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a savanski and the training and paypal uh, awarded the prestigious shopping line products for the defense if you're paying thousands i believe results. but the opposition in the late in thailand, election period pro democracy parties against the military government of the incumbent prime minister tire channel, check the anthony handbook into the program. but to being counted into, he's land of my general election, which could see president richard, ty bode, one ousted from his 20 year rule lead results showed at one leading his rival come out. can it started with nearly 60 percent of the bar and one is under pressure of his response to february's devastating this quite and to soaring inflation. if any of the candidates wins more than 50 percent in this boat rentals will be held on

may 28th. all right, let's go then to out turkey correspondent julia han who is in ankara at the headquarters of the opposition party. think c h p. u julia paulding stations of closed and what's being described as a potentially historic turning point the turkey. when can we expect 1st official results? well, i would say it's still going to take uh at least a couple of hours until we have some reliable because um the 1st ballots counted show, as you mentioned, president ad one in the leads. but this may still change in the next hours as millions of votes are still being counted. now, both to turn out here in turkey is traditionally very high. we've seen 84 percent in the last national elections. now, the figures coming in from the state run to cuz news agency here say move in 88

percent of the people to add to the ballot boxes and voted to this is indeed a high figure, maybe not a new record there, but we've seen the zone choose appalling stations throughout the day in is to move it also here in the capital and crime. this just has to do with the effects of how decisive this election could be. how much is at stake? so people here in the country, they made a decision today between 2 very different visions for the future between extending ridge of type ad one's room into a decade or to opt instead for and you will be getting under an opposition leadership. so the people i've been speaking to here and on for today, they had very mixed feelings on the one have excited and hopeful, but others were cautious and said there were many uncertainties. but i can tell you this nation tonight is practically blue to their tv screens. as these results keep

trickling in, and i believe we will still have to wait for a couple of hours until later tonight, before we really have something reliable. usually it's agencies, elections are being watched very closely in many places around the world as well as inside checking naturally. why is that? if you think what's at stake? well, 1st of all, turkey is a geostrategic power house between europe and asia. it's a natal member of global player, and these elections will decide how this country is being governed in the future because the opposition says if they come to power, they're gonna roll back the powers of the presidency and returned to a paula min, 3 system. here with independence institutions, a strong focus on democratic rights. these elections will so decide where the countries um aiming economy is headed right. we've seen the cost of living prices on phones here in turkey and recent years with installation as high as 84 percent

in october last year. and many people here blamed this miserable economic situation on present an ad. one's very unconventional and adults policies. and then last but not least, foreign policy, the opposition has promised to turn the country towards the west and west invalid values towards the european union. the us and nature of that is of course, a huge problem is of the use of strained relations between turkey and its key west and allies. tense hours ahead dw stuckey, corresponding eulley hahn in ankara. thank you so much. i a credit and present it flooded me. soleski is in germany where he has just received the prestigious charlemagne prize for promoting your pain unity. sir many took place in the western city of i can at the end of a day, long visit to germany is 1st since the russian invasion, more than he regard earlier. it was received with military honors in berlin. before holding talks with chancellor of schultz,

whose visit is part of the you are paying to, i ended up getting more weaponry and funds private. private rogatories arrival germany announced a new package of military ad with more than 2700000000 euros for peach. okay, let's go then to the west end gym and city of icon where the ceremony took place. today, the deputies brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena followed forest law. i've alexander set the same force. what was that mine and lock in ok and as well the ceremony and i covered it before the ceremony. here in the town, whole behind me always takes place in a very festive and very distinguished abscessed ear. but this time it was really special. so i'm guess, told me they told that this event was almost steep in history, and of course they were excited to see and to listen to one of the me, a zillion sky. some of them told me that they are, they were emotionally moved by his speech. when he entered the room,

there was like a minute long of a close that took several minutes and, and the woman told me that she once again what's reminded that the war raging ukraine is not taking place very far away. but that it is very close to home. and of course the main message here was that the message that to the ukrainians are fighting to survive or fighting for their country. but they are also fighting to defend the values that the european union stands for democracy ends p. but let's have to listen to what the ukrainian president for the music landscape hatch to stay here. so today's considering all the child of a prize does not represent an end point, talk about this, okay? picketing and bucks and the start of you growing together and you're together with

your train, with the west, west, and bulk and states mold over on georgia. i have been given the to change the turn of the times. our message is clear. you are sure lawson is united and together occupies the showing of a prior size as a way to prize for your theory. citizens by means as of the deep respect of our free society, business is towards the bravery encourage of your favorite life. how dare for one shinholster leaders of the well, you never send those. you know, as a token of supposing trying to take a test for face, catastrophe the mold and contest are for it off, but considerable chose a disaster because this is austin chose disaster. he's a lawyer, he's that our initial doesn't mean everyone understands what we understand, which includes the c is the catastrophe. it has been quite the weekend for the

training and president collecting this on a was no doubt something special. alexandra, but he leaves germany with something far more important to the boy. he's fighting at home. doesn't mean yes, of course you're totally right. and actually the landscape was asked to date in berlin. whether the mess, if the aides package offered by germany would be enough to sell or to a successful counter offensive in ukraine. and he said, well, he would need to make a couple more visits to defend, to repeat, and capitals. and he's due to travel to friends to, to paris. and of course we can expect that he might be getting some more promises of more military assistance. but i think what was significant here in austin was the message expressed by it was the left on the line that you were p and a commission president by all our shouts souls, the german chancellor, but also by the polish, the prime minister mohammed ski. all of them stressed and this is important to

inspire ukraine to keep on fighting that the country is part of the european family and that it shoots in the future. one day. the part of the european union definitely is brussels bureau chief, alexander phenomena. thank you so much. i all right, hazel, looking out some of the other stories making news around the world. back us dance full. i'm a prime minister in run kind of cooling on his support as the whole nationwide protest. he also said he was in his public riley staffing on wednesday account the rest earlier this week sparked vine with flashes between these followers and security officials. it was released after the supreme court intervened. israel, as military has reported fresh rocket 5 from gas at the spot ceased by may be added by agent. it says a rocket was fired into southern east route, less than 24 hours after the 6. 5 went into effect, comes off the dice of finding between israel and the palestinian islamic jihad

militants in johnson. clay lead for the 2 main opposition parties emerging as barts accounting thailand parliamentary election. with about half of the ballots counted the results with the 2 ty and move forward parties far ahead of the military backed ruling party prime minister prior to attend, which a former army laid a 1st kind of pallet in a 2014 to let's cross the bank off now where they w asia, pacific bureau chief gail mathis is standing by. feel welcome. so impulsive closed . what are you hearing at this point? well, what i heard a lot of the this, the stay and i spend most of the day here in central bank corporate upholding station is the number of search you want, that it's a real surprise for the country, the number $0.31 for the move forward. party, a party that has its face with young,

millennial voters but hasn't moved well beyond that voter electoral into um basically if you look at bank card, it has basically taken the constituencies here in the capital of thailand in a landslide. and it's the rising star in this electoral rates, a gale, the opposition looks at the beginnings as you say, but they might struggle to form a government. is that true? and how difficult is that possible? i going to be yeah, this is where tie elections get a bit complicated. that is true. for instance, if you look at the last election in 2019, it was the pure type of the main. so then the main opposition party that got the most seats and it's, it's likely that this time around or opposition party in this case move forward is like you to get most seats about a back then your title was not able to form a government, then that has 2 reasons. there are $250.00 military appointed

a senators at that will also get to say and who becomes prime minister. and the boat is likely to go to the pro military, really conservative of coalition here in the country. and then of course, you have the situation that you will have to build a coalition. it is unlikely that one party will get to the majority of seats, an absolute majority, and so they will have to work together. and that is quite interesting that in the press conferences, i just followed of the 2 chief opposition parties that are currently leading this electoral race. they both sets, they are willing to talk to each other, but i can tell you this monday, the horse trading starts and it won't be easy. you're right, suspect, and let's talk about it. more totland has a long and trouble of history if military chose, as he mentioned what level of concern is the, the army mot again interfere with the democratic process here. so

what's the have to move forward party is leading this race at the moment. uh, there is some concern from people i've talked to today on the streets because they have some radical ideas to reform the constitution in the country to move away from the standards like there is a law that prohibits insulting the monarchy. so they want to move away from that. they want to scrap the conscription for the military and the country. and that is something that a lot of our older voters find rather on sibling. and they were hoping that the current prime minister probably which on or travel a gain power in the military to 9 years ago was that he would stand for stability and, and protect those old values. and they are, they're worried that this may change. so that will be interesting to see, but at the moment, who really say it doesn't look like any military coup. it's on the, on the cards. the expectations are quite high. and if this a vote is

a referendum on the performance of the current pro military government, one has prostate. that is uh, quite, quite a defeating boat that they have to experienced this night. mathis in bangkok, thank you so much. and with that, you're up to date, i'm next on the channel. the sports life with the story of milan said 0 stadium, a beautiful one, take on the 2 of the biggest problems and that's how the football asked me, how it in the then stick around for that. and i'll see you at the top, the next day the winning offer is available. and for every language learning german has ever been simpler. german to go. journalism helped us in overcoming divisions for the dw.