and. this is the news live from berlin a big win for ukraine's president in snap elections exit polls to voting there's a lot skis party to win some 44 percent of the vote but is that enough support to help him deliver on ambitious performance. will get an update from here 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 demonstrators march for a successive weekend they say they're worried beijing will take away their rights and freedoms. spicer thanks for joining us. and we begin in ukraine where exit polls suggest the party of president. will take some 44 percent in the country's snap parliamentary election is 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 programs when he was running for office alinsky promised to tackle corruption and shake up ukraine's political system but so far progress has been slow. and connelly as it. is election headquarters nick thanks

for joining us does the president have the numbers he needs to change things in ukraine. well that this is a huge win 4445 percent even this is more than any of his predecessors had to work with. that overall majority that many people here were expecting and that explains the sort of muted celebrations we saw today champagne not being drunk in the quantities that it was in the 2nd round of the presidential poll which shows alinsky storming to victory with the 3 quarters majority having said that i think that just is an indication to you of how big the ambition was how big the kind of momentum was in the feeling that anything was possible despite that maybe potential disappointment this is still a very strong showing and puts him in a very strong position going into coalition troops and doing any idea what the coalition might look like at this point. while

the most likely coalition partner is another showbiz transplant to politics. most famous rock musician who has set up his own party called voice will and ukrainian he has passed these seemingly according to exit polls on around 6 percent which would together with servants of the people. his policy bring most of the 50 percent and in terms of zilinskas agenda bring a new generation to power and doing away with the old school god that would fit very well because his only other option would be ex prime minister to machine co-ax print president poroshenko so really. the sing of the man of the moment someone who really could feel that selenski. well if he gets the coalition he wants the one you were just a bunch of ok let's say what are his chances of domestically eliminating corruption is he's promised or bringing about a more independent judiciary. so that

he has a huge opportunity now he really has an unprecedented opportunity compared his previous this is to really reform this country from the bottom up on the top down having said that that also brings a big risk because you start in ukrainian politics governments that were failing on the reform agenda could always points the finger at parliament to say that it was the opposition the north your position parliament that was getting in the way of changing things so a huge opportunity but also really a moment of rebekah test for the real willingness and the ability of the zelinsky team to really make good on those promises and to really look the ukrainian electorate in the in the eye and you know bring bring the goods home and in terms of ukraine in the world looking at external relations rather than internal politics what faces resilience he now visa vivaah tamir putin turning the european union in the course there's still that conflict in the east of the country which

has killed thousands. but in terms of his international. position towards the west knows it was russia this puts him in good stead it shows he has a really strong support domestically in some situation when don't bask in the country's frozen conflict in the east with persian separatists i don't think it changes very much fundamentally ukraine has said that it is not attempting to resolve this issue by force that is off the called so the only 2 alternatives really except the status quo and to kind of go with this frozen conflict as was to the strategy taken by present those events his predecessor and just hope that sanctions eventually force russia to withdraw its support for those separatists or to engage russia and that means concessions concessions which a big part of ukraine society isn't willing to countenance so this will really be a big test of whether selenski tries to offer some kind of concessions that might

move the kremlin towards. progress in the east we've been hearing about demands for ukraine to deal with those separatists directed legitimize them maybe they'll be some kind of trade off of crimea who knows that but fundamentally this is a conflict that has to be resolved with the help of the kremlin and a big part of ukraine isn't willing to give the present selenski that much ground of the ok nick connelly thank you for that. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. hundreds of migrants have marched in the chilean capital of santiago to protest against the country's migration policies they want the government to normalize their status many of the margins are from venezuela which is in the midst of an unprecedented economic and political crisis. 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 the

hospital the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks. japanese prime minister shinzo bay's ruling coalition has secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in sunday's elections but will fall short of the super majority needed to propose constitutional reforms during the campaign a 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 we can't the march continued after nightfall police charged at demonstrators who defied orders to disperse and fired tear gas the rallies were initially sparked by a controversial extradition bill although that bill has now been suspended the protesters continue to worry their freedoms will be eroded and they're pushing for

free and fair elections. our correspondent phoebe kong was at the scene of the clashes between police and protesters. police fired rounds. protest is we can feel the choking and now at the central business anti it. has lasted for more than 6 weeks and there is no science 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 we've got 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 the fan 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 but in the we're talking 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 1980 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 in bus stops in metro stations nearly any walworth home along these protests routes you'll find them some people estimate there might be as many as $200.00 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 to make 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 lead in walls mean to the protestors 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 mile 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 we express our views we're seeing what each person writes or posts is a very personal thing but when you come out and see this to some extent it becomes a type of power this term something that's very subjective into an object of wish it was imposed on top of you. what they don't see we have rallied many tieing in this but the government still hasn't given a clear response to our requests take i think so i want to come here to write something to encourage people to take one event to say the. so we heard the last 2 were talking about the government not doing what the people wanted

wrote does the governor think about these lennon 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 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 balls now of 24 hour rotations of people guarding the notes and you see some of these these guards here set up here in that 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've 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 nelson thanks for that. to portugal now where some 2000 firefighters are battling huge

wildfires in the country's mountainous. region it's the same area that was devastated by wildfires just 2 years ago several firefighters as well as civilians have been injured and strong winds are hampering efforts to get the blazes under control. wildfires whipped by strong winds in gulf in forests and encroaching on villages a familiar scene for people living in portugal's castello branker region. while folks can be deadly because they happen so quickly well there's no maneuverability i never thought this would happen today it was all so quiet yesterday and this morning i don't know how i don't understand how suddenly there were no means to avoid the situation i just don't understand how i'm not. around the world while fuzz becoming more intense and wildfire seasons longer key to climate change but because of better precautions since the deadly force in 2017 no one has died of

portugal in the last 2 years but there have been injuries especially amongst the firefights as. police have arrested a 55 year old man in castello branco who suspected of starting a fire on the outskirts of town it's hard to control it in such difficult terrain although the winds have died down the fire remains uncontained i time for sports now and return to 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 laurie as he swept to victory 6 shots ahead of englishman tommy fleetwood. in cycling british writer simon yates has won stage 15 of the tour de france an intense mountain stage in the pyrenees that he won after a solo sprint french rider and out a few deep drop further seconds after struggling on the final of the stages for

climbs but retains the yellow jersey defending champion geryon thomas is still 2nd and you're now up to date on d w news up next a group of women cyclist fight for the right to compete in that very same tour de france don't forget you can get all the latest news and information around the clock on our website at www dot com thanks for watching. robots are still in the development phase. it's going to happen when they grow. will humans and machines be able to peacefully co-exist. are we on the verge of a robot collapse. if we just bumble as it is totally unprepared with our heads in

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