the 2019 e.u. parliament elections produce the highest voter turnout for 20 years votes are still being counted in a poll that has the potential to shake up europe. and the establishment parties looks set to pose big gains across the continent from the u.k. to italy france and germany. the big evoke was right on the heels of trees of mace tearful announcement she will soon step down as the conservative party leader in the u.k. sparking the race for britain's next prime minister. i do so with no ill will but with enormous during gratitude to attach the opportunity to serve the country i know. in other news over the last week we can weeks co-founder

julian assange with 17 charges of espionage by u.s. prosecutors for publishing classified military documents and diplomatic cables in 20. so joining us this evening this is r.t. international. the polls have closed in the huge pan the e.u. vote to elect the next european parliament has been much attention on this election in fact not spin the highest seen for 2 decades down to the perceived threats posed to the traditional parties from anti establishment movements.

correspondent peter oliver joins me daters the exit polls we've just been sort of compiling all this information usually i'd say members of the public not too bothered about european elections but even turning out in their droves this time peter. or this parliamentary election seems to have caught the public's attention i've just seen it flashed upon the official e.u. parliamentary feat they're saying the official. turnout as it stands at the moment is 50.5 percent if it stays that way or goes up at all it will be the largest turnout since 1904 so the big this certainly grabbed the attention of people this time around what we have seen is wins for anti establishment parties in or from the anti establishment parties on the right we've seen them win hungary where viktor orban party is doing very well it's really where. these parties seem to have picked

up quite a few votes as well in poland in greece as well now in greece it's actually gone bad for electricity prices it's a party actually called election snap elections in greece following what's been a pretty much a drubbing for him and his party in the european elections in spain vox will enter the european parliament for the 1st time with 3 seats as well one of those. right wing figures though who didn't have such a good night get builders in the netherlands it seems his party they had 4 seats they will have no seats in the upcoming parliament let's have a look elsewhere in the united kingdom where the braggs it party brand new party set up by nigel for formerly of ukip of course they seem to be dominating in the united kingdom they have what message really which is deliver breaks that we're seeing some places where they've taken over 50 percent of the vote. they're likely

to take well over 30 percent nationally they look set to to be the biggest party nationally in the united kingdom while in france there's also been a jubilant marine le pen speaking to the media she says the fact that her party national rally a set to be the biggest winners in france means that. the french president should dissolve parliament hold elections for that and she's also said that the good showing by her party shows that she set up to mount a big challenge for the french presidency in 2022. you know the 1st or certainly the president has no other choice but to dissolve the national assembly and allow for a more exam a credit voting system in order to better represent this country's majority political opinion the feeding of traditional parties and the polarization between the national rally party and the renaissance party confirms that the political scene is now split between nationalists and globalists and that's what dominates

our political life. well in austria it's been well a rough 2 weeks for the standalone ridden government there and the corruption scandal has cost cost them a vice chancellor and all of the junior coalition partners in the cabinet quit as well however sebastien caught the chancellor he's done really well in these elections his party's done really well in fact he seems to caught him off guard a little bit north removes currency early release and we have 3 i'm usually not at a loss for words but i'm almost speechless we expected a lot we were optimistic but this is a fantastic result this is never happened before we achieve the best results of all time with the biggest distance from 2nd place of all time it is simply unbelievable . a cheery sebastien could there bear in mind lunch time on monday he will be facing a vote of no confidence. in the in the austrian parliament in vienna elsewhere here

in germany it was a night of seems to be a night of big losses for angela merkel c.d.u. c.s.u. union. going to still be the largest take the largest share of the vote here in germany but that it lost a lot of seats we have seen both big wins for the green party now they campaigned very hard on the green party environmental issues but also. saying they wanted to see reform in the view they've been really one of the big protest votes also it's worth bearing in mind the stuff that came out from these things 48 percent of germans who were polled said that the environment was a major factor for them voting in these elections seems a lot of people have gone to the greens the conservative opposition alternative to germany they've well they've done better than they did all they were called to do better than they did went. back to take around 10 percent of the vote however that is less than they took in the general election back in 2017 earlier i spoke to some

of the members and they told me that they hope to be able to try and shake things up in the upcoming european parliament. the good thing out of this evening is that we will end up in you in a very strong group and we will send out this signal or the the wind of change is coming through the year for you to be a very happy that we got this resolved this evening and i think it's a good signal for europe because another conservative party is gaining additional votes and what we're going to do is we are trying to reform the european union together with the other conservative party to get a picture of how it looks across europe and how they the next european parliament will shape up it's very likely almost certain that the european people's party the center right group will take the most seats but it's been a good night for greens across europe a good night for liberals across europe as well. and

a good night for some of the anti establishment parties across europe as people have well certainly it seems shifted away from voting for one of the 2 big palm entry groups in the european parliament and it seems we may see a few new faces in the european parliament after this this election times are a change of many things peter all the bringing is all the details that thank you. briggs is proved to be one of the most crucial issues during the parliamentary elections projection to support the newly formed brigs party of nigel farage the top outrunning labor the greens and the ruling conservatives are expected to receive only 7 percent will leave britain a professor of ukraine studies at stanford in berlin gave us his perspective. it's not really surprising when we look at the bigger picture there is a channel of trend that people's parties don't represent and more difference here that society this is a channel trend germany was kind of an exception in the past and now we see

a similar development happening in the past we have one. on the travel narrative but european integration as such is good because it brings peace stability prosperity and we only disagree on certain ideological differences is it green enough is it fair enough is it parole prisoners and now we have a large number of members of parliament who believe that the e.u. is not the solution but it is the problem. coming along with the briggs's party success stories i'm a has failed to see break through will be stepping down as u.k. prime minister in an emotional speech given outside number 10 downing street expressed regret for failing to deliver despite her best efforts she will resign as party leader on june 7th throwing open the race for a successor. it's now clear to me that is it it is in the best interests of the country for

a new prime minister to lead that effort i do so with no ill will but with enormous and enduring gratitude to have had the opportunity to serve the country i love. on earth and. to be chosen by our sea to become. a strong new positive vision for the future of our country let's it means brics it will be no 2nd referendum no attempt to turn the clock back we could risk no breaks it is all we can. i. or we can choose to unite and support the best deal that could be negotiated it is now clear to me that is it it is in the best interests of the country for

a new prime minister to lead that effort. and trees of my maid begs a cornerstone of a premiership but delivering on the results of the referendum proved to be an impossible task for her her deal was roundly rejected in huge defeats 3 times and peace on both sides of the house became increasingly irate at what was being offered mark oldman start to britain's crisis research institute based in oxford believes that the country faces uncertainty and even chaos. it's going to be a difficult task because the house of commons is still strongly against leaving the e.u. except on terms which involve remaining in a customs union almost certainly so that there's going to be a disconnect between the tory party members and supporters and presumably the people who defected to the briggs's party who are mainly conservatives who want a serious break with europe and the members of parliament and so unless you change the arithmetic in the house of commons whoever succeeds mrs may if they want to leave the e.u. was going to face huge problems in the same sort can they force

a new general election what will be the result of that we don't know but there's going to be a great deal of uncertainty and as i say there's this looming deadline of the 31st of october which is the end of the extension of britain's membership and the british politicians seem to forgotten that in the modern world divorce can be initiated from both sides the remaining members of the european union may decide we find you too much trouble we want you to leave now and so that could be a chaotic disorderly brigs it. or briggs it goes next that's hard to tell what becomes of the official conservative stance depends on who succeeds made labor the main opposition party accepts the referendum results it wants a deal but not may's ukip and the break that party they both advocate a so-called bragg's it with britain quitting the e.u. single market the lib dems the green party in changing they'll want to reverse briggs it and have a 2nd referendum. ok let's go live to brussels now believe we can speak to maximillian cry who was

a candidate for the e.u. parliament standing for germany's a tea party and as i understand this is what it's all about getting in. a position is that i mean pay and i believe that you've done exactly that so congratulations maximilian how does it feel. i feel very happy i mean it was hard campaign. i succeeded so. i'm here in brussels. and how's it going for your party tonight. i mean we should distinguish between the local regional the national and the european level i come from and we are strong as party in my home state. we have all heard regional elections in september so we are lucky to come into this state government for the 1st time in germany. which is which is a would be a great thing on the european lowballed. we are now on the top position

if we collect all right wing parties we had a strongest political force in the new you can parliament so there are 2 really big successes of the national overall it is i would say an ok result of beyond wallace on the same level like in the last general elections which is acceptable despite a lot of problems we have in the country but there was a brutal campaign against us so i would say i can live with the national resolve but i am very happy about my resolve locally and the result here and brussels what effect would you say these results will have on the domestic politics within germany will there be much of an impact. it has impacts not because of us. because of the. busy deficits or the decrease the social democrats have so they are in

a great coalition but i'm going to merkel's they're not really happy about it and they lost again share so there will be a debate on the next few weeks whether the social democrats should continue to be part of the government coalition or whether they should leave and we should get a snap election. that's what i expect. the main resolve nationally in germany is that the social democrats. are tremendously bad result and i'm very lucky to see snap elections come forward in 2019 we've seen a rise in support for right wing movements in germany does that represent a rise in nationalist sentiment. no i don't think it's the major argument of parties like us it is not nationalism it's common sense. we take common sens against left wing and green ideology on the other side too we care

on real problems day care on climate change and 100 deaths a difference and we have our roots and a rule that ordinary people and they have the mass media and. because permissions that's simply the frontline but it's not the the nasty nationalists and they are the. globalists globalists but we are the commonsense party it looks like the centrist parties have lost a lot of their support inside the european parliament this time around and bizarrely you don't have many pays from the likes of the braggs it party people who stand against everything that the a you represent. how's that going to shake up politics in the parliament. the party

is a common sense movement as we are and we welcome to work together with us on the on the on the issues we have to deal but until it will be fulfilled. new members of the european parliament from other countries sort of come in so but as long as the brits are in their full member they are full of colleagues. we have a lot of common but the party of member is of course what the what do you want is quite similar to what we want. to thank you many thanks so much for taking the time to speak to us here in r.t. once again congratulations on your success this evening maximillian just been elected m.e.p. from germany party. ok busy evening more news coming up for you after this short break.

they were going to see that happen to you it was not speak with a moment overthrow all the previous governments the the former president and c.e.o. court which. the country people wanted much more and they didn't want just. travel freely with europe they won't afraid to become part of. this is very far way to go still in ukraine. you know world of big part of the law and conspiracy it's time to wake up to dig deeper to hit the stories that made stream media refuses to tell more than ever we need to be smarter we need to stop slamming the door on the back and

shouting past each other it's time for critical thinking it's time to fight for the middle for the truth the time is now we're watching closely watching the hawks. founder julian assange faces up to 175 years in prison for publishing classified files u.s. prosecutors this week slap 17 new challenges on him well of which fall under the espionage act they come on top of a charge of conspiring to have a u.s. government computer which forms the basis of an extradition request for a song she's currently serving time in the u.k. well sees them calls it takes a closer look at what it all means for the whistleblower. the stakes are now much higher for imprisoned wiki leaks founder julian assange on 17 new charges by a notoriously anti whistleblower court and potentially up to 175 years in prison

this new batch of accusations falls under the espionage act used to convict spies and detractors during the 1st world war the indictments legal ease of obtaining and disclosure of sensitive government information which often just means exposing government wrongdoings is lighting a fire under stablish when american journalists sense after all they're doing it to this is to put it bluntly wrong unconstitutional and downright tyrannical is a pretty aggressive new move by the justice department big deal here for a 1st amendment advocates the government is now trying to assert this brand new right to criminally prosecute people for publishing secret stuff and newspapers and magazines and investigative journalists and all sorts of different entities publish secret stuff all the time that is the bread and butter of what we do with the new indictment of a song the government is advancing a legal argument that places such an important work in jeopardy the administration

has gone from denigrating journalists as enemies of the people to now criminalizing common practices in journalism notice anything not a lot about a songes work or fate but quite a bit about there's this is the hypocrisy of the mainstream media here in the united states just a couple of weeks ago the washington post editorial or granted editorial saying that julian was not a journalist well guess what the washington post one well that surprises you using information that julian and weepy leaks published so you would think that in a normal world the washington post the new york times the wall street journal the guardian and every other major news outlet we'd be lining up 100 julian to support him they're not the thing is though some might argue the war on freedom of speech began long ago back in 2012. songe fled to the ecuadorian embassy in london for political asylum over fears of extradition to the u.s. after exposing potentially incriminating acts by the u.s.

military for 7 years he was interned there and conditions the u.n. said amounted to arbitrary detention at times he was denied access to the internet stifling his journalistic work and all the while an allegation of rape in sweden has hung over his head his lawyers claim the alleged victim said it was actually the police who sought charges not her the establishment media has had plenty of things to say back then and not much had to do with the 1st amendment the free press is not responsible for the origins of any material that gets to us. unless of course we are responsible for it because we had something to do with how it was a leak illegally obtained if someone's life was potentially a risk responsible media you would not publish yes these are conversations hard conversations that are had in newsrooms around the country and the world at the end of the day what would you say to those people who claim that look he's his

activities did far more damage than good you are not allowed to help instruct you are not allowed to try to help somebody defeat security system they prefer to accuse the sonnes of working with the russians and of course to claim at the end he neglected his personal hygiene and like playing with his fecal matter for years they've been ignoring restrictions on the songes freedom of speech and smearing him for the sake of the narrative but the monster they created has now turned against them when the mainstream media is absolutely hypocritical you know they spent these last several years criticizing critiquing damning. stones for constantly continuously all of a sudden now they've woken up and pretended to be so upset about the 17 charges of espionage they do feel threatened now it has nothing to do with freedom of press freedom of speech they feel threatened because they do the same thing that a staunch is done every day of the week this is called national security reporting

and so now all of a sudden it's getting closer to home and there pretend to be more concerned about it. to remind you here are some of the biggest revelations by songe over the is like a 2010 thousands of documents and classified video relating to the wars in iraq and afghanistan were made public details among others the indiscriminate shooting of civilians in iraq the year later the so-called get files revealed routine torture at guantanamo bay and the death of inmates through harsh treatment 2016 wiki leaks revealed a pro clinton media bias in the 2016 presidential campaign and a plot to push the son does of the race. and i brings you right up to date i think staying with us sean thomas will behave with old ladies for you just over half an hour.

what holds an inch to you something to. put themselves on the line to get accepted or rejected. so when you want to be president or injury. or some want to. have to go right to be close it's like that before 3 in the morning can't be good. i'm interested always in the waters in the house. there should. this is a story about what happens auster a stray bullet kills a young girl in the streets. what happens to her family and daughters in florida you know the mother daughter is buried in a cemetery it really messes with your head what happens to the community the public was screaming for a scapegoat the police needed a scapegoat so why not choose

a 19 year old black kid with a criminal record who better to pin this on than him and what happens in course the . shock shock as far as society we feel. we don't know childress is truthful. and of this trial unfortunately you. will still not know childress. so what we've got to do is identify the threats that we have it's crazy confronted he shouldn't let it be an arms race is often spearing dramatic development only personally i'm going to resist i don't see how that strategy will be successful very critical time time to sit down and talk.

all. welcome to worlds apart it's been barely a week since the new ukrainian president was sworn into office but he's already being threatened with lawsuits and an overthrow by the very same people who came to power by violent street protests 5 years ago can't deliver on his promise of reading ukraine of the old guard without employing their old habits well to discuss that i'm now joined by ilya upon the matter of a former member of the russian parliament who made a new home in ukraine this has been a model for it's always good to see you how are things in kenya. it's very good and

thanks for having me here always. now mr had such a smashing success of the polls that one would think that he has a doubt salutes mandate from the people to implement he said john that i'm yet. when we look at the people's representatives for example the speaker of the current dr don draper o.b.e. there seems to be quite a lot of pushback against the new president how do you explain that you know it. is vidia trump alike personality he teamed to power with the promise to break the system as the call to the elite came to that's quite natural that all the elites really like him if you. actually voted for mr who else to you would see that. the very center of key you were both against him. some of the districts western ukraine and the rest of the country gave overwhelming

support for the new president well i personally think that mrs eland is a little bit more likable than mr trump he seems to be more progressive found to be honest with you i think the. the political establishment in the united states is also a little bit more. well i would say reserved in the ukraine because if we take mr proby for example he's not your regular scheming politician he's actually a pretty violent guy i mean he represents a pretty extreme faction of the ukrainian politics he's people were filmed moving around weapons on them on my donkey you know that he's widely speculated to have had some role in the massacre that followed when he alludes to the smell of burning tires as he did on twitter just the other day how is that not a threat well i think you're describing mr power be your forwarding.

russian i mean he he has a previous catchy record and it's recognised not only in russia but also in the west is welcome. parliament so i don't think that many people would agree with what you just said of course in culture the rostrum radicals. they are not representative of the parliament this parliament. to be a union between right wing conservatives. liberals this is true but that's very much the same for example in our country in russia. very very similar portraits of the parliament and very different from the parliament seen other countries in the west you could at least agree with me that mr pruitt be has been quite critical of zelinsky 1st moves as president 1st and foremost his decision to disband the parliament and call for new elections he's been he's a rhetoric.