of the wild starts of 2019 dw, the this is the deadline. use live from goodman a buddy to being counted. and what could be a pivotal election for turkey? have 5 is chosen a new direction with opposition. candidate canals can establish booth or to extend president bid wants more than 2 decades in power. also coming up german chancellor, left shelter, gibson buildings, full support to you, crime, and it's journey to joining the european union. the credit and president flooding

missed the landscape and the printing and people of board of the prostate just shot the 9 products for the defense of european validates and daily results. put the opposition in the lead in thailand election period, pro democracy potties against the military backed up amount of income and prime minister. prior to channel the i'm anthony held. welcome to the program, but kind of gets underway and took these general election, which president richard ty, bode one risks losing off the 20, he's in power. that one has faced intense scrutiny of a he's handling a february's devastating this quakes and sky rocketing inflation and p opinion poles. 5 of his challenges come off, glitch diluted by a never imagined state media reported by the 10 that was high is not

a candidate wins. more than 50 percent of the vote, a run off will be held on may 20 yet. so let's go to at tech and corresponded julia han in ankara at the photos of the opposition party, the c h p. this has been described nearly as a potentially historic turning point 4 to he and we believe the 2 and that has been strong well, nearly 90 percent have been reported. that is, of course, a stunning figure, especially if you compare it to voter turnout in europe in the countries. but i believe it just shows how seriously people here have been taking these elections and their democratic rights. 2 votes. there's just so much at stake here for millions of people in the country. we have around 5000000 1st time votes. as many young people here told me they really want change. they want state government to change. uh, and that explains in part of why we've seen many long queues outside of pulling

stations. uh today, people made a choice between 2 very different visions. political visions for the country between extending president ridge apply of ad one's rule into a decade or instead of paying for an opposition leadership with a new beginning and a position that promises nothing less than to renew taxation democracy. now if we look at the early results that have been coming in more than 50 percent off, the balance has been counted. and according to the state run on a due agency out on the president is in the lead. but some tv channels are also showing results by a private use agency called i'm kind of here because the results said different and there have been allegations of many pollution levels against the state run agency which is under the swale to add one government, the government that has cracked down on media, freedom and press freedom in recent years. so of millions of loads still need to be

counted and i believe it will take at least a few more hours until we have more reliable results. yeah. tense hours ahead. i wonder what with go easy with the why are these elections being what so closely in all the parts around the world? well 1st of all, because a turkey is a global extra and they so member geostrategic powerhouse between europe and asia. and these elections could be really decisive when it comes to with the countries aiming. economy is headed. we've seen a cost of living crisis here in the country in recent years and many blame the economic troubles on president ad one's unconventional policies and the elections will decide how the country will be governed because the opposition has promised a return to parliamentary democracy and to roll back to the powers of the presidency under add one and of course foreign policy. we have seen strange

relations between talkie and many of his western allies and feel position has made a very big promise towards a west and partners to turn towards the west and west and well used towards the european union nature of the us. so huge expectations here and i believe the european capitals from brussels to berlin to paris of washington as well. everybody will be watching the outcome of these elections here in turkey tonight. we definitely see the honda in ankara. thank you to leave honey and present it. beloved, mister lensky is in germany, where he has just received the prestigious cell, the main prize for promoting your opinion. if the ceremony took place in the western city of, i can at the end of the day, long visit the gemini, his 1st. since the russian invasion, more than a year ago, early i have received with he was received with a military on its input lane before holding tubs. with tubs of the old s sholtes. he's visit is part of the you are paying to. i'm getting more weaponry. and funding fridays arrival. germany announced

a new package of military ad with more than 2700000000 euros for keith. okay, so let's got into i can with the ceremony took place, the deputies, brussels bureau chief, alexandra fund, them and followed for us alexander set the same for us. what was that? mine was locked in. how can while the ceremony here in austin often or always takes place and a very festive, tend to vary a celebratory moods. but to this time it was very special. people in the audience told me they said that they were deeply moved to by president. and then skis, speech, one woman told me that it's once again reminded her that the warning ukraine is not the raging fire away that, that it is close to home. and that goes together with the main message of this event, the message that the ukrainians are fighting to survive the fighting,

to protect, to defend their country. but the fight is also to defense, the values that the european union stands for freedom, peace, democracy values that lot. they may have put in his intending to destroy as civil damage the landscape. put it. but let's have a listen to what he has to say here in austin. all the conscientious leaders of the well you never spend hours, you know, as a token of the crazy trying to contrast with a photographer that the modem contents different off. but considerable chose a dishonest because this is austin chose dissolves to he's color is that our financial doesn't mean everyone understands the minimum weight. what we understand for him to see is the district, the feeling of the child of a prize does not represent an end point to it does. 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've been given the change or the turn of the times. our message is clear over europe. 50 should, austin is united and together occupies the show the prize as a surprise for your theory, citizen inside the main station of the deep respect of our free society business is towards the bravery and courage of your family to have the 1st 10th of the all up, so it's the end. so let's keep it for him. it's been quite the weekend for the kleinie and presidents, alexandra collecting this on of the charlemagne prizes. no doubt something special, but he leaves germany with something far more important to the boy. he's fighting at home in your crime while you, you totally right. of course,

what you queen needs for a successful counter. a for offensive are modern weapons, including our motor vehicles, including tangs and motor, and a tillery and western made, or a defense system. and all of that is included in this mess. it's 2700000000, the euro military, a package that berlin is offering to key if. but i also think that this awards here in austin was symbolically very important as well as the promise, as we just heard made by the german chancellor all our shows. but also other leaders speaking here in ok and that they are determined to support ukraine on its way on it's pos towards the you were p n union and becoming a member of the european union. the deputies, brussels be where a chief, alexandra fung. i'm and thank you so much. okay, tom, to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world to sell. as well

as military has reported fresh rocket fire from gas at the spot ceased by. maybe i could buy egypt. it says a bronco, this fight into southern is far less than 24 hours after the 6 fly went into effect . it comes off the days of fighting between israel and the palestinian islamic jihad militants in gas, and a hundreds of spanish thomas have taken to the streets of madrid, the protest against the rising cost of fuel and fertilizer. i also want the government to base and manage voice and supplies. spine is facing some via drought and recorded it's office. and dr. april. eva c. cycling. okay, is lashing the coast line along the border of me and my and bangladesh. authorities evacuated 400000 people ahead of the john stone. i groups have wound up severe consequences for cox's bizarre. besides, the world's biggest refugee camp, which lies in was part of a clear lead for the 2 main opposition parties.

emerging as boats accounted in thailand's parliamentary election, was about half of the ballots counted the results, put the food tie and move forward. parties far ahead of the military backed bowling party, prime minister fire chan, 4 to the former ami lee, the 1st kind to pallet into 2014. to go earlier, i spoke to the deputies asia pacific bureau chief gail mathis in bank call and asked him what he's hearing in the early stages of the vote counting. well, what i heard a lot of the this these day and i spent 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 has 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 with the opposition looks at the big guns 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, 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 you're tired 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 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 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 kind of the 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 of military cuz as he mentioned, what level of concern is the the army mot again interfere with the democratic process. here i will see that the 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 standards like there is a law that prohibits insulting the monarchy. so they want to move away from that, they want to script 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 you 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 coups on, 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 the, quite a defeating boat that they have to experienced this night guild mathis in bangkok. thank you so much with that your up to date up next is shift artificial intelligence is creating borrow hits using the voices of suit this task without the consent. that story coming off to the right now with the elections going on and to ireland and took a good time to point out that the deputy does come with have all the lightest check out of the social channels to twitter and instagram. the handle you need is at the definitely need see at the top of the, in the, in charlotte nearby the currently moon people the on the world wide and such a busy life on the bus. and so it does have committed absolutely cash. find out about regina stores.