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as the reports finally. conclude. of the top stories here not international. political outsider. playing a president in a t.v. set to become ukraine's new president early results. a landslide win over incumbent petro poroshenko who's already conceded defeat. to discuss what it means for ukraine. now we can say with almost one hundred percent certainty that president or. zelinsky will be in charge of ukraine for the next five years and let's be fair this triumph was expected because not a single opinion poll tipped porsche and co to win this head of the runoff but that

margin that is incredible that is really a sensation and a complete disaster for petrol. when it became clear that it's a total triumph for of all dimmers and then ski he decided to stick to his own style of communicating with his audience through snappy videos and online posts and in fact he posted something that was recorded on a phone which looks like an instagram story or a video for friends let's have a look at it very. very well i want to thank everyone for being with the steve. that is of course. not me the work we've done together the main thing we've done we've united ukraine united our lives united on people. when he said he's united everybody believes obviously time will tell and yes the style is very different that's for sure now ever since. the exit polls came out he obviously had to

hold his first news conference what came out of that which was much more serious than just recording videos on phones and immediately he was given questions about what he's going to do with russia what he's going to do when it comes to dealing with the war in east ukraine and in a way mr selenski calmed european politicians down by saying that he wants to keep working in the so-called normandie format that is when leaders of russia and. ukraine communicate together but in the presence of other european leaders the leaders of germany and france in fact we didn't really see these kind of talks happen for quite a while now also he said that he's still supporting the so-called minsk agreements

he wants some sort of updates and then he wants to relaunch the process but this is what we hear from russian politicians all the time which this is what we hear from western politicians all the time there is no alternative to the minsk agreements now there is something else that really caught the attention of the journalists there. lensky invited all representatives of the media to start a new information war to win the hearts and minds of ukrainian citizens that are now currently living in the breakaway regions. or the least do you journalists we will invite you in the near future this is our plan preparation we would be very hard on the information to finish. it looks like it's been on the back foot he's really been trying to keep his job but when you look at how quickly he conceded one hundred it was so far only minutes to do that he decided not to wait for any

official announcements from the election authorities but again that's all because of this massive margin which is a pretty much it's impossible to turn this whole thing around but petro poroshenko said that he's staying in politics and for him this is probably the beginning of another campaign campaign ahead of the parliament elections now there is a situation in ukraine right now and perhaps he might find himself in a situation that's similar to that of donald trump when his decisions could be blocked by the parliament where the coalition. where the main party is petro poroshenko his party has a majority in parliament he reiterated that he's not giving up to journalists when he has press conference let's have a listen to bits of what he had to say. if it doesn't.

sense the words that winston churchill which i always follow. i hear when i see the results of the exit poll. demand i now call my congratulate let's go back to all of them are selenski press conference where one of the questions was are you ready to accept petro poroshenko as help and are you ready to put him in some sort of government position mr lensky answer was yes i'm ready but if the people tell me they're ready for it so perhaps we're just going to wait and see. cross international affairs analyst paul robinson who's written several books on soviet history thanks for joining us on the program quite a resounding victory isn't it for a scale googly of humiliation. what do you think voters time against the incumbent president in such numbers. well it's quite clear about our shankar is not the promise. he. when he was elected by the is going to fourteen but he promised he

would bring peace and you also get the impression that he would be out the ukraine certainly prosperous future but of course the war is continuing and the economy is well on its recovering underwent an enormous recession g.d.p. shrank my think about thirty cents in those two years of our sanctions presidency. ukraine is extremely pull and as a result of some of the reforms which ukrainian government did under our shanker to meet demands of european union and the i.m.f. the cost of doing voluntary shot up you see this for instance in ordinary citizens and so on so so most people are are locked or of and they were years ago and that's reason enough to change president of russia the relationship with russia was it was a particularly volatile of important subjects only election both presidents using that for their own means the russian foreign minister has given only response to

the result let's just listen to the foreign ministry spokesman where is a horrible what she had to say earlier ukraine has the chance for a reboot not in the sense of moving the country's wealth from one person spock it's to another but a real conscious consolidation of the people not based on force but on building a common agenda for the country seems like quite a positive message but the relationship with russia still going to be strained business how do you think this victory is going to affect the country's relations with moscow. was a clear but the russians did not lie or. they are hoping i think that it was defeated on the other hand it's not fair that i'm awful lot will change under the lansky so. you know whether this can be anything more than an opportunity for better relations or actually will be a thing we need see but you know the signs are not particularly promising and i don't. even order the format i'm going to meet with russia and france and

germany at the same time he said just a few days ago that he was not interested in giving any special status the basle or an amnesty so i don't want to he says he supports the misleading that's on the other hand he says he has no intention of actually doing what and it's kleenex a must be done and if that's the case then it's likely that relations and russia will be back in an impasse again very very rapid speaking of the normandy forwards obviously relations with the west are going to play a big role i mean how do you think they're going to respond to dealing with a complete catherine the bag a complete political outsider well i don't think it's going to cause enormous concern immediately although it was clear about the americans. got on our chain cohen and appear to be backing him but i don't see any particular reason why they should be to disturb at this point. of a conflict in eastern ukraine it obviously took

a quite assertive starts against anti-government forces in east ukraine that was a big topic of his election manifesto do you expect some sort of different approach from his and ski overall to resolving this this impasse in the east. well it seems that he's likely to be less provocative and our sankoh was in his last couple of years it seems very much as they are saying i was trying to hold on to power by being. driven by the nationalist card. you know by by provoking the russians and the rebels in mass a little bit selenski doesn't seem to find the reaction certainly into the less cold and to the national salamander i mean it's cool spectrum so it's possible he'll be slightly less provocative if i don't see that lansky wants him to ask a later conflict. on the other hand as he said he doesn't seem to be very willing

at least at this stage to make concessions so while i don't see things getting any worse under his presidency at least in the short term i don't see any reason short term to be just really optimistic for a solution. you never short of excitement in ukrainian politics is going to be rather interesting year in domestic politics there thanks for your analysis paul robinson international affairs analyst historian on the program with us today. the death toll from a series of explosions in sri lanka has reached two hundred seven with more than four hundred fifty injured churches and hotels across the ottomans were targeted on sunday the first blast hit at his church that was in the heart of the capital colombo there a further seven explosions many of the victims were from the christian minority who were celebrating their holiest day dozens of foreign nationals are among the dead we should warn you the following images are distressing.

was . was. was thirteen people have been arrested in connection with the attacks this is video of a suspect attain to an operation in a suburb of the capital drunk as the fence ministers said the culprits were religious extremists while the country's prime ministers promised that the people behind the attack will face a stern response. in the first bombing happened at around nine in the morning local time five blasts in total hit the capital including a church and three luxury hotels the last of them happen in colombo an apartment block during a police raid which left three officers dead about forty kilometers north of the city of new gone by oh another place of worship was targeted i mean the church was

bombed in batticaloa that's a popular tourist destination on the opposite side of the island after that a small hotel in front of a zoo was also targeted the local media said an improvised explosive device was also found near colombo international airport or we can show you the aftermath of one of the explosions no group has yet claimed responsibility for the attacks drunkards are mainly buddhist country with substantial muslim and christian minorities world leaders have condemned the attacks and expressed their condolences speaking at the easter service at the vatican pope francis expressed his support for all those affected. in this we do expression i will not yield this will inherit the christian communities did while it was a prayer and with all the ignorance of all that he said even violence it is your strategic analysts jeff and ron a says they have been disquiet between religious communities in the lead up to sunday's atrocities. i think there was a level of uncomfortable. among different communities of the good only off there

was a some sort of lighting between some of the nationalist groups and we should not forget the phenomenon of terrorism and violence is market all too good that. it was heat from one thousand nine hundred three. thousand and nine when be able to bomb an insurgency particularly if you did not east off city link up sitting in government pod that it's all over the two thousand and nine and then big dark insurgency and then they they all to do. this from side bombing not that is this something again has happened now off the one thousand years but at this particular point point of going there are new dynamics to get used to to dick situation and sort of link up there are other factors like dash because daschle has been operating everywhere in the board well i think the message is quite get out who did christian community michnik out on someone posted on a student in fucking mission they did the messages to try to fight them to keep

them obvious from diversion places and also the messages to the foreigners who have been doing this through lanka i think it is going to come down hard on this link in economy it is going to be negative lead it's the start of an it comes to voting stealing the situation is a posture the latest of the report coming out just after this break. you ok. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy going foundation let it be an arms race on the spear in dramatic development the only really i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time to sit down and talk.

trump said many times that you know we got. moving the embassy to jerusalem the mission of jerusalem is our capital and said that there would be something few things that israel will not like either so this is why i think the palestinians should come with opening the minds to the to the negotiations. join me every thursday on the alex i'm unsure and i'll be speaking to us from the world of politics or business i'm show business i'll see you then. welcome back to the program this week saw the release of the long awaited report they have any word that the documents reveal that there was no collusion between

president trump and russia in the run up to the twenty sixteen u.s. presidential election. the special counsel's report states that his quote investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities well despite those conclusions from the attorney general donald trump is not yet off the hook around ten percent of the report was blacked out and the house judiciary committee has issued a subpoena for the full version to be released for democrats the focus is now shifting to possible obstruction of justice by the u.s. president more a lot from our senior correspondent where i guess they've. two years america waited for this hoped and prayed it would unmake trump all exonerate him that the new report would end this two year long drama about collusion hacking and

conspiracy that people would get closure what america got was this page off the redacted page censored into illegibility obviously some of this stuff could pass for modern ott and as with aat everyone interprets this report how they want and they're having a good day i'm having a good day q who's called. no collusion no obstruction even it is incomplete for me to work with a mole report outlines disturbing evidence that president tripping gauged in obstruction of justice and oh that is kind of confused so was mueller trump may have been cleared of collusion but obstruction of justice kind in the air mueller writes that it's so complicated he couldn't decide whether trump tried to obstruct justice or not either guilty nor innocent the conclusion that congress may

apply the obstruction laws to the president's corrupt exercise of the powers of office. accords with our constitutional system of checks and balances and the principle that no person is above the law specifically you have found eleven instances where trump potentially tried to obstruct justice and democrats have jumped on it the miller report brings a disturbing picture of a president who has been weaving new web of deceit lies and improper behavior and acting as if the law doesn't apply to him it's a very interesting a very disturbing read that does not exonerate this president the whole repercussions for the country of having a president who lies to the country who misleads the country you urges others to do so a president to. to my reading of. the report almost certainly obstructed justice certainly intended and attempted to obstruct justice and if true

this alleged trumped tantrum is only making it so much sweeter the president slumped back in his chair and said oh my god this is terrible this is the end of my presidency i'm. you know this report has trump politically the democrats smell blood they have trump and like blood hounds still merciless lead dog him for obstruction and anyone that gets in the way the messenger included they ministration has a new face and any messenger and one with a lot more stature he's the country's attorney general he said half a dozen times no collision occlusion no lawyer no legal presentation present its conclusion six times the attorney general getting out there and getting his narrative his take on it as vigorously as possible because attorney general barr wants to represent our trouble i think he should resign they are calling for barr to resign a traitor a sellout they scream and they want mueller himself the darling just

a few months ago to be hauled before congress the mueller reports and did nothing who hated trump hated him more and vice versa if anything this report is going to america and americans further apart but they got to tell you at least in my view factures a happy. france is coming to terms with last monday's fire that ravaged not on cathedral in paris investigators believe the blaze may have been the result of ongoing restoration work saturday evenings easter vigil normally held in the true dawn was moved to a nearby church after dramatic scenes of the historic spire collapsing shook her well. not. only.

is there two fronts which is burning reduces his or her to friend caesar to far east and so that's a part of a walk we are losing tonight says city of pure notre dame is the heart of paris it is grander it is monumental it is horrible to see everything we have to learn going up in smoke centuries of our heritage.

leave. the. place there but it's very sad it's one of the great monuments of france we've got far away so it's devastating but a monument like this is burning. a lot of really good western and most of. i say this to you solomon we will rebuild this great cathedral together we will appeal to the greatest talents to help restore not true them because this is what the french people expect and this is what our history deserves it is our destiny. run footage of pain by our video agency ruptly shows where the fire tore through the eight hundred fifty year old

building as you can see from here is used the damage is extensive or the cathedral is one of the most popular tourist attractions in europe pulls in about thirty million visitors every year the spire on the roof collapsed but the two bell towers as well as the more throes window both of which were built in the thirteenth century were saved so too was the cathedrals most precious relic that's the crown of thorns former deputy director of culture at the u.n. heritage agency says not true have to go through reconstruction rather than restoration. now. destruction that went on yesterday i mean all uses gone. completely differently and what would have to be. really a major construction. major construction project this will. difficult to say today. much of course certainly

on the order of that many many hundreds and even in a way was also a symbol of what more that society can do. you know about one hundred years ago hundred years ago if you know when two major more. regimes and there's been two or. three generations so i. think. we have to continue to say it would. be able to. get to the future to. the south thanks for staying with us in our to international back in thirty minutes with the latest global news update. tippett international memorial awards twenty nine c. the now open for entries. media professionals are eligible whether you are

a freelance journalist who work for alternative media or part of a global news conference to participate send us your published works and video all written for much go to award dot altie dot com and enter now. facebook and google started with a great idea and great ideals unfortunately there was also a very dark side. they are constructing a profile of you and that profile is real it's detailed and it never goes away turns out that google is manipulating your opinions from the very first character that you type into the search bar it will always favor one dog food over another one comparative shopping service over another and one candidate over another they can suppress certain types of results diced on what they think you should be seeing if they have this kind of power then democracy is an illusion the free and fair

election doesn't exist for the more we give them the sooner we are all hanged. if. i didn't think the numbers mean something they've matter to us with over one trillion dollars in debt more than ten white collar crime happens each day. eighty five percent of global wealth he longs to be ultra rich eight point six percent and world markets rose thirty percent some with four hundred to five hundred three first second per second and when he rose to twenty thousand dollars. china's building two point one billion dollars ai industrial park but don't let the numbers overall. the only number you need to remember is one. one just showed you know forth from this one and only posts.

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