for power will become dependent on in china's gateway year starts july, 1st on dw ah was, ah, this is the news live from berlin, a snap election aimed at healing national divisions in armenia. voters gave their verdict on a disastrous defeat in war and a prime minister who signed a way large chance have bitterly contested territory. also on the program. on world refugee days, we hear the stories of were hinge a muslim stranded in pakistan and struggling to get back to their homes in me

and jubilation as germany, hammers, portugal and football euro 2020. we'll talk about the germans chances of reaching the knockout stage and even winning the trophy. ah, i'm nick spicer, welcome to the program. armenians are heading to the poles and elections called after disastrous war with as or by john. armenia lost large swats of territory and the longest beauty nagondo kara bok region in a ceasefire agreement, prime minister, nicole pushing in is hoping to renew his mandate. but his popularity has dropped since he signed the truce brokered by russia. observers war and the conflict could easily flare up again. and there have been reports of unrest at polling stations.

and dw correspondent, knick connelly is in the armenian capital your event. and nick, why are these snap elections necessary? good afternoon, nick. well, it looks fairly quiet and people here at this pulling station in the center of europe. but it has been through an extraordinary few months after that defeated game by john, as you said in the 10s of thousands of refugees streaming into media from the going to care of us an army that's very unhappy with the fiscal leadership that thinks it wasn't given a chance to fight the war and to push these areas back. that accuses be incumbent nicole pushing out of signing away territory that could have been kept, could have been defended. essentially, cooperation is going to the country now for a new mandate for new mandate. on the c 5, this is essentially a referendum on the sci fi, but as the further increasingly under threat increasingly precarious, we went to the mountains on the border between armenian as a by john to see just how close the troops are now. and just how tense that situation is playing out. almost 3000 meters above sea level,

but only a few meters apart. armenian, and as every soldier, stare each other down to match a month after brutal war. so thousands killed and war crimes committed against prisoners proximately campus conflicts. the commanders eventually put an end to disprove. recent weeks have seen repeated shooting, an armenian soldiers kidnapped, where is repeated up and down armenian hundreds of kilometer long border with as by john. until last autumn seat for the 2 countries international border was in practice, little more than in line on the map. armenia controlled both sides the frontier as part of a buffer zone around the going to car back. the problem now is that these 2 adversaries have very different ideas as to whether you bought a post should be a mini accuser the by john of moving its positions deep into i mean in territory. other aris cross the border line of borderline and came in sight the army in

territory about tricky elementary. my opinion that the situation might be resolved, as soon as possible to talk to dog has partner is every say they have different maps digging back to the 1980s maps, we show a very different borderline down below in the armenian border village of could. locals can hear the shooting in the mountains, but some, it's more personal than that. he just, my, my 3 sons are up there now. he's in the middle. yes. your son's or the school called the number 232427. about what they did just 3 days ago, their friend was killed with him, that he was just 18 and had just joined the army door to the posher, very and drawn. it tells us his neighbors are too scared to take their cows up to

their usual mountain passes to grace. after his airy force his shot heard as their couse to be wandered away. a tragedy for villages surviving on little else yesterday, they know the areas come here now must stop and trample us will not have to drop enough here and lots of there are, you know, get done. but i'm not going anywhere. i'm staying here. i've already had to move 3 times where, where like most people in this, i mean in village and drawn it was born and as a by john, a refugee from the 2 countries, 1st conflict back in the late 19 eighties. the war he says, has never really ended merely been caused some of these fires of last 3 years, some just hours. the currency for looking more precarious. by the day.

nick, we hear the vote is expected to be close. what can you tell us about the 2 main candidates? the while among the 26 parties that are up for election, this country just 2 and a half 1000000 people did their need to really realistic candidate, both of whom have been on the scene for years, decades even one catch it on was president 19. if you seen as the criminal man in armenia, a man who predicts accused him of basically selling our assets to russia when he was in charge. and who now what spring? i mean, even close to russia and rest already has military bases here, russian troops, god, i mean the border with turkey. he wants to draw closer and is basically arguing that nichol question, young man, in charge of during that war last year, wasn't close enough to get him a fusion. and as a result, russia didn't come to me as aid. a nicole pushing him is an activist. someone who came from st politics who was challenging that it was challenging corruption who had had success in the last few years. modernizing armenia,

but obviously now had to face the prism that he allowed this defeat to happen on his watch and didn't do enough to count on expecting very attack. these 2 people couldn't really be more different, but essentially in the big picture in terms of where i mean, it goes from here, it's a choice between russia and russia. it's just the question degrees where the amino draws close to the point to being essentially allied only to russia and totally aligned with russia in the ceiling. or tries to keep some independent interaction with the west, with europe that something nicole pushing and is trying to offer the boat here, realistically, russia will for the foreseeable future. stayed the most important player in this region. and i mean, is only real hope of protecting itself from its neighbors. taken up by john. okay, thanks for that insight nike, w correspondent, nick connelly there. and you're going are menial. let's have a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. more than half a 1000000 people have now died from corona virus and brazil. tens of thousands have

taken to the streets to condemn presidents era both scenarios handling of the crisis. also narrow has consistently opposed lockdown restrictions and fail to ensure a rapid nationwide vaccine rolled out. an ultra conservative cleric has swept to victory, interacts presidential election. abraham racy is a harsh critic of the west. he will now leave negotiations with the international community over the future of the iranian nuclear program. i see 12 thirds of the vote, but turn out was a historic lows, shows the new president, israel's new prime minister, natalie bennett, has reacted angrily. teresa's election victory bennett is urging western nations to in his words wake up before reviving a nuclear deal with her and condemns rent leaders as mass murderers. united nations is marking world refugee de you and says at the end of last year, 82000000 people have been forced out of their homes by wars and civil unrest. among

them are state las ro hinge and muslims facing constance set back and returning to their me and mar, homeland. one shall lose after another battle, my monthly reign, days, or hunger, refugees a trying to rebuild, that makes it wellings and the world largest refugee camp. tens of thousands were left without shelter. when fire tor, through the camp in march, 11 people were killed as our own. and we've suffered a lot since my husband died and the fire was so much suffering. we were staying in a plastic shelter, open to the heat and the rain. my whole family were one small room that would affect it and the idea was i was praying in the mosque when the fire started. i rushed back, but i could not find my father and mother. they both died. the fire was

a star of another miserable chapter for the displace or a hanger who fled their homes in me and ma after the military launch that crack down against the muslim minority. now, nearly a 1000000 of them live in squalid conditions. in this camp in neighboring bangladesh, the pandemic has made it much harder. the international aid to get through. there are a hinder, worried that will be forgotten. i believe on will now we want justice and appeal to the whole world to help us we want to go back to our country as we try. but we need your help us decide on the way out of the united nations is appealing for more funding to help the rectangle to return home sports now germany or celebrating a thrilling for to victory over at power house. portugal in footballs, euro 2020, turn. it robin goes and was germany star player. he crowned

a stellar performance with the 4th goal. portugal took an early lead thanks to christiana rinaldo, but they couldn't hold back a pace and power of the german attack. and as you can imagine, that the atmosphere was electric across germany and not just because of the sweltering heat in berlin, the relief of beating the european champions was palpable as the humidity in munich . those who didn't have a ticket party on the street. yeah. wonderful . be so important, it means we're still in the tune, him and let's hope it continues. that was a sentiment echoed by the teams unlikely hero. as he brought me a list of info the wind means everything to me because it was essential for the course of the tournament of 2 years. when they took the man of the match, trophy is amazing to speak on the counter toward them. and it's only him,

especially when you look back at the career that i heard him especially. and it's one of those evenings i'll never forget the focused smith. 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, the closing and d. w. sports, jonathan harding is following the german team for us during the euros. he's at their training camp in bavaria, jonathan, so we just saw the relief and pride of the fans after that when, how are the players feeling? just as happy as the fans. i mean, the way that they played yesterday was fantastic. i think the biggest thing about the performance yesterday was the intensity. a lot of germany fans would have been so surprised, given the performances over the last few months, but it was a real fighting spirit that was on show from the germany side. we haven't seen that and use is very encouraging to see and it promises

a lot for the rest of the tournament, but just a fantastic team performance yesterday. and just to get into the details of it, how did germany be such a powerhouse team? while it was vindication for your company, really, i mean his 343 system has come under heavy criticism over the last few months, but it was the same formation that he played last night and it worked fantastically rather than go since obviously as we just had was stop a form of it. so is yes. you a chemist, thomas miller, i'm retired also was fantastic. mean really you could have spoken about every individual in the team, but it was also the collective performance that was fantastic. they got him behind portugal, they exploited the space that was on offer was just a fantastic team performance. and ultimately it was a sign of improving on the mistakes that were made against france. this was the side that was capable of changing what they did wrong in the 1st game. ok, crystal ball time. do we think germany could end up winning the trophy? i mean, i don't want to damper the mood or anything, but i think it's still just one game. i'm not quite sure whether germany are ready

to win the trophy after this performance is still a long way to go. one game doesn't necessarily change the face of a team, but pick tree and that last game could see then top the group. and that would obviously change things for sure. gemini have definitely arrived at the tournament though, and that's the most important thing for now. all right, jonathan harding at the germany camp in bavaria. thanks very much. hungary could face an official investigation into claims that their fans racially abused france players in their match. in budapest, there were reports of monkey chance when france striker killing them, but they was on the ball carrying bins. the man who has algerian roots was also verbally abuse. football authorities have punished hungry and the past for fan racism. travels in germany for their final group match. 2 astronauts have begun another space walk to complete the installation of powerful new solar panels outside the international space station. frenchman toma pisca and shane kimbrell

the united states were picking up where they left off on wednesday when some technical issues and equipment problems delayed their attempts to finish the work slot. the new solar array will give the agent base station a much needed electrical boost as demand for experiments and space. tourism grows up.