ignore middle of the room sit. room. we did it together. t.v. star political newcomer. secures a landslide victory ukraine's presidential election as voters send a stark message to the outgoing leader of the ruling class. at least two hundred ninety people are killed in eight explosions across sri lanka with five hundred more injured. and churches were targeted during easter sunday celebrations. and in the week's top stories on t.v. there was no collusion between donald trump and russia as the report only publishes its conclusions.

from moscow watching weekly here on r.t. international and then a hawkins rev you are welcome to the program. a political outsider known for playing a president in a t.v. drama has won ukraine's presidential election with most votes already counted rather me as events cue secured a landslide win over incumbent petro poroshenko correspondent. my colleague video tutor in the studio 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. when it became clear that it's a total triumph for of all dimmers alinsky 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 us these four months that is of course. not me the work we've done together the main thing that we've done we've united ukraine united our lives united on people. when he said he's united everybody believed that obviously time will tell and yes the style is very different 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 the. 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 his 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 the dimmers a lens case 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 simlins 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 historian and analyst martin mccauley believes it will be difficult for mr selenski to live up to the promises he's made to the ukrainian voters. everyone knew who he is everyone knows really looks like but the big tasks begin to me immediately because he's probably if you look at his economic program it's very very. liberal judge is going to improve. health services will improve education improvements we all. know

how we're going to do that. because corrupt rudd was the main. cancer which is different. every presidency two thousand and four has put. up at the top of the list the events of fighting for their own political life and we know that but reporter did that look what's happened here. the death toll from a series of explosions in sri lanka has reached two hundred ninety with five hundred more injured churches and hotels across the island what targeted on easter sunday. blast hits and that is church in the heart of the sri lankan capital colombo there were a further seven explosions many of the victims were from christian minorities who were celebrating their holiest day dozens of foreigners are also among the dead we should warn you the following images are distressing. it was.

was it was. a twenty four people have now been arrested in the wake of the attacks this is video of a suspect tame during an operation in a suburb of the capital because the finance ministers said the culprits were religious extremists while the country's prime minister's promised people behind the attack will face a stern response. the first bombing happened at around nine in the morning local time in total five blasts hit the capital including a church and three luxury hotels last happen in colombo in an apartment block touring a police raid that left three officers dead about forty kilometers north of the city of new gumbo another place of worship was hit and a church was also bombed in batticaloa

a popular tourist destination on the opposite side of the island after that a small hotel in front of a zoo was also targeted local media have reported an improvised explosive device was also found near colombo international airport and this is the aftermath of one of the explosions no group has claimed responsibility as of yet for the attacks because a mainly buddhist country with substantial muslim and christian minorities world leaders have condemned the attacks and expressed their condolences speaking at a easter service at the vatican pope francis expressed his support for all those affected. they wish to. my heartfelt solidarity with the christian communities affected while it was a prayer and with all the victims of such violence and unless java run a says there's been disquiet between religious communities in the lead up to sunday's atrocities. i think there was a level of uncomfortable. among different communities particularly after there was

a some sort of lighting between some of the national groups and we should not forget there the phenomenon of terrorism and violence is not at all the new. it was heat from one thousand you could three. thousand and nine when there was an insurgency particularly in the not east of sri lanka sitting in government that it's all over in nine men and they got rid of that insurgency and then they they all tell you. the suicide bombing not that is this something again has happened now after nine nine nine years but at this particular point point of time there are new dynamics to get used to to dick situation inside olenka there are other factors like dash it was dash has been operating everywhere in the board well i think the message is quite clear to the question community michnik up at on seven percent of the student in confabulation. the message is to try to fight them to keep them from

diversion places and also the message is to the foreigners who have been doing this to lanka i think it is going to come down hard on this linking economy it is going to be negatively to disturb it when it comes to. the situation in the past changing . this week saw the release of the long awaited the reports the heavily redacted document revealed there was no collusion between president trump and russia in the run up to twenty six the us 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 despite those conclusions from the attorney general donald trump present off the hook quite yet around ten percent of the report was blacked out on the house judiciary committee is the issue to subpoena for the full version to be released

for democrats the focus is now shifting to possible obstruction of justice by the us president or a lot from our senior correspondent or does they have. two years america waited for this hoped and prayed it would unmake trump or exonerate him that the new report would end this two year long drama about collusion hacking and conspiracy 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 art 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 is called. no collusion no obstruction if it is incomplete or you know we're going to blow the report outlines disturbing evidence that president

trump in gauged in obstruction of justice and all of his kind of confused so was mueller trump may have been cleared of collusion but obstruction of justice scalia and in the air mueller writes that it's so complicated he couldn't decide whether trump tried to obstruct justice or not the guilty no innocent the conclusion the 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 in never been instances where trump potentially tried to obstruct justice and democrats have jumped on it the miller report prints 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 and 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 who. to my reading of the. mother report almost certainly obstructed justice certainly intended and attempted to obstruct justice and if true this alleged trump 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. units report has trump political the democrats smell blood they have trump and like blood hounds still mercilessly dog him for obstruction and anyone that gets in the way the messenger included they ministration has a new face a new math unfair and long with

a lot more stature he's the country's attorney general he said half a dozen times no collision no question no lawyer no legal presentation presenting 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 bud 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 hate him more and vice versa if anything this report is going to america and americans further apart but hey i got to tell you at least incapacity a factor is a happy. as for russia itself the report claims there are facts of moscow meddling in that election in

a sweeping and systematic fashion moscow has responded they've said investigation shows no evidence of such actions and as expected of course there was also a wave of reaction to the release of the report is some of the views on gets shared with us. they still can't get to a point where the president clued with russia in fact they say quite categorically it did not happen so then why would the president knowing he is innocent obs struct buller put that in as a matter of pure politics as a sop to the democrats who are on the commission twenty five attorneys all of them democrats most of them hillary supporters a large number of them hillary donors and we had to do something in the report to make them happy why did this investigation even begin i mean was there wrongdoing there was there you know falsification of documents to get pfizer warrants there's a lot of embarrassment here we're talking about millions upon millions of dollars of taxpayer dollars of time wasted if things happened for something that legitimately had no basis in fact and any evidence that might have been presented

to start this miller investigation all last night we had chuck schumer saying that well how dare william barr you know come out and speak before we get the report what kind of report would this be after that we're going to start hearing about how the redactions are at a way a way to hide the real truth and it's really never going to end we're going to continue to see one thing after another with trump but they went immediately from russia collusion to try on taxes trying financial statements and william barres obstruction so i mean the arguments haven't stopped yet they're not going to stop but we do have what seems to be a very conclusive case of absolutely no collusion. front since coming to terms with last monday's fire that ravaged vellum cathedral in paris investigators believe the blaze of movement caused by ongoing restoration work saturday evening as easter vigil normally held in the truth was moved to a nearby church of the dramatic scenes of the historic spot. collapsing shook the well.

you know says there are two fronts which is burning reduces or her two front seats are out of paris so that's the part of a walk we all lose in tonight's c c c look at notre down is the heart of paris it is granger it is monumental it is horrible to see everything we had to learn going off the small centuries of our heritage.

was. a. place that. it's very sad it's one of the great monuments of france i'll leave that far wait so it's devastating but a monument like this is burning. and in motion. i say this to your soul and that was that we will rebuild this great cathedral together we will appeal to the greatest talents to help restore not to them because this. that is what is the our history. our destiny.

right police shows where the fire tore through the eight hundred fifty year old building as you can see from the images are pretty extensive damage that the cathedral is one of the most popular tourist attractions in europe pulls in about thirty million visitors annually the spire on the roof collapsed towers though were saved as well as the north rose window both of them were built in the thirteenth century so too was the cathedrals most precious relic that's the crown of thorns charlotte dubin ski attend the divisional after the. crowd has to. share one hundred fifty meters away from a north. this is one of many vigils being held around france vigils taking place in the city streets new york. president has said that he will rebuild. and he said he will do that within five years.

you want to get it we will rebuild not even more. and i wanted to be completed in five years we can do this there was a huge reaction a huge outpouring from people as a result of that fire last night here on the streets of paris thousands upon thousands of people gathered and they watched and waited with great breath to try and find out what was going to happen and how much damage there would be that hard actually erupted into huge celebrations and claps and that was after the news came that the firefighters the. fire had managed to stop the building from collapsing which will of course say that restoration work well there was a reason that they didn't use the water from helicopters and that's because they would try. to keep that structure stable and they thought that if the pressure of

water coming down from helicopters that could actually cause further damage not donations have been coming in thick and fast many people described their hearts as breaking over that fire some had said that paris had had it so great that. its french turned its part of our. wood managed to preserve that it was eight hundred years and today unfortunately. i think this touches everyone it's poignant it's heartbreaking the firemen did all they could but there are some things will never get that image of. shocking we find comfort in the fact that there are no victims but it's our french historical heritage and we all share memories of when we visited with you but now it's fragile and other buildings like this one from the former deputy director for the u.n. heritage agency you know. have to go through reconstruction rather than restoration

. now we could distraction that. yesterday i will use is gone. and what will have to be. really. reconstruction. major reconstruction projects this will. digital to say today. how much it cost to the on the order of the many many hundreds of millions of dollars even in a way was also a symbol of what modern society can do for a modern because you know about one hundred years ago hundred years ago if you know when two major more. regimes and there's going. to. be your jewelry. so i remember a feeling. we continue to say would. be able to.

get to the future. of the aftermath of the blaze gave renewed focus for the latest yellow vest protests weeks of relative calm turned violent during saturday's them astray ssion anger was directed at wealthy french turners who project vast sums of money for the cathedral's repair within just hours police from braced for trouble they deployed tear gas and water cannon paris. i.

know they were executing the mail though cause we have to save money but why do they give so right away for a monument and for nothing else all of our lives just cannot hold them are not true dollars for all of the rich people can afford to give millions to repair it that there are occasional not to damage charity helping other people or we denounce the government policies that have allowed this only dogs to reach us wealth they can hand out charity money or through but really it's because of those two people that we have so much and wanting to transfer but unfortunately if we always have strong mobilization we're going to express our goals more and more in stages of all we specially hope that the government will accept our demands that friends should billionaires and wealthy families race to boost the cathedral repair donations with one mobile plans or one hundred million euros in international affairs analyst we spoke to thinks that start displays of inequality have frustrated many in france who are struggling to get by. they're shocked by the fact that in one night the

very rich people can give more than one billion euros to rebuild. it's not a problem they're giving money to rebuild the problem is that all these people making very very rich these last fifteen years ten years ago we had three thousand less in the mirrors there were thirty governors now there are one hundred. their wealth is growing very fast and they using all duple treasuries given by the european union and the french system the system pushed by melbourne and send their money away in offshore countries and where the shocking for the universe is and that's money that they're giving by make people buy the very kind it should have been already in the in the end of the state it was this week's top headlines for you my colleague on the farm will be with you taking you through monday's top global headlines see you back in half and i'll.

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