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[000:00:00;00] the news missing c w news line from berlin. victor without a mandate ultra conservative ibrahim race. he takes 2 thirds of the votes in iran, presidential election. voter apathy was a real winner of the day. and more than half of the readings stay away from the polls on the program. as brazil for warner virus desktop reaches half a 1000000 people, 6 streams of major cities to protest, president of the nato, kansas, the pandemic,
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and holy holds. its 1st elegy implied blazing soon. here is the 1st since you're a peanut specialist condemned to countries records on gina rice plus and the crowd went wild as germany recovered from the opening defeat to friends in europe. 2024 civil incense, a clear message that they are in the american tilton, berlin. welcome to the show. a hard line cleric has swept to victory and runs presidential election. abraham racy is a harsh critic of the west and stands accused of human rights abuses. but while he won nearly 2 thirds of the vote, turn out was that historic lows. and many iranians think his election was a foregone conclusion. that brought him,
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everything played out as expected in the morning after the election. president elect, crazy, met without going president hassan ro, honey. right, easy vowed to strengthen public trust in the government. what again? i'm a servant of the people and i hope i will fulfill that expectations during my term and office. of course, i will also benefit from the experience the previous government over on number crazies victory was widely anticipated. and soon after vote counting began, it was clear he'd win with a large majority, but voter turnout with low hash mean, you know, she said his 28600000 of our esteemed citizens participated in the election. was that that was just under 49 percent of those eligible to vote. some people boycotted the presidential poll. others pap simply weren't interested to raise. he was successful as chief justice. i hope he'll be just as successful as president
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holder for now. it's one of the game, it was clear in advance that way, if he would be elected, anyone could tell you that the 4 other candidates were only there. so the charade could be played out for $200.00 iran supreme leader, a toler, early on the ne praise his proteges, when, but with the support of less than half the electorate, right, easy will have his work cut out for him. let's speak to me as odd border geraghty, director of the school of public and international affairs at virginia tech, an author of several books on arranging politics and society. now tell us about him raising what can we expect from a run under his leadership? right, so we are talking about the gentleman who is 61 years old and mid level very. he had to spend the last 41 years of his life in the radiance judiciary. and in the night, in the late 1988. when serving as the prosecutor general of iran or deputy prosecute the general, he was a member of
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a committee. dad ordered the execution of thousands of political prisoners. and therefore, we have been a district attorney general of amnesty international saying today that this is a man who must be investigated for crimes against humanity rather than becoming prejudice enough. the country is not carried mighty speaker, and of course he is under sanction. so we cannot directly speaking the country, he has little to no experience in international affairs or in the konami policy. and therefore he would be important to see who he chooses as his cabinet ministers, in terms of what we can expect. i think the big question everyone's mind is dr. cations or the nuclear negotiations. let's keep in mind that the current sitting president, missouri on a, is not going to leave office until you know, mid august. so there is still
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a month and a half left for him. to try to wrap things up before you know, giving things over to mr. racy who might not have the same sort of speed in terms of getting a deal worked out. and i think that's what might be looking at in terms of unlikely a scenario. because frankly, i think the run has no option considering its economic circumstances. not to sign the nuclear alright, these elections have seen the was turn out normally watch decades in our readings, disillusion with the countries leadership i think the answer is absolutely yes. when we look at the war to turn out, we see that this was the lowest rate in the last 42 years. indeed, the turn out rate of 48 percent was 24 percent lower than what it was only 4 years ago when mister rani was elected to the 2nd term or 31 percent less than what it
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was in 1997 before the president hard to me to office. and in addition, one should say that there were some 3700000 invalid rose cash. imagine, for example, all those iranian soldiers and others were in one way or another, encouraged, forced to go and vote. but you know, they did not want to really catch them. both were candidates, so they turned in, you know, blank and you know, vote. and therefore, we have, you know, close to 4000000 of these voice that actually reduces the real turn out rate even more once we consider that these are right. marathon border geraghty, director of the school of public and international affairs of virginia tank virginia tech. rather, thank you for joining us. thank you. brazil's official death toll from the cronum fires pandemic. as now, top half a 1000000 people. the protesters have taken to the streets and positions present
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both and handling of the crisis. tens of thousands have been demonstrating in major cities as nora has opposed virus restriction and feel to ensure a rapid nationwide vaccine roll out. other brazilians are taking action in their own way to remember the names of the victims of the pandemic. and they say of the president's policies, maria eugenia estrada and maria bennett. as a morris, this banner, the owner of time of sadness on it. you can see the names of covered 19 victims from rio de janeiro. also, the 2 pensioners want to make people more aware of the corona virus tragedy in the country. and the government's pandemic policy, which they say is it is more like a sacrifice. we really wanted to do something. so we came up with the idea of the names. after all, in the panoramic, there were no real funerals, no traditional morning ceremonies, because everything was different and the victims disappeared. so suddenly,
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upon the media especially saw me since they began this project, they have immortalized 1800 victims. they will meet with you, but some of them were friends of mine and i saw the names on myself. the only way i could, honest, i mean i house the situation in intensive care units hasn't even for months, experts, even a 3rd wave and cannot rule out the possibility that further cove is 1900 mutations will emerge due to a lack of restrictions. angry brazilians are demonstrating more and more often against both scenarios. corona virus policy, they say the president is partly to blame. now eventually, nora did not want to quickly invest in vaccines or in the health system has actually been no perspective science. c h e. because what the sewing pensioners are angry for the same reason together with fellow campaigners from other parts of brazil, they have soon
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a total of 14 banners. this is the silent form of protest. what shall we say together? the transform individual grief into a common struggle is to kill. we want to positive healing of solidarity in brazil for us, we will achieve that. and then president out of office this got a flat on cooper band, a beach, they spread the message to tourists, a neighbors marking the fat milestone of more than 500000 victims. we cannot remain our island. we must show our fellow human being. something needs to change in our country. thank you more than right now. nothing suggests the number of casualties in brazil will decline. so they will keep on sewing. and now here's a look at some other stories making headlines around the world. in the us,
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people are celebrating due to the de, commemorating the end of slavery, and the 860, just a few days ago, congress may june 18th, a national holiday, some active as you warned, however, that it takes more than this to end systematic racism, world health organization has a declared an end to the bull outbreak at emergent guinea in february. he responded quickly with a vaccination campaign built on the previous experience fighting the virus well, people died in this years outbreak. hundreds of people have rallied in northern ireland against part of the for exit agreement. that imposes customs controls between northern ireland and the rest of the u. k. pro british unionist are angered by the northern island protocol, which is designed to keep an open border with the republic of ireland. in l g. b t . pride parade has taken place in warsaw after a pandemic induced break last year. the event was held on a smaller scale this year,
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as some corona virus restrictions remain in place. it marks 20 years since the 1st equality parade in the polish capital. tensions are high in the region after poland and hungary saw a backlash against m. l. g b t. activism tried to prejudice and the pandemic in poland. the country celebration of l g b t writes had been put on hold for 2 years because of the corona virus. but people took to the streets of war. so in a jubilant mood, joining the thousands of demonstrators waving rainbow flags, their excitement is not necessarily universally shed in poland, a largely catholic and conservative nation. the pandemic induced absence came amid a backlash to l. g. b t writes in the country as well as in hungry, where prime minister, victor, all bands, nationalist government, allied with potent governing law and justice party, has introduced new laws banning the display and promotion of homosexuality among under eighteens. a fear for the future, the gay rights was
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a dark backdrop to the days cometh and events that goes into the situation of l. g. b t. community intelligence has changed for the worse. we are now stigmatized and it can be seen at every step in every aspect of life are not allowed to live. normally. we have no rights in poland, and yet we are here and we are a large community in poland. but the cities, math spoke out at the gathering with unequivocal support for equality. the simple pipe, what i'm calling i am here again to show that we will only time together just down by those who are weaker. those others try to marginalize or attack the thought back of body. and in to that, those in the see of solid territory searching through the city center, gave show
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a strength concerning the sports now and at the euro. 2020 germany recovered from their opening to defeat france or open defeat rather to friends as they be portugal for 2 in a thriller in munich. robin goldens was the star of the show for germany in crowd a stellar performance with the 4th school. portugal had taken an early lead through christiana, rinaldo, but they couldn't stop the pace and power of the german attack. and as you can imagine, the atmosphere was electric and german towns and cities. and it wasn't only because of the sweltering heat is more in berlin, the relief of beating the european champion was palpable as the humidity in munich . those who didn't have a ticket party on the streets will not
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be so important. it means we're still in the tournament. let's hope it continues. that was a sentiment echoed by the teams unlikely hero. as he brought to me a list of info the wind means everything to me. because it was essential for the course of the tournament of this to me years when the total amount of the much trophy is amazing because i can't put it into words. and i'm, and it's only him, especially when you look back at the career that i heard him of especially, and it's one of those evenings up. i'll never forget the focus met. and it was a night to remember for german funds, who after the back of the world cup and russia have renewed hope that their team still has what it takes at the highest level. and in formula one red bulls marks their shopping as they can pull position for the french grand prix is a 2nd for the season. for the dutchman was looking to extend his championship a lead over mercedes louis hamilton. the british full champion with a fraction of
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a 2nd floor with inter shopping, and he made vol voluntary, butcher's. rather, we'll start 3rd on the grid on sunday. and we have more sports. are you up next? it's sports life fighting for their rights in exile. it's the story of to arrange in athletes who found their salvation in sports and a new home in berlin. that's coming up next. and remember there's more on w dot com for you, and you can follow isn't instagram and twitter. i'm here until berlin. thanks for watching the, the, it's about billions, it's about power. it's about the foundation of the world order. the new silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network
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