heinz—christian strache resigned on saturday.austria's chancellor sebastian kurz. he said the far right interior minister herbert kickl should be sacked as well, as he was unfit to oversee the investigation into heinz—christian strache. translation: all of this has, in my opinion, led to a conflict situation. it would have been better if, along with heinz—christian strache, the interior minister resigned as well. that would have brought a watertight resolution to this. but he didn't take this step. but the freedom party said that if herbert kickl was fired all its other ministers would quit in solidarity. heinz—christian —— chancellor kurz has suggested otherwise. translation: had a very good in—depth conversation with the president. i'd told him that in my opinion and in the opinion of social democrats only an interim government made up from experts from all of the government positions, including that of chancellor, could resolve the very tense situation in russia. —— with russia. and his own future could be at stake. he faces a

, was seenin party, heinz—christian strache, was seen ina party, heinz—christian strache, was seen ina woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. in the wake of this he resigned. now we are seeing the fallout from that. that was bethany bell in viana. —— vienna. you're watching newsday on the bbc. still to come on the programme: the threat of lasting environmental damage in the solomon islands after a ship is refloated after three months stuck on a reef. also on the programme: how climate change is forcing farmers in south korea to adapt and switch to growing new crops. this morning an indian air force plane carrying mr gandhi's body landed in delhi. the president of india walked to the plane to solemnly witness mr gandhi's final return from the political battlefield. ireland has voted overwhelmingly in favour of gay marriage. in doing so it has become the first country in the world to approve the change in a national referendum. it was a remarkable climax to what was surely the most extraordinary funeral ever given to a pop singer. it has been a peaceful funeral demonst

here in a villa in a pizza heinz christian straka of the far right freedom party talks to a woman posing as a wealthy russian over the course of several hours they discuss boosting the party's election results with the help of russian financing. well the video has left austria's coalition government between the conservatives and the far right populist in shambles with the freedom party have made no secret of their desire for closer ties with russia in the past but the footage reveals just how far they were willing to go for power so how close are europe's right wing parties to russia our reporter went to vienna to find out. i d n a has long been a bridge between europe's east and west. decades after the cold war it's still a playground for foreign agents who employ methods like the one that helped topple austria's freedom party. political scientist anton chekhov staff is also based in vienna he's an expert on the influence of moscow exerts on europe's far right far right organizations and poets is. some of the few. political forces in europe that are still ready to cooperate with the kre

the footage allegedly shows heinz-christian strache, who also leads the far right freedom party, with a woman claiming to be a potential russian investor. austrian opposition parties are calling for him to resign. reporter: for the austrian vice chancellor, these revelalations, and anan extreremely inconveniet time. the freedom party is in the midst of their campaign for the european elections. this secretly taped footage was sent to several german media outlets.s. experts believe it to be real. only months after austria's legislative election, heinz-christian strache and a fellow party members spent several hours in a house in a visa talking to a woman posing as a russian entrepreneur. she appears to be offering to buy stakes in austria's biggestt tabloid and guarantee positive reporting on thehe freedom part. >> as soon as she takes over the newspaper company to be very frank. we will have to sit together and talk openly. the newspaper will have to go boom boom b boom. three or four people will have to be forced. three oror four peoplele will he to be kicked to the curb. and then we

corruption scandal brings down one of europe's high flying populous austria's vice chancellor heinz christian straka is forced to resign that's after the far right leader was filmed of legibly offering government contracts in exchange for campaign donations also coming up. australia's ruling conservative coalition scores a shock when in the country's election the opposition labor party concedes defeat on a disappointing night. welcome to the show austria's coalition government ease at risk of collapsing after their country's vice chancellor and far right leader heinz christian straka was forced to resign struck us stepped down after germany's spiegel magazine and sue deutsche a newspaper published a secretly recorded video of him from 2017 it appears to show offering government contracts in return for campaign donations. austria's vice chancellor we did not want to be seen on t.v. . apparently soliciting complained funding in return for government contracts at a meeting and. they were talking to the niece of a russian oligarch in addition to illegal donations they want him to buy a stake in o

made the announcement hours after the resignation of his coalition partner and vice chancellor heinz—christian strache, the leader of the freedom party, resigned over an undercover video which appears to show him discussing government contracts with a russian investor in return for campaign support. chancellor kurz says he can no longer govern in coalition with the freedom party. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct, but after yesterday's video i must say enough is enough. also if the methods to me are clearly contemptible, the content is just what it is. what's said about me in the video, from name—calling to the accusations and allegations, is secondary. the now former vice—chancellor addressed reporters a little earlier, where he apologised for his behaviour and announced his resignation. translation: today, at 11am, i had a conversation with chancellor sebastian kurtz. i offered my resignation from the function of vice chancellor of the republic of austria, and he accepted this decision. i'm doing this in my responsibility for this proj

austrian chancellor's office in vienna to protest against the country's vice chancellor that's after heinz christian struck is forced to resign amid a corruption scandal the far right leader was filmed allegedly offering lucrative government contracts to exchange for campaign doing just. fine in munich or poor sleep or champions for the 7th street sees. a variance and lift the trophy in front of the home crowd after beating frankfurt to secure a good friend. a michael okwu thanks for joining us there's been a shock result in australia's national elections prime minister's scott more since conservative coalition has retained office despite having trailed in the polls before the country's general election and a victory speech to supporters morson described his election win as a miracle after conceding defeat opposition labor leader. bill shorten said he would no longer lead the party after 6 years at the help. for a straight as conservatives and their leader this is an unexpectedly sweet victory scott morrison had trailed in every poll since he became prime minister but the former tourism executive ha

in 2016 then head of the freedom party heinz christian structure signed a cooperation pact with the united russia party despite the rift between russia and the e.u. i think about 2000 foot seeing all the developments in 2014 especially the train they mobilized or they you know they made relations between the european far right and moscow more active those close ties have now brought the freedom party to its knees a secretly filmed video has emerged of heinz christians in a villa in a beezer spain it shows a woman claiming to be the niece of a russian oligarch promising illegal donations from under cleared sources apparently not a problem for staffer. there are a couple of very rich people who are contributing between 500000. and 2000000 euros . the contact was apparently arranged by johann goodness the parliamentary group leader of the freedom party goodness has long been known as to his right hand man and has close ties to russia. for madly who the supposed niece of the russian oligarchy is well that was a clever setup given the relationship between austria's freedom party putin and the u

the man in the grey t—shirt is the former leader of the far—right freedom party, heinz—christian strache he is seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. mr strache resigned on saturday. but that wasn't enough for his coalition partner, austria's chancellor, sebastian kurz. he said the far—right interior minister, herbert kickl, should be sacked as well, as he was unfit to oversee the investigation into mr strache. translation: all of this has, in my opinion, led to a conflict situation. it would have been better if, along with heinz—christian strache, the interior minister resigned as well. that would have brought a watertight resolution of this. but he didn't take this step. but the freedom party said that if mr kickl was fired, all its other ministers would quit in solidarity. mr kurz has suggested filling the empty posts with technocrats, but other opposition parties say they don't agree. translation: i had a very good and in—depth conv

heinz christian strache on his resignation there. correspondent of der spiegel — one of the publications that broke the story. he says the political fallout from this is no surprise. i think what you hear and what you see in the video is so scandalous, and so bad politically, that i'm not really surprised that chancellor kurz had to call a new election in austria. do you think it will damage mr strache's party, too? oh, yes, definitely. mr strache's party, the fpo, has always portrayed itself as the clean party, the clean alternative to the established parties, less corrupted, or not corrupted at all, less part of the established system. and now it looks like not only are they not better, they seem to be worse. can we understand a little more how you came to publish the transcript of the video? how did it come into your hands? we had a source who would like to remain anonymous, who gave us the video material roughly a week ago. we had it analysed by number of experts, they did forensic analysis about the voices, faces and so on to es

heinz—christian strache quit over an undercover video which appears to show him discussing governmenta russian investor. our vienna correspondent, bethany bell reports. this is the video that brought down a government. the man in the grey t—shirt is heinz—christian strache, who's just resigned as austria's vice chancellor. in this footage from 2017, he's seen talking to a woman who was posing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. now, mr strache has stepped down, saying his behaviour was stupid, irresponsible and a mistake. translation: it was a typical alcohol—fuelled macho behaviour in which yes, i also wanted to impress the attractive female host and i behaved like a bragging teenager and embarrassingly overreacted. mr strache denies any criminal wrongdoing for his coalition partner, chancellor sebastian kurz, the video was the last straw. he's called for new elections. translation: i have nonetheless stayed, not ending the coalition over the first misconduct, but aft

headline stories austria's vice chancellor resigns after becoming ensnared in a corruption scandal heinze christian was secretly filmed offering. an exchange for a political support in the run up to the 27th election. also ahead a leaked document called into question the world chemical weapons watchdogs conclusions about an alleged chemical attack on the outskirts of the syrian capital last year. the u.s. state of alabama ratifies the country's most risk. is provoking widespread public anger. you need to make a choice you make a choice if you don't have that ability it's going to work play don't like some of the comments. about women but i also have respect for life. from our international news center this is a warm welcome wherever you may be tuning in from i mean an o'neil our top story austria's felix chancellor resigned after becoming embroiled in a corruption scandal video has emerged showing heinz christian strong offering lucrative public contracts to a woman for tending to be the niece of a russian oligarch in exchange for political support he say sees the victim although legal hit job. thi

the man in the grey t—shirt is the former leader of the far—right freedom party, heinz—christian stracheing as the niece of a russian oligarch. he seems to suggest she could be awarded public construction contracts in return for political and financial support. mr strache resigned on saturday. but that wasn't enough for his coalition partner, austria's chancellor, sebastian kurz. he said the far—right interior minister, herbert kickl, should be sacked as well, as he was unfit to oversee the investigation into mr strache. translation: all of this has, in my opinion, led to a conflict situation. it would have been better if, along with heinz—christian strache, the interior minister resigned as well. that would have brought a watertight resolution of this. but he didn't take this step. but the freedom party said that if mr kickl was fired, all its other ministers would quit in solidarity. mr kurz has suggested filling the empty posts with technocrats, but other opposition parties say they don't agree. translation: i had a very good and in—depth conversation with the president. i told him th

political downfall and a humiliating and political office austria's vice chancellor heinz christian strong have faced the cameras after handing in his resignation but he was adamant that he was the victim in this scandal to get off duty criminal offense that is present here is this state secret service trap with illegal withholding this. is and then set it off and yes that was a targeted political assassination. i think that it's a scandal that's proved teach for the survival of austria's coalition government just hours after accepting strong his resignation the chancellor sebastian cuts announced snap elections. i believe that the new coalition is currently not possible with anyone the freedom party cannot if the social democrats do not share the substance of my approach and the small parties are too small to really be able to support us in. this is the video that led to his demise recorded secretly at a villa on the spanish island of a beef just months before the 2017 lections in it another senior member of the freedom party and a woman posing as a russian oligarchs nice wanting to make

parliamentary joe sting started after a secretly recorded video surfaced showing freedom party leader heinz christians traffic who was also vice chancellor seeming to offer government contracts in exchange for campaign donations. both the people's party and the freedom party tapped into a wide spring right wing populist sentiment and outside of parliament the people's party emerged from european elections strengthened. that has some analysts saying that this no confidence vote may just be a temporary setback for curt's and his people's party in the meantime curt's has promised to abide by the result and let a caretaker government take over until september when he may well be back in the chancellor seat again. i now to some other stories making news around the world serious white helmets. 1st responders say at least 6 people have been killed by regime airstrikes on the country's last rebel stronghold in the southern province the syrian observatory for human rights posted this footage on social media it allegedly shows the aftermath of a raid by government forces in the region. ukrainian officials say 7

scandal brought down curtains for right coalition partner in a hidden camera video vice chancellor heinz christians appear to offer lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian oligarchs needs that's in exchange for her backing his party's election campaign earlier we spoke to barbara vessel and asked her whether voters are likely to punish chancer kurtz's party at the ballot box for forming a coalition with the far right in the previous government so far the popularity of course has been splendid i mean he has done a very good job of selling himself as a reformer of austria off course the other parties here the opposition can strong all those big promises back into his face now and say what have you achieved just a made just gamble and made austria a laughing stock all over europe by by the publishing of these tapes the corruption and the typical austrian swamp that's been that has been uncovered just one more time this is not the 1st scandal to rock austria in the last decades off a similar sort bought courts is sort of is a very very astute politician he knows how to sell himsel

right freedom party the announcement follows the release a video footage showing vice chancellor heinz christians apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian oligarchs nice in exchange for her backing his party's 27000 election campaign. austrians will be voting for a new parliament but voters will have to wait until at least september chancellor sébastien courts and president alexander funded been agreed to the general election roadmap during talks on sunday funday berlin said austria's reputation has been damaged by the actions of the country's now resigned vice chancellor heinz because . the president said the government needs to regain the public's trust. it's more. we need to take all necessary steps to repair the reputation of our public officials and government representatives in. this this is an issue of national interest as well as of austria standing in the european union and the rest of the world. on your own or. chancellor curds also said the government was examining the video and considering taking legal action. he said the sensitive nature of th

brought down chris his far right coalition partner in a hidden camera video of vice chancellor heinz christians try to appear to offer lucrative government contracts through a woman posing as a russian oligarchs nice that's in exchange for her backing his party's election campaign. barbara vessel is following the story for us from vienna where pro-democracy protest is taking place barbara what can you tell us about the protests and the reaction specifically there to the fallout from the scandal. this protest this is one of many today in europe of course one week before the european elections and it's for the european union for unity against what people here call the hate creatures from the far right who want to divide the peoples of europe and who want to destroy the european union but it takes that of course an added part and see if people are demonstrating here because they have just seen even side gate the scandal involving the extreme right freedom party and many people here say they have shown their true face we have always believed that this is a bad idea to go into a coalition was them a

the scandal kicked off when a video surfaced purportedly showing vice chancellor heinz christian struck telling an unnamed russian woman he wanted her to buy a leading austrian newspaper and use it to support his party amid growing pressure resigned on saturday we'll talk to our correspondent in vienna in a moment but 1st this report. is vice chancellor how he did not want to be seen on t.v. . caught on tape apparently soliciting campaign funding and return for government contracts. at a meeting in a villany pizza and a party colleague thought they were talking to the niece of a russian oligarch. in addition to legal donations they discussed the possibility of her buying a stake in austria's biggest tabloid to generate favorable coverage ahead of the elections and 2017. but this was a sting and the video was leaked to german media who published it on friday denies any wrongdoing. i know that i spent almost 7 hours this mading it was a d.n.r. from 5 on to midnight. during the course of this meeting i insisted that no laws were being broken. i repeatedly made this very clear. i did not do

right freedom party the announcement follows the release of video footage showing vice chancellor heinz christian straka apparently offering lucrative government contracts to a woman posing as a russian oligarchs needs to exchange for her backing his party's 27000 election campaign. vessel is following the story for us from vienna barbara how are people reacting there to essentially the collapse of the government in snap elections. people think a many people think that is worse high time because this government has been plagued by scandal after scandal even before even so i gate as they call it here said of course published and sort of really led to this government crisis now that will then in the end they get new elections in september but people really have seen that suppressing kurds the chancellor who has a high popularity personally has been covering up and again and again talking about the freedom party saying i don't like what they're doing i did what i want them to stop this and this is about extreme right wing connections this is about neo nazi connections and this was sort of like one s

in 2016 that then head of the freedom party heinz christian structure signed a cooperation pact with the united russia party despite the rift between russia and the e.u. i think about 2000 foot seeing all the developments in 2014 especially trained they mobilized or they you know they made relations between the european far right and moscow more active those close ties have now brought the freedom party to its knees a secretly filmed video has emerged of heinz christians in a villa in a beezer spain it shows a woman claiming to be the niece of a russian oligarch promising illegal donations from under cleared sources apparently not a problem 1st off. there are a couple of very rich people who are contributing between 500000. and 2000000 euros . here is. the contact was apparently arranged by johann goodness the parliamentary group leader of the freedom party goodness has long been known as strong as right hand man and has close ties to russia. the. from at the who the supposed niece of the russian oligarchy is well that was a clever setup given the relationship between austria's freed

chancellor's office in vienna to protest against their country's vice chancellor that's after heinz christians forced resigned amid a corruption scandal the far right leader was filmed of legibly offering lucrative government contracts in exchange for campaign donations also coming up. by in munich. champions for the 7th straight season the jubilant varian's of lifted the trophy in front of the home crowd after beating frankfurt to secure the crowd. protesters have taken to the streets of vienna after compromising footage emerged involving austria as vice chancellor hines christians are demanding fresh elections after the leader of the anti immigration freedom party was filmed offering lucrative government contracts to suppose a russian millionaire in exchange for campaign help to release the video has triggered a government crisis conducted by 2 german newspaper struck that has now resigned after calling his own actions a catastrophe. austria's vice chancellor we did not want to be seen on t.v. . apparently soliciting campaign funding to return for government contracts at a meeting and if. th

have published extracts of secretly taped a video allegedly showing austrian vice chancellor heinz christian straka of assuring a woman who's posing as a russian investor the possibility to invest in states of road building projects if she helped his party win the $27000.00 election he also suggested donations be made to a fake nonprofit instead of his party the meeting on the spanish island of his pizza lasted 6 hours and seems to have been staged to expose him and his party's campaign politics. let's get more now we're joined by correspondent klaus pumpers who is standing by with us for envy n.s.o. what exactly do these allegations mean now. if we can trust those reports from ludo to tighten entropy good then that would indicate 1st of all of the. how to buy a stake in the biggest newspaper of austria cornered sidetone because the lady is seems to offer a quarter of $1000000.00 of whatever euros to invest in austria and 2nd thing they seem to offer she should spend money to can pay enough to try out the apartheid and whether this is what it should be cannot really judge in the moment becau

site on have published a secretly taped video allegedly showing the austrian vice chancellor heinz christians assuring a woman posing as a russian investor the possibility to invest in state sponsored road building projects she if she helped his party win the 27000 election now this meeting it lasted 6 hours and it seems to have been something in order to expose him and his party's or the campaign politics. to the conflicts that we're now we're joined by correspondent klaus pumpers who is standing by with us and vienna so what exactly do these allegations mean now. if he can trust those reports from new dodge exciting entropy good then that would indicate 1st of all of the quote how to buy a stake in the biggest newspaper of austria colon sidetone because the lady is seems to offer a quarter of $1000000.00 or whatever euros to invest in austria and 2nd thing they seem to offer she should spend money to can pay enough to try out is about whether this is would be true we cannot really judge in the moment because even as a treat and 2 doctors i don't don't know who they had this comes from speak

heinz—christian strache resigned over an undercover video which shows him discussing government contractsn return for campaign support. australian prime minister, scott morrison, has pulled off a surpise win in the country's general election. opposition labour leader, bill shorten, admitted defeat after the governing centre—right coalition performed better than expected. morrison said he always believed in miracles. leaders of nationalist and far—right parties from across europe have promised to reshape the continent after the eu parliamentary election later this month. the main speaker at the rally in milan was the italian deputy prime minister, matteo salvini. the final of the 64th eurovision song contest is underway in tel aviv. the favourites include the netherlands and sweden, and there will also be a performance by madonna. now on bbc news, the rise of the right in europe — our world reports on those celebrating the success of populist parties and those fighting to stop it. here's jean mackenzie. across europe, the far right is on the rise, taking on governments, promising to end mi

a political downfall and a humiliating and political austria's vice chancellor heinz christian strong have faced the cameras after handing in his resignation but he was adamant that he was the victim in this scandal. the only criminal offense that is present here is this state secret service trap with illegal withholding this. is and then set it off and yes that was a targeted political assassination. i think that it's a scandal that's proof that for the survival of austria's coalition government just hours after except. stratas resignation the chancellor sebastian cuts announced snap elections over this i believe that the new coalition is currently not possible with anyone the freedom party cannot if the social democrats do not share the substance of my approach and the small parties are too small to really be able to support us in. this is the video that led to his demise recorded secretly at a villa on the spanish island of a beef just months before the 2017 auster now elections in it another senior member of the freedom party and a woman posing as a russian oligarchs nice wanting

to australia now where far right see the heinz christian straka has. stepped down as the country's vice chancellor straka was seen apparently offering government contracts to an unknown russian woman in exchange for political support the secretly filmed video was published by 2 german newspapers chancellor sebastian kurtz's conservative people's party and struck his anti immigration freedom party joined forces in 2017 to govern the country. goes live in london so new we've seen huge political fallout in austria today does the announcement come as a surprise. well it certainly comes as a surprise to those who would have not anticipated this happening at all but with strother there's this case that would have been no other option but for him to step down from this incredibly glorious moment for him in his political career he came out with the with that in the press conference earlier on and said that his fellow freedom party member norbert tougher would be stepping into his place carnot the transport minister but this has really been quite an extraordina

snap elections following a corruption scandal involving his coalition partners vice chancellor heinz christian stock has stepped down after the release of a video allegedly showing him promising government contracts in exchange for campaign donations denies any wrongdoing.

of a political downfall and a humiliating and political office austria's vice chancellor heinz christianstrong have faced the cameras after handing in his resignation but he was adamant that he was the victim in this scandal but it's against obviously if jodi criminal offense that is present here is this huge secret service trap with illegal work or doing this. and then set it off and yes that was a targeted political assassination but if you just i think that it's a scandal that's proved too tough units for the survival of austria's coalition govern. and just hours after accepting stratas resignation the chancellor sebastian cuts announced snap elections if you are with us this i believe that a new coalition is currently not possible with anyone the freedom party cannot if the social democrats do not share the substance of my approach and the small parties are too small to really be able to support us. this is the video that led to his demise recorded secretly at a villa on the spanish island of a.b.c. just months before the 2017 austrian elections in it another senior member of the fre

heinz christian streich.secret video emerged. it appeared to show him offering public contracts toa show him offering public contracts to a woman that he believes is a russian investor. the suggestion is if she buys a large stake in an austrian newspaper, that newspaper can then support his party. after the resignation, his freedom party collea g u es the resignation, his freedom party colleagues all resign from the government too. they were critical of sebastian kurz cosmic handling of the affair and now the freedom has voted in support of the no—confidence motion, effectively ending the government it had been pa rt ending the government it had been part of, and if you noted that mr kurz was confident and relaxed during the event this afternoon, that may well be rooted in how the public voted in the european elections because this was last night. i have to be honest with you, i'm usually not lost for words but i'm almost speechless. we've been waiting a long time. we were optimistic but it's a brilliant resu

a video showed heinz—christian strache — who'd been mr kurz‘s deputy — offering a woman posing as a russiancts in return for political and financial support. in a national tv address, the chancellor listed other scandals involving the freedom party and said the video revelations had been the last straw. now this year's eurovision song contest had it all. you watch a bit, didn't you? yes. from russia's singing in the shower, australians on bendy poles and a half time performance from none other than madonna. it sounds really good. it was certainly a spectacle. a cornucopia of colour and noise. all of that. there was triumph for the netherlands who won for the first time since 1975, but despair for the uk who finished last. as well as talking about brexit every morning, here is the news that we report every year after eurovision has happened. we actually finish last. 0ur correspondent, david sillito was there. from tel aviv, israel, this is the grand final of the eurovision song contest, 2019! on stage, it was business as usual. but off—screen there were protests from those opposed to israel'

snap elections following a corruption scandal involving his coalition partner vice chancellor heinz christian stock has stepped down after the release of a video allegedly showing him promising government contracts in exchange for campaign donations denies any wrongdoing. australia's governing conservative coalition has.

elections following a corruption scandal involving his coalition partner far right vice chancellor heinz christian stock has stepped down after the release of a video allegedly showing him promising government contracts in exchange for campaign donations denies any.

snap elections following a corruption scandal involving his coalition partners vice chancellor heinz christian stock has stepped down after the release of video allegedly showing him promising government contracts in exchange for campaign donations shaka denies any wrongdoing. australia's governing conservative coalition has won a surprise victory in the country's general election prime minister scott.

new elections in september that after a corruption scandal allegedly involving vice chancellor heinz christians struck a rock down the coalition government of conservatives and the far right freedom party. us press.

became known a few months ago marine le pen was singing the praises of austrian vice chancellor heinz christian straka saying how formidable he was struck as being forced to resign we find out why he was trying to sell his services to foreign forces behind this nationalist movement is a submission to foreign forces despite this the f p o still managed to pick up just over 17 percent of the vote in austria. there was also of course the elections very own 2 moment one swedish democrats candidate accused the other of sexual harassment and even though this scandal washed away it didn't hamper the anti immigration party's performance they increased their share of the vote to more than 15 percent. and despite merkel macro met our warning that populist parties wanted to destroy europe we are haring to deal with populist movements that in many areas are contemptuous of our of fail use and want to destroy the europe of the values we represent we have to stand up to this these parties significantly increase their representation in many parts of the e.u. sex money the long arm of washington reaching for c

new elections in september that after a corruption scandal allegedly involving vice chancellor heinz christians broke down the coalition government of conservatives and the far right freedom party. u.s. president donald trump has tweeted a stark warning to turan writing if iran wants to fight that will be the official end of iran never threaten the.

that's all heinz-christian strache standout and his entire far righfreedom party withdrew from the rulingtion last week. the crisis eurfaced showing strach appearing to offer contracts and in return for government help. now to the u.k., where there were mixed messages in the results on brexit, both for and against. the liberal democrats who want to stop brexit did well, comutg in second,he undoubted winner was the brexit party launched by nigel farage just six weekago. bbc's political editor laura kuenssberg has more on that part of the story. laura k.: to the winner, the spoils. it was his victory. nigel farage's brexit party, maybe the brashest and the boldest, won the biggest last night demanding we leave the eu , as soon as is humanl possible. are you worried about the divisions we saw last night? nigel: you may not like the result of the election, but you accept that and you live to fight another day. when we have had sincehe referendum is a lack of ipleaderrom very significant people in british public life. laura k.: but parties with thepo te message were winners, too. the lib dems