correspondent nick connelly joins us now live from kiev next exit polls put of years alecky in the lead he's a comedian who's played a president in the t.v. series as you know but is there a fear that ukrainians are mixing fiction with reality somehow. good evening make it different the atmosphere here at his election party is electric they seems people here were even taken a bit by surprise by the extent of the gap between selenski and the nearest candidate that is incumbent mr poroshenko in terms of mixing reality with fiction well here. is a universally known face in this country that's been having been on ukraine's t.v. screens for so many years now and not having tracked much in the way of scandal has been a huge advantage to me and it's basically free campaign advertising the fact that so many ukrainians seemingly willing to vote for him is a sign of a deep deep disappointment with the existing political class both feel the top front runner is going to michigan have been on principle seen for decades time in which ukraine has really fallen behind its neighbors and failed to make g

that was vividly is nick connelly reporting from kiev well turning now to mozambique where aid agencies are stepping up their efforts to help the sick and hungry in the flood ravaged country cyclone to die killed more than seven hundred people in mozambique and in malawi and zimbabwe when it struck two and a half weeks ago hundreds of thousands of people were left homeless authorities are now warning of the danger of water borne diseases and they reported a jump in the number of people ill with cholera the areas previously under water now large muddy swamps the receiving floodwaters in mozambique haba the bodies of many of the missing the threat of disease here is very real. is warry over a spike in the number of color cases in the city of beirut koehler it causes acute diarrhea and can kill within hours if not treated nearly a million vaccines a jew to arrive in the country soon. government and i work as a wrapping day or if it's to treat those in need teams from around the world are arriving with food clean water and medicine. we go into a very critical phase now which is assistance t

of the country's east five years on though what are the issues foremost in ukrainians minds w's nick connelly reports. more than ten thousand people have lost their lives since war broke out in eastern ukraine back in twenty fourteen millions have been forced to leave their homes as the shooting continues political attempts to end the conflict remain stuck in no man's land but the fact the fighting didn't spread further and that ukraine's army was able to regroup essential to president petro poroshenko as campaign one is message to voters is clear only he can keep ukraine safe and stand up to russia. but five years of war have also left their mark on ukrainians pockets in europe second poorest nation real incomes are still lower than they were before the war as household bills have skyrocketed. over three million ukrainians have left the country in search of work it's these people pensioners and those on low incomes struggling to get by that explanation is the unity machine code is trying to reach she promises to cut household bills in health as soon as she's elected and do more to ensure ukr

s nick connelly filed that report and he joins us now for more from kiev hello to you nick so the frontrunner currently is a comedian but what makes you crazy and think that he can actually do the job as leader of the country. morning well qualified or not i think he sees it's mainly about protest sentiment about a kind of collective weariness with the political class here in ukraine that's been really in charge of this country the past twenty thirty years it's imports remember that when the soviet union fell apart in the early ninety's poland and ukraine for instance were as rich as wealthy person as each other now there's over a million and a half ukrainians working in poland so ukraine really has fallen back economically corruption transparency international puts ukraine somewhere between mali and djibouti in terms of perceptions of corruption way down there the only other european country that does badly is russia so there is really a weariness and an anger that things haven't changed fast of the people's lives haven't got better obviously there are still questions whether people will rea

correspondent nick connelly joins us now from care of them hit winners and the polls have just closed is it too early to talk about winners and losers. good evening rather nick well i'm here absolutely ms lewinsky's election policy in the mood is very optimistic he's just been playing thank. you it's a terrible fight me. they think they're going to have a significant victory over the next front runner which it seems to be current president petro poroshenko about ten percent behind him as to who will come in second place to join zelinsky in the second round. we don't know yet but it does seem to be much more cinco these results are all provisional and we expect to know more by the end of the night around two am local time but a final count of all the election votes from across the country in the regions will only be tomorrow. oh we've got another account that's interesting two thousand complaints of electoral violations what's going on there. well the different have been reports of illegal campaigning by ukrainian the ukrainian low there's no campaigning allowed in the last two days of

that was nick connelly reporting forty of you from kiev now polls have just closed in turkey's local elections there the first since the reform package gave president wretch a type heir to one sweeping new powers poll suggests his ruling party is set for major losses however his popularity has been hurt by the country's economic recession. this is turkey is sick vote in five years for local elections the atmosphere is not quite what you might expect one voter called it loud aggressive and unworthy of the democracy of the people in this country have lost respect for each other and politics is driving that polarization. although he's not standing for election himself the campaign's been dominated by president much of time at one and one knows local elections serve as a barometer of public support he was elected istanbul's mayor in one thousand and eighty four and right now a currency crisis and rising food prices according discontent. surveys suggest the ruling a.k.p. party could be defeated in the capital ankara months of the secular c.h.p. as the favorite there in istanbul the a.k.p.

let's go to our correspondent nick connelly he is in a vast a hole. as a fascinating story and these groups of supporters like the bikers that we just saw all i mean is it possible that they helped make that an exaggeration possible at the same time committed crimes all of this with total impunity good evening well the night was very certainly did play quite a significant role in those early days in march twenty fifth. the russian special forces those famous little green men russian special forces in uniforms to go about their deeds and to basically kick ukraine's authorities out of this peninsula in terms of the sort of human rights abuses we saw in the story there of the disappeared activist there doesn't seem to be a direct connection to the father of the man we profiled that points the finger at the f.s.b. russian security services there are other volunteer groups who were officially at least not connected to security services and based based on volunteer involvement that have been implicated in attacking abducting people who spoke out against rus

that is very different situation here in crimea our correspondent nick connelly joining us tonight from the city of sebastopol in crimea on this five year anniversary of the annexation of crimea by russia nic thank you very much. the pressure continues to mount on the u.s. aircraft manufacturer boeing the black box data flight recorders in the recent ethiopian airlines seven thirty seven max crash point to similarities with the crash of another seven thirty seven max in indonesia in october of last year now both crashes killed everyone on board tonight there are also reports emerging which cast more delts on the u.s. federal aviation authority they claim that the f.a.a. may have relied on both wings only engineers in what were supposed to be independent safety certifications for the seven thirty seven s. . and that is quite an accusation right there to talk more about that i'm joined by the w.'s christophe cobra he's been following the story for us christophe so they're talking about what gross violations of development certification but let me read the seattle times is reporting severa

and nick connelly joins us now from a polling station in kiev nick what has the turnout been so far. but often it definitely is a very busy turnout here in downtown kids all the indications are that the turnout is up this time compared to five years ago we've seen a lot of people of all different ages even very sick people struggling their way up two flights of stairs to cast their vote interesting and when you ask people that they think that their vote will really count that will be fairly counted here if people are very confident of that there are lots of observers around international but also ukrainian of service so people really you know seemingly convinced that the democratic process is working and they can change something with their vote and why are so many ukrainians of polls are to be believed ready to vote for a comedian. i think that's a sign of desperation and there's a weariness with the political class that's been in charge of this country for the past two decades both president bush and co and ex prime minister yulia timoshenko the two of the top front runners have be

ok nick connelly is on the events in cannes i asked him what the knowledge of me as an answer has been tending supports his and the press. poker scene why he's come out with some fighting talk against the incumbent petro poroshenko reminding people here of recent corruption scandals and pershing throws in a most circle he refuted porsches allegations that he is a puppet of the ego of the only got he will call them whiskey and this had come off . pretty loud intervention for shanker just a few hours ago when he said to morrow first of april is april fool's day but he said she ukrainians he said should get a grip and decide who to vote for to protect the interest of the country stand up to russia and basically say that only he had the experience and the know how to do that. ok so the incumbent president petro poroshenko is trading him and former prime minister yulia timoshenko is denouncing the exit polls so what happens next. so the count goes all in all and we really only expect in the conclusive results by tomorrow afternoon or early evening there is suggestion that new exit polls sho

country's east five years are no one of the issues foremost in ukrainians minds correspondent nick connelly talk to voters to find out. if you would like oh i can i mean to grow we need new jobs so that people can find work here instead of immigrating but that is his. piece but we understand that it won't be easy to achieve it this for a candidate who will be to most guys hiking. we need to defeat corruption in our countries incredibly reaching we sources and potential public corruption in ukraine is simply destroying us from the less corruption fewer theft so that we start living well like a normal european country very. well first of all our oligarchs need to start investing in ukraine's economy stop taking all their money abroad to off shores carnally joins us now from a polling station in kiev nick what has the turnout been so far. it often unequal there definitely is a very busy turnout here in downtown key if all the indications are that the turnout is up this time compared to five years ago we've seen a lot of people of all different ages even very sick people struggling their way up

into that basket and trying to really sell himself as the guy who saved ukraine in ukraine's army nick connelly in thank you what's orange gordy and just a bit of a nuisance novelty garfield phones have been washing up on the otherwise picturesque brittany coast for more than thirty years what's the cause the nation of clean up volunteers now the battle has been solved the beachcombers of trace the source of the problem to a stranded freight container stuck in a cave as it remains partly buried in hard to reach this may not be the last they have seen the constant count. as a reminder of our top story this hour british prime minister theresa may last a high stakes a vote and it split apart aspects of the withdrawal deal it should agreed with brussels in a bid to win over lawmakers in the end the government's motion was defeated three forty four to eighty six. coming up in just a moment is environment magazine show eco africa i'll be back at the top of the op i'm going to. the for. a. small school in a small area the changing. people making it possible to go to africa. fantastic right. back as th