i. think. t.v. star and political newcomer vladimir zelinsky secures a landslide overwhelming victory in ukraine's presidential election but many foreign leaders having already congratulated here also if you come the king of bahrain reinstates the citizenship of more than five hundred people after human rights groups condemn the country's policies but we look at why the move could prove in significant for bahraini and at least two. being killed and hundreds more injured as eighty explosions rocked sri lanka during easter sunday celebrations.

for the welcome just gone eight am here in moscow this monday morning you're watching r.t. international. now a total political side famous for playing a president in the t.v. drama was swapped acting for the real thing after winning ukraine's presidential election with most most votes now counted out of his alinsky has secured a landslide win over the incumbent petro poroshenko earlier our correspondent he spoke with. about what it means for the country. 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 our people. when he said he's united everybody believes 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 call 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 that least do you journalists we will invite you in the near future. preparations 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 a honeymoon 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 had his press conference let's have a listen to bits of what he had to say. if it doesn't go against.

the words that winston churchill which i always follow. i hear when i see the results of the exit poll. 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 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 a prank if they will the analysts motm the colli believes that part of the loss is down to his failure to solve the country's problems. if you look at opinion posed in the past month or so more more ukrainians would want some solution to the problem of the conflict and don't. look for better relations with russia to look forward to and they didn't think that. he was ceded far to prove pro western

pro-american because you are larger than americans not only from losing hope you don't have an economic hope he was to prove a negative. so what many ukrainians would like you know would in fact be ukrainian standard policy of course it's easy for many ukrainians to say right the americans are feeling far far too much of our country germans are defeated and we want to rid ourselves but where are you going to invest in ukraine. very very interesting it's the first meeting with president putin because what he was asked what is going to do when he sees the press. bu to do so i'm going to make a lot of. the question then should be is he going to laugh at you or with you because putin is enormously experienced politician meeting. and be very interested to see how it works out. now the king of bahrain has reinstated the citizenship

of more than five hundred people following a wave of condemnation from international human rights groups almost one thousand national have had their citizenship revoked since an uprising in the country back in twenty eleven many opposition figures were imprisoned at the time or fled abroad or ghastly of breaks down the situation in the country. this really is evolution look here if someone's being the nuisance like activists or the opposition a normal dictator would get rid of them but it's messy and everyone complains in bahrain they've come up with a novel way of getting around that it's simple and genius new citizenship new voice the u.n. high commissioner for human rights is deeply concerned that one hundred thirty nine people in bahrain were convicted of terrorism after

a mass trial which reportedly did not meet with international fair trial standards one hundred thirty eight of these people so all but one had their nationalities revoked standards mandates it works since two thousand and twelve according to the americans for democracy and human rights in bahrain authorities have revoked the citizenship of nine hundred ninety nationals the third of them just last year among them all the undesirables the human rights defenders the political activists journalists and so on everyone who can't seem to shut up. this verdict demonstrates no through sales of weaponized the aba drew of the caisson of citizenship to punish normal average bahrainis were and guess what happens if you complain about it yeah he loses us citizenship or get jailed or exiled

this is win win for the king anyway. so much for everyone else they need the glamour of the formula one there is a former senator side to brain revealing the country is a deeply repressive state where anyone critical of the government can be jailed merely for posting a tweet yes but the king is also merciful he takes with one hand but gives with the other his highness has issued orders to reinstate the citizenships of more than five hundred people. citizenships so if you were sentenced to life in jail you still work and die in prison but as a citizen how much more mercy do you want understand also this is been a stressful time for the king he and his family really didn't like the arab spring all that commotion and protesting and calls for democracy and commoners he really

didn't like it. violent clampdown. bahrain was different from the other arab countries oh sure they bashed protests the heads in like every word out the difference is no one really called for the king to step down france and friends didn't bomb it like they did libya the u.s. didn't fund rebels in the islamists like they did in syria europeans didn't call for regime change like they did in egypt you know why because bahrain is a friend whom to the largest u.s. and u.k. naval bases in the region holding the pre stages title of major non nato ally

these gulf partnerships are critical to achieving shared regional objectives defeating isis countering radical islamic terrorism protecting global energy supplies and rolling back iranian aggression with friends like these who needs human rights bahrain can get away with murder and the west will turn a blind eye and i mean a blind eye they know full well what the king is up to what his henchmen commit what suffering they heap on the people. human rights issues included allegations of torture arbitrary detention political prisoners arbitrary or remorseful interference with privacy restrictions on freedom of expression the press and the internet substantial interference with the rights of peaceful assembly and freedom of association remarkable well bomb syria over mere ruelas tweets sanction iran just out the habit at this point threaten then example or

interfere meddle in its politics trample its sovereignty because well because but bahrain with its torture abuses farcical courts are making drunk on power. that where they draw the line apparently that's just going too far in our strategic approach it is important to acknowledge with a degree of humility that there are some things that are beyond bollard to change what are the ghastly of there were the authorities in bahrain claim that the country's security has faced an intense threat and all actions have been aimed it achieving stability interior minister blames terrorists coordinated with iran iraq and hezbollah and the hezbollah group in lebanon for undermining peace in the region former m.p. for roos believes bahrainis can't rely they on international help to restore their human rights as the west is to closer ties with the country. i was.

part of the first group were their citizenship being revoked in segments of november two thousand and twelve and they start with our group and that was. an order from an assyrian curio nor evidence ordinal claims being given to us political and economical rights you will lose it and you don't have any access to that health care nor do they do cation i describe it like add a social death unfortunately there are standards and the foreign policy or many western countries merely u.k. united states it has so much of it pratik policy when they did with their allies when the international community should hear more about this international can we did a good thing in all the reports that i was as bad as the type of the you morons

were lucian's in bahrain particularly out but meanwhile it's been backed totally by these international allies the united kingdom may not states and not only that even they are supporting them internationally and they mentioned in many of their speeches that bahrain is going on right track while they are proud to have such as it is. now vietnam is demanding justice for the agro chemical giant monsanto for a series of us court rulings awarded millions of dollars in damages to the american think terms of the site's dioxin a highly toxic element of the so-called agent orange aside he used widely against vietnam during the war and it's being linked to birth defects cancers and other night your health problems.

well in an open letter to the vietnam association of victims of agent orange asked a u.s. court to reopen a previously dismissed lawsuit against monsanto the association believes the recent us court rulings have set a precedent one son to itself which is now part of the pharmaceutical giant by admits responsibility for creating agent orange but not for the damage associated with it will investigative reporter dave lindorff leaves for courts to rule in favor of american soldiers but not factual victims in vietnam smacks of double standards. the u.s.

fought for i think over a decade suit by vietnam veterans who weren't getting the same kinds of illnesses that the vietnamese people are getting because they handled it and because it was sprayed on them and finally they won and the government now accepts that fourteen diseases and auto immune ailments and cancers are presumptively caused by exposure to agent orange so you know for the u.s. to do that for its own soldiers and then not do it for the people who were actually the targets of this mess to spring of defoliants is simply the most incredibly double standard behavior imagine and there's a lot more vietnamese are suffering from agent orange than there are american veterans. now at least twenty four people have been arrested after a series of deadly explosions in sri lanka we'll have the details on that story

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all housing is concentrated in a few as like blackstone as a gift from their friends of the central banks and the result is medieval. again now the death toll from the series of eighty explosions in sri lanka has jumped to two hundred ninety with up to five hundred others injured churches and hotels across the island were targeted on easter sunday you can i see the first blasts hit since anthony's church in the heart of the sri lankan capital colombo many of the victims were from the christian minority. it was celebrating their holiest day dozens of foreign nationals are also among the dead might find the following images disturbing.

was was was was. was well is forty is of a suspect detained during an operation in a suburb of the capital port say at least twenty four people have now been arrested in connection with the attacks however no group has yet claimed responsibility trying his defense minister said the culprits were religious extremists while the country's prime minister has promised the people behind the attack will face a stern response the first bombing happened around nine in the more me morning local time in total five blasts hit the capital including

a church in three luxury hotels the last of them happened in colombo at an apartment block during a police raid which left three officers dead then about forty kilometers north of the city in the gamboa another place of worship was hit and a church was bombed in. a popular tourist destination on the opposite side of the island after that a small hotel in front of the zoo was targeted local media also say an improvised explosive device was also found near colombo international airport this is the aftermath of one of the explosions sri lanka is a mainly goodies come free with substantial muslim interest in minorities speaking during the easter service at the vatican pope francis gave his support to all of those affected. you see the room and i wish to express my heart. dissolute darcy was the christian community of the fitted world it was a prayer and with all the victims of such group. as

a mark of commemoration with the hundreds killed the lives of the eiffel tower in paris was switched off while leaders around the world have been united in the condemnation lawyer and counterterrorism expert jennifer braden says it won't come as any surprise of a radical islam islam misc group claimed responsibility for the attack. and we look at the victims here so we're talking about three christian churches these are followers of jesus celebrating the resurrection on easter sunday not just catholic churches there are catholic and a protestant church of the zion church there and so was it just the targeting of christians and then the targeting of three hotels which are five star hotels that are generally typically looked at as being western all of these are targets christians western expansion as you know hotels tourists from western countries anybody who's fought against islamic groups so these are all looked at as targets of radical islamist so that's why i would not be surprised if any of these radical

groups are in the running for this in the wake of sunday's deadly attacks in sri lanka the government moved to block a number of sites online which contain terrorist related content similar moves elsewhere in the world have been igniting much discussion for example a recently approved proposal in the e.u. means the firm's my face a hefty fine for not removing flag content but the proposal has raised several concerns to use artie's paula slip reports. the european parliament has voted in favor of a proposal that could require internet companies to remove terrorist content within an hour after receiving an order from the authorities there is clearly a problem with terrorist material circulating unchecked on the internet for too long this propaganda can be linked to actual terrorist incidents and national authorities must be able to act decisively any new legislation must be practical and proportionate if we're to safeguard free speech but despite the european union

acknowledging the need for the legislation to be proportionate it's not an idea within easy reach we doubt that the proposals objectives will be achieved and point out that no meaningful evidence has yet been presented on the need for a new european counterterrorism instrument and here are some sticking points how to define what terrorist content is and how the material should be taken offline for instance you tube facebook twitter and other platforms typically follow the american definition of who the bad guys are but what if other countries disagree like um us and his who are guarded by tookie russia and many asian countries as legitimate take our menarche pro his the lead media organization that is active on instagram and twitter arabic language hashtags promoting her must feature in thousands of videos and images of the group if they need legal groups and the allies of the united states have tried for some time to accuse facebook of turning a blind eye to all menar and others on their platform the mere fact that hamas

affiliated still have facebook pages shows you that facebook does not care we argue that anything hamas post says terrorist content facebook disagrees it says it has a zero tolerance policy for any group the united states as a terrorist entity and that it has removed ninety nine percent of islamic state and al-qaeda content mostly by using artificial intelligence but still it's not foolproof. by organizations like hezbollah would fall through the cracks because the group stop short of fish in direct threats of violence and what about media outlets and organizations that just don't share the european or american view on different militant entities even with no answer to this question the waste is keen to try and wipe out the presence of these groups on facebook twitter and you tube some countries may see specific content as their side of the truth round or vice versa so it is

a problem i do think that people should hear as much media organisations as can be but given the fact that people do not hear what they do not want to hear and they are stuck in a coup chambers i may think that it can cause a larger problem because. people will not become more tolerant or more aware of what happens that's rather only get even more sure of their specific opinion and nothing more than that. that brings up so that's how the news looking so far this monday morning we're back again at the top of the.

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them to so the income sophie shevardnadze have care securing a close victory in a home. contested election benyamin netanyahu has become the first israeli prime minister to hold office for five terms will his right wing coalition very all hope for peace with palestine once and for all i ask danny ayalon former deputy foreign minister of israel. and the president should face to face really prime minister benjamin netanyahu is a victory for the israeli conservatives but it leaves the palestinians wondering whether any progress in peace talks will now be achievable will the newly reelected netanyahu be brave enough to make steps toward solving the main middle eastern problem or will his coalition support depend on him taking a hard line away from peace danny i am former deputy foreign minister of israel welcome to the show it's great to have you with us lots to discuss when i mean that's when the asshole has won a new record term as israeli prime minister now he supports the settlement his

backers sabba hardline view on the palestinians and says next term going to be absolutely nothing to advance to peace cause forward i think actually that there is a better chance to move forward because not only because the bees on his fifth there are. a veteran and these very secured himself he's a man of. history scholar father was a history professor and i believe he is very much. interested to put his mark to leave his mark. on history and for there. any agreement with the palestinians a long term agreement would be very very important for him and i think on the basis of the.