subscribe to the documentary. this is the news live from berlin a big win for ukraine's president and snap elections. exit polls to follow to party to win some 44 percent of the vote but is that enough just to support to help. people get an update from. protests turned violent on the streets of hong kong

police fired tear gas and rubber bullets as tens of thousands of anti-government demonstrators marched successes you can see they're worried beijing will take away their rights and freedoms. thanks for joining us. we begin in ukraine where exit polls suggest the party of president will take some 44 percent in the country's 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 selenski promised to tackle corruption and shake up ukraine's political system any so far progress has been slow. and connally is in the lead skis election headquarters nick

thanks for joining us does the president have the numbers he needs to change things in ukraine. well nick this is a huge win 4445 percent even this is more than any of his predecessors had to work with short of 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 chords 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. well

the most likely coalition partner is another showbiz transplant to politics. most famous rock musician who has set up his own party called voice and ukrainian he has sent in these seemingly according to exit polls on around 6 percent which would together with 70 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 that would fit very well because his only other options would be by the 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 general. 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. since

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 historically 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 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 because of the vote in there putin turning the european union in the or is there still that conflict in the east of the country which has killed thousands. but in

terms of his international negotiation 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 in donbass 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 accept the status quo and to kind of go with this frozen conflict as will stay the strategy taken by present. previous as 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 direct to 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 present selenski that much ground of the ok usenet connelly thank you for that. 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 migrants 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 can killing 2 a female suicide bomber then killed another 4 officers and 3 civilians outside

a hospital pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for both of us. in hong kong a 7th straight weekend of anti-government protests has descended into violence the demonstrations began peacefully as tens of thousands rallied against a controversial extradition bill they fear could erode the territory's autonomy under chinese rule but tensions came to a head as protesters continued past the designated endpoint for the march and headed for the office of china's communist party. just stares over a fire the warning from riot police as true test continued on the streets of hong kong well into the night. david streeters barricaded themselves under street signs to avoid clashes as others threw eggs and paint at the chinese ease on all face. some managed to find shelter to recover from the effects of tear gas. many are

calling for an independent investigation into police actions. before calling this violence we must look into the roots of it we need to look at the bigger picture and that's why we need an inquiry which the. police violence isn't the only concern was shared on social media should try. ashes between prue and antigovernment sides protesters and reporters were attacked as they try to exit a subway station by a seemingly coordinated group of men all traced invite the shirts. although the controversial the extradition bill which sparked these rallies has been suspended the demonstrators aren't backing di many of them feel like this may be their last chance to hit the fan home home eroding freedom and fight for democracy something they know for. which momentum building and the protests showing no sign of abating

all eyes are on the hong kong executive and beijing. and protesters there have found another colorful way to speak out against beijing karl 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 by then the talk of the beatles here these are named after john lennon because of a memorial that wind 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 wallwork palma 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 what 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. never walk alone they get funny they get creative to make you see one here that's of course taking a play maybe i don't 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 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 myal one honked on the u.c. 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 were saying 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. you got hot if you. don't see we have rallied many tell you 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 a while to say what i. so we heard the last 2 were talking about the government not

doing what the people wanted right 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 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 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 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 to portugal now where some 2000 firefighters are battling huge blazes in the country's mountainous region it's the same area that was devastated by deadly wildfires just 2 years ago several firefighters as well as civilians have been injured. wildfires whipped by strong winds engulfing forests and encroaching on villages a familiar scene for people living in portugal's castello branker region. wildfires can be deadly because they happen so quickly well as nominee 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 we're not. around the world wildfires are becoming more intense and while fire 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 they have been injuries especially amongst the firefighters. police have arrested a 55 year old man in castello bronco who suspected of starting a fire on the outskirts of town it's hard to control fires in such difficult terrain although the winds have died down the fire has remained on contained. cover sports and 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 and in cycling british rider simon yates has won stage 15 of the tour de france an intense mountain stage in the tyrannies that he won after a solo sprint french rider julien out a few deep drop further seconds after struggling on the final of the stages for

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