trucker a political analyst in kiev thank you sir for joining us this evening what does flat america lenski actually stand for well it's difficult to define because what we know about his program is basically what he said in his movie in number of his movies and different you tube per current loss and so once he's quite outspoken in what he's saying as a not to hell ever he's political interviews are much more and he goes but what are all he sees presenting himself as a man against current establishment and he's success he's only can be explained by their anti establishment feelings of people normally ukraine is if you talk to them say we are we are tired we would like to get you to falls as old elite we just into five for twenty seven years in power and change one party to another part to one physician to another position they are all one be the family for all extreme right to extreme left all slept was a child in one birth rowsell won't be last time we want something you and it's not actually what people wanted to hear is that after my done but politicians who came to power up to my downw

petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko but it's comedian a village near the lenski who is leading in opinion polls if no candidate gets more than fifty percent of the vote the top two will go into a second round of voting these are live pictures from a polling station in kiev china how has more from that city. this is the unexpected front runner in the race to become ukraine's next president give me a zelinsky is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy acts what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of ukraine is that. great. zelinsky well he's famous for one thing young people see him as an anti-establishment outsider figure which they like and this probably is a sign of things. like this personality but it seems even he isn't sure if you can be president or not we don't know we just want to believe that he's a better option previous presidents with businessmen politici

yemen syria and libya and ukrainians are voting in presidential elections comedian a lot of as a lenski has led opinion polls despite having no political experience. saudi arabia is being accused of hacking the phone of jeff bezos the owner of the online shopping giant amazon and the washington post has also hired private investigators after his phone messages were leaked to the national enquirer tabloid newspaper and has detectives have lent the hack to the washington post extensive coverage of the murder of saudi journalist jamal kushal she. is a human rights activist and he tweeted to confirm yes i was a direct source for bezels investigation team over the past six weeks my team. not all working overtime on the story but held off on publishing anything there was still a lot we can't publish but we continue to work on this well with spark to add and back that the area and he told us that the image tacking is all sidling to base office businesses it is directly. linked to what happened was enough i should say as you can imagine jeff bezos is a man who owns the washington post but he's

one person who seems to fit the bill is actor and comedian polygamous lenski the forty one year old may have no previous political experience but he has played the president before and the hit series servant of the people the sitcom tells the story of a schoolteacher whose rant about the state of the country is caught on video by one of his pupils the video goes viral and the teacher suddenly finds himself catapulted to the top job don't worry good morning mr president. mixing footage from the sitcom with his campaign ads zelinsky is now trying to convince ukrainians that he's the outside the country needs to shake up its corrupt politics his motto become president but stay ordinary guy his critics argue that in reality he's no outsider launching a campaign calling him a puppet of the only got. a sworn enemy of president petro poroshenko it's called who put zelinsky on television in the first place and on whose channel he announced his surprise run for the presidency selenski denies there's anything untoward about his relations with the businessman. for now the polls put zelinsky in fir

could ukrainians choose a comedian as their next president we'll see why below demeanor of the lenski is a lead is leading in the polls in a closely watched race. in the bundesliga the home fans were hoping for a win in dortmund's question to claim their first title since two thousand and twelve but a resurgent wolfsburg side was looking to put the brakes on overseas championship changed. comics by sir welcome to the program vote counting is underway in turkey's local elections there the first since the reform package gave president red chip type entered a one sweeping new powers but polls suggest his ruling party is set for a major losses with his popularity 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. people in this country have lost respect for each other and politics is driving that polarization with all on the. well though he's not standing for election himself the campaign's been dominated by president red

nine a candidates but only three have a real chance of winning well known comedian a lot of as the lenski has never held political office ahead in opinion polls current president petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko neck and neck behind him john howell reports from kiev. this is the unexpected from drama in the race to become ukraine's next president. is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy act what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of ukraine that's. great. he's famous for one thing young people see him as an anti-establishment outsider figure which they like and this probably sounds. like it was personality but it seems even he isn't sure if you can be president or not we don't know either we just want to believe that he's a better option previous presidents with businessmen politicians and lawyers maybe a comedian can make a difference for ukraine many feel the

early exit polls suggesting that comedian of a lot of years the lenski is edging ahead of the current president petro poroshenko with a closer look at the contenders topping this year's vast and colorful array of kid ballots list is jam packed thirty nine names of vying for leadership unprecedented and here's a preview of the top three contenders and the dark horse. vala dimmers alinsky is a showbiz prodigy turned presidential most hopeful. to play the part of a ukrainian president in these on a premise that is a fresh face in the political free for all and the best short ukraine has a bringing down the influence of oligarchy and not sure to at least apparently supported by a prominent anti russian oligarch himself though zelinsky had already assumed to some presidential responsibilities welcoming in the new year for viewers on a major ukrainian channel owned by said all agog the least desirable metabolism. moving down the polling list a familiar face. further integration into the you rubbing shoulders with the nato scaremongering about russia's aggression all the expected things domi

for ukrainians like and jessica that's precisely what gives the lenski credibility five years off that a revolution in kiev's might on her generation feels betrayed by ukraine's politicians the reform process has been burned down. such as they were we see everything repeated for the up to the time it every election the posters are just more or less recycled the slogans and even the promises are always the same the great heart of law to me is that he doesn't promise is the earth and the moon he's got visions and goals but makes no promises. and jellicoe came to care from eastern ukraine in twenty fourteen the fighting is still going on there. to this day they're still shooting where i come from. when i went back over new years i couldn't go to sleep at night because of the shooting in kiev they've completely forgotten the war. she shows us pictures of a seven year old son while in jellicoe works for the campaign he stays with its grandparents only a few kilometers from the front. but also for vladimir selenski because he wants to end the division between now ukrainian and russian popula

prayer praying for the wisdom of the ukrainian people believe it or not he is main contender is the lenski who as you mentioned is most famous for his part in the t.v. series now the channel that where he actually has a contract with decided to run the series for the whole day so it was from the morning till the three evening he's face on the screens on these supposed silence they so. close to the spirit of the law then ok so looks like things are putting out as predicted it's still indicative polls at this stage but thanks for the people across it and when we get more information we'll get more reaction in the coming hours thanks very much. next for you then for twenty years consecutive weekend yellow vest protesters in from against the government recent measures to ban protests in specific areas of the french capital of the iconic films of these a on in other major cities have apparently had little effect officials claim that around thirty thousand protesters turned out nationwide while organizers put the figure at more than one hundred thousand there were clashes with police and tear ga

prayer praying for the wisdom of the ukrainian people believe it or not he is main contender is a lenski who as you mentioned is most famous for his part in the t.v. series now the channel that where she actually has a contract with decided to run the series for the whole day so it was from the morning till be to remaining his face on the screens on these suppose it's. the twentieth consecutive week and yellow vest protesters in front of rallied against the government recent measures to ban protests in specific areas of the capital. and in other major cities have apparently had little effect officials claim around thirty thousand protesters turned out nationwide organizers put the figure of over one hundred there were clashes with police and tear gas was used to disperse some of the rallies dozens of arrests were made in paris while it's also broke out in the southeastern city of avignon. some of the protesters why despite dialogue and some concessions there's still furious with the government. if we have to express our discontent especially about the purchasing power of retired people w

up money behind him is a sitting president it should be easy for him to pick up votes to him until lenski own three weeks' time able the twenty first and they will run off but the situation economic situation in vilinsky has the experience of public life. he has a connection with israel he's a russian speaker and so on and therefore people may say well he's got very good connections he wants to improve relations with russia if you look at opinion polls in ukraine of the last few weeks much more positive toward russia than before cranes are tired of the conflict between russia and ukraine and they would like a much more. no mostly refers so therefore they're looking to somebody who were promised part of shrink of course takes is strong and the russian and therefore he will then be able to get the votes of vision favored by those you don't want to change for the better relations with russia they may in fact go for if you lose. out of here you just mentioned that selenski has no experience and i wonder if experience is really overrated in the ukrainian context both persian continue to have e

developments in ukraine very closely where exit polls are showing that the comedian law to me is the lenski has one the first round of the country's presidential election so one ski is a political novice who campaigned against rampant corruption he's taken about thirty percent of the lote ukrainian president petro poroshenko took about nineteen percent two candidates will now face a runoff vote against each other next month. i would like to say thank you to all the ukrainians who do not vote just walk there are lots of exit poll results but only one kind of the when it's only the beginning and do not relax. jonah hall is live for us in kiev and joins us now so jonah the wild card in this election law to me is the landscape has a clear lead over his main rival the carney departure shango what's behind his appeal to so many voters. well some say it's an outright rejection by a large proportion of the electorate of established politics established politicians who many see as failing in their promises and enriching themselves in office it's an extraordinary development really not least because

string of coincidences that's the story of the hit ukrainian sitcom servant of the people now its lead lenski is poised to become ukraine's president the second time and this time it could be the real polls consistently put him ahead of both incumbent president petro poroshenko and acts prime minister yulia timoshenko and there's the rub where both his closest rivals have been at the forefront of ukrainian politics for decades selenski is a blank page he's never previously been involved in politics let alone held elected office but in a country struggling with massive corruption and a seemingly conflict in the east many are desperate for fresh faces. and i'm running for president i'm challenging the elites on their own turf that's why they're tearing into me calling me a clown yes i'm a clown and i'm proud of it. selenski is a candidate unlike any other and he's refusing to play by the normal rules of campaigning there are no rallies and very few interviews selenski is running a campaign that's almost all online and he's using social media to talk his potential supporters directly the central

voters she's promising a three fold increase in pensions the wild card is this man a lot of misery lenski he's a comedian who plays a fictional president in a popular t.v. series he's tapped into a growing discontent over corruption and he appears to be leading in the polls the winning candidate will need at least fifty percent of the votes to avoid a runoff when all of this is happening against the backdrop of the conflict in the east with russian backed fighters now in its fifth year the war has drained public resources and has exhausted voters and there's no end in sight others are as general reports now from the city of money where the conflict is never far away. crane's war zone a new breed of entrepreneurs. alexi used his disability payout as an injured veteran to set up a pizza business. being given a month of it people are happy to spend their money rather than save it because they know anything can happen at any moment. he's not particularly enthusiastic about the upcoming presidential election or have a parent back. because of their spinelessness it took volunteers to protect th

office is leading the opinion polls a day ahead of ukraine's presidential election knows me as a lenski is one of thirty nine candidates vying to become the next leader he has a significant lead in all the polls ahead of the current president petro poroshenko although not enough for an outright victory so a runoff is likely and slovakia except to elect its first female president in the election runoff taking place now zanuck up at dover is an environmental activist and a lawyer who campaigned to end corruption she had a large lead in the initial round of voting over her rival mara seth of h. i'll have more from london for in about twenty minutes time now back to folly in doha thank you very much for that al-jazeera has seen a draft of the communique that leaders will release after the thirtieth summit in tunisia on sunday it mentions a unified response to what's described as a charm but ministrations unlawful recognition of israel's sovereignty over the occupied golan heights and the group that calls itself the libya quartet is meeting on the sidelines of the arab league summit the quar

petro poroshenko and former prime minister you get yulia timoshenko but it's comedian rodney is a lenski who is leading in the opinion polls and has elected a liberal lawyer as its next president zine a couple tova one fifty eight percent of the voters the forty five year old environmental activist will be slovakia's first female president. saudi arabia has been accused of hacking the phone of amazon chief executive jeff bezos an investigation by his personal security consultant found the kingdom obtained private information in january the national enquirer published leaked text messages between bezos and a woman he was dating saudi arabia has claims no involvement while the enquirer says it didn't break any laws the number of cholera cases in mozambique site turn hit city of beara has risen to two hundred seventy one the country is dealing with the aftermath of cyclonic die which hit more than two weeks ago. thousands of families in the room have lost their homes in severe flooding the area of june is the west affected well those are the headlines now back to fourteen up south africa .

incumbent petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko but it's comedian wrote emir is a lenski who is leading in opinion polls. corruption candidates. has won slovakia's presidential election making her the country's first female leader the liberal lawyer who has no previous political experience beat the governing party candidate in a runoff vote. for europe and told supporters she saw her victory as a signal for change. i accept this result with great humbleness and sense of great responsibility i think all of you for being here with me and i promise you that i will be with you let's look for things that connect us let's place to work for a better slovakia all the fights fought for personal gains let's invite other people in pursuit of ideas and values that connected us through the election. and saudi arabia is being accused of hacking the phone of jeff bezos the owner of the shopping website amazon and the washington post bezos hired private investigators after his phone messages were nice to the national enquirer news paper his detectives said he was targeted by the saudis a

older voters she is promising a three fold increase in pensions and then you've got valda me as the lenskiwho's a comedian who plays a fictional president in a popular t.v. series he's tapped into the growing discontent over corruption and actually appears to be leading in the polls the winning candidate will need at least fifty percent of the votes to avoid a runoff and this is all happening against the backdrop of the conflict in the east with russian backed fighters that's now into its fifth year the war has hurt ukraine's most economically important region it's drained public resources and it's exhausted the voters journal reports now from the city of mariupol where the conflict is never far away. in ukraine's war zone a new breed of entrepreneurs. alexi used his disability payout as an injured veteran to set up a pizza business. being given a motivator in war people are happy to spend their money rather than save it because they know anything can happen at any moment. he's not particularly enthusiastic about the upcoming presidential election or have a. back. because of their spineles

candidates but only three have a realistic chance of winning while known comedian wrote to me as a lenski who's never held political office is ahead in the opinion polls but current president petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko are neck and neck behind him join a whole has more from kiev. is the unexpected for. runner in the race to become ukraine's next president but lauded me as alinsky is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy act what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher who blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of the ukraine that's the territory great. well he's famous for one thing young people see him as an anti establishment outsider figure which they like and just funny. and i think that they have a likeness personality but it seems even he isn't sure if he can be president or not we don't know either we just want to believe that he's a better option previous presidents with businessmen politici