tunnel by protesters because look look how far these notes stretch in terms

of the messages though themselves i mean these are notes that express hope solidarity with the protest movement you can see one here that says you'll never walk alone they get funny they get creative you see one here that's of course taking a play maybe on kill bill down movie they're saying hey this bill has not been killed yet and clearly they are out there sending these messages as the protests continue in hong kong and what do we know about what these lenin walls mean to the protesters and the ordinary people of hong kong themselves i mean 1st of all they really serve as kind of a visual barometer of the amount of support that these protests have you see that that myal one honked on though you see ok there's a lot of people that support this secondly if you talk to protesters they say look i mean this is a great way for anyone not just the demonstrators to really participate in this conversation take a listen to what some people in hong kong have to say. there are more people

willing to express their voices now but they might not have so much time to gather together in the same place it's good that there's a place like this in our own community 1st to express our views. think what each person writes or post. it's a very personal thing but when you come out and see this to some extent it becomes a type of power this turn something that's very subjective into an object of wish. you both on a hot. day what they don't see we have rallied maybe tell you this but the government still hasn't given a clear response to our requests. so i want to come here to write something to encourage people if they want to evolve to a safe place. so we heard the last 2 were talking about the government not doing what the people wanted right does the governor think about these london walls it's hard to tell me they definitely tolerating them but but you do see there's been

some incidents at these walls around the city most of them seem to be involving pro beijing protesters and you can see one of these incidents happening here this was earlier this month a couple of men come in and they they tried to rip down the wall you see even of this 5 breaks out with some of the wall supporters there they had to intervene because of these sorts of incidents these walls now of 24 hour rotations of people guarding the notes and you see some of these these guards here set up here in the tunnel. but it does seem like you know just like those street rallies we saw tonight these london malls they're not going anywhere they become a part of the city now and even spreading to parts of the city that previously were not so political so interesting to see that this is one method that hong kong really taking this movement to other parts of the city ok because karl thanks for that. archaeologists in israel have made a remarkable discovery they've unearthed the remains of an ancient mosque dating as far back as the 7th century a.d.

around the time that islam arrived in the region the site was uncovered during building work in a bedouin town in the negev desert. the does it again reveals one of its secrets a new neighborhood was supposed to be built here but then archaeologists made a sensational find the remains of a mosque. experts say it could be 1200 years old dating back to long before islam was a majority religion in this part of the world. in israel before any building can begin the antiquities authority has to inspect the ground and here we discovered an 8th century farm and unearthed a mosque that was pointing to mecca. district open topped mosque with a round was most likely used by families mosques dating back to this time have so far only been found in largest cities d. to the v.a.

has been an archaeologist in the region for 25 years he's excited about the find but wants to wait for the samples. we need to assess the moss sage of what we do know is we are dealing with an early structure located in a village that's the astounding thing comes. the big says we can expect many more such discoveries in the desert thanks to improved excavation techniques the mosque in iraq could be just the beginning. sports now and in golf it was an emotional day for irishman shane lowery as he won his 1st major at the british open the howling wind and rain at royal portrush in northern ireland proved no problem for lowery as he swept to victory 6 shots ahead of englishman tommy fleetwood. you're up to date now on the d w news up next a group of eco rebels fight to transform agriculture in the himalayas don't forget

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