party made strong gains in local elections. this could indicate a good sewing --showing for the e.u. poll. the dutch freedom party suffered a surprise setback at the polls and are no longer in the top position. >> it is a devastating blow to the dutch far right. according to exit polls released thursday, the freedom party is set to finish behind the pro-european rivals. the party is blaming a low turnout of 37% for its poor performance. >> the netherlands has not become more pro-europe. 2/3 of the voters stayed at home. i can only say we fought like lions. the exit polls are disappointing. but let's not be too upset over it. freedom indicate the party will get about 12.2% of the vote, bringing the number of seats it has in the assembly down from five to three. the christian democrats and centrist democrats are positioned to get over 30% of the vote with four seats each. the freedom party had the lead in opinion polls until a controversial remark before voting. he made a comment widely viewed as racist. with europe struggling to

as a result, the national front did well in local elections.the former trade unionist turned far right politician fabian engleman became town mayor in april. it has done little to dent the new mayor's confidence. >> he just wanted to make a statement and make himself a kind of revolutionary who wants nothing to do with the front national, but there was no real connection to speak of the twin the two partner towns anyway. >> the mayor believes france would be better off without the eu. >> people constantly claim that europe has brought peace. that seems to be the magic word, but instead, we are seeing the middle class reduced to nothing. unemployment is rampant. everything has become more expensive, and people can no longer pay their bills. >> even here, not everyone is buying the idea that things used to be better. >> here, we have seen wars. in 1870, 1914, and 1940. my grandfather and father fought. now, our relationship with our european neighbors is much better. i think it is important for that to continue. that's important to me. i am terri

there was a jew in local elections less than a month away we want to know whether and how much of an influence the ferry disaster will have on the outcome. from our professor and his son is joining us that professor well and now political party seemed to be distancing themselves from the government that offence were that being blamed for four e safety management what else are you seeing as immediate impact at the ferry disaster. fluent english and his texan has to be close to him and he sure is due to whom he too could go on stage and at least there's one group on campus and went shopping in recent weeks or so. so this will substantially. what a president can actually do the next couple months so because the rulings were up substantially. you need. both of the present regime and a new group of policy and snacks at least sixteen years the present box had apologized twice for the disaster how much of an effect does the president's approval rating go towards local election candidates and we think will be some some of the sixty s who was in the forties including one that has to do they h

if the ferry disaster has completely overshadowed the upcoming local elections in june with only about a month to go before the polls the moline opposition parties and to think that campaigning in the mookie and criticism of political leaders most of the inability to cope with such disasters the latest survey show government handling of the man made disaster the president for finance popularity meeting to below fifty percent for the first time in the year. in the past it and the government and building party to have suffered the most politically from a disaster. any opposition in upper hand. but this time around mistrust of threats from the government to both ends of the political spectrum. in a move likely intended to distance itself the building funded party on friday criticized the government for its mishandling of the crisis party from the decay gum on the first official to mobilize to help the family found the missing passengers have not been working since then fell into a disaster and people sixteen the opposition new politics alliance for democracy on the other hand sat on the s

. >> election officials say they believe local people internet -- in donetsk do want to vote, but we und little enthusiasm for an election. >> for me, they have no meaning. i don't plan to vote. i don't know what to say. the illegitimate government wants some elections. >> people here may not even be able to get to polling stations. with many roads cut off by fighting or improvised blockades, it would be difficult to hold an election. a few hundred kilometers away, the mood is more positive. the pro-russian movement is active here, too. but there is a sense of normality on the streets. people seem to want a central government in kiev, even if they are concerned about the future. >> i think the elections should take place, so that a stable government is established. because in the light of current events, when regents want to split and all that, i think we still need a stable government. >> organizers at the office of the front runner and the presidential race say their candidate can find a solution to the crisis. >> and he is the only candidate who can unite the country, bring togethe

it was democratically elected, it has won the local elections but it's critics believe it has been abusing it's power. nose who have taken to the streets feel they are being silenced. they want to feel they can express their demands. yes, this was supposed to be a day when workers mark labor day, but it is showing really that the growing divide, the polarization in turkish society, but the security forces are out in force, more than 30,000 police officers deployed all roads leading to the square have been sealed. so the government is went on preventing any may day rally here, and really this is a symbolic square for the unions it is traditional, rallying point burr really after the profests last year, where we saw an antigovernment protest movement, for the government it is a symbol of authority. >> iraq's prime minister is praising yesterday's high election turn out. he says it is the slap in the face of terrorist. those results are expected at the end of the month. when the taliban controlled parts of pakistan, more than 400 schools were destroyed. catering mostly to girls in the valley.

they had local elections in one part of the state. another round in a few weeks.f you want to hear about norj new jersey where the bridge shut down happened, this is the democratic party headquarters for the democrats of fort lee, new jersey. the mayor and two city council candidates, they are pictures standing at the access lanes to the george washington bridge. the lanes that were shut down as part of a political vendetta by the christie administration that's yet to be explained. if you missed it as the wrap around on the door you may have also seen it as a flyer. look. a bridge to success! at the bottom it says while we were fighting for fort lee residents, our opponent was supporting christie! they say that while standing at the bridge lanes. on top of that, governor are christie's spokesman took the stand under oath to involve his involvement or lack thereof in the bridge scandal that's currently featured on the local campaign flyer. >> what needs to be said up front is i had no knowledge or involvement in the planning or execution of this strange, unnecessar

the four minister to fight the home are non veteran a go forward for the local elections in blackrock in county dublin south and in turn accuse the party organization making the pains of the selection process insisting the was no valid reason for her to stand aside. the latest addition to the theater for tickets or is she. many have been proudly displaying the party hosts see qantas is in fact brought me to well wishers this afternoon. but to video them that party headquarters for up to visit the comedy of errors that sold only ventured back hurt and was the first part documentation before a dramatic change of heart. the former minister refused repeated entreaties from your barking to withdraw or domination. the celtic or just make a country seems is that it is a complete mess and the weight of hundreds from egypt's the leash to last me in the first and since it's still early to tell the other kinds of things and then all the messing about on top that's not the way from election campaign but a name like a mighty difficulty sauce with them anymore. and i certainly don't any difficulty

. >> charlie: in local elections. >> in local elections. did a lot better than most people expected. >> charlie: the corruption charges and what about the the gulan movement and all of that? >> his response to corruption was problematic, to say the least. saying i can't possibly be corrupt because how could i build all these roads? (laughter) the thing is, what he said, if i watch closely, i think that interview will play very well for his domestic audience, for the folks who voted for him. i think he is taking the fights he has to get individually. the single thing i took away from the interview that i think is important is winning should lead to consolidation, now he can do what he wants. he wants to go after these guys. even if they leave his country, he's going to hunt them down. >> charlie: is it scary? not for me and you. >> charlie: i mean for the future of turkey. >> yeah, i do. i think that this is a country that has spent so many decades working to slowly and methodically build and consolidate institutions, it takes a long time, a

could chew and at 5:00, a shoplifting conviction and a surveillance video at the center of a local election campaign. >>> finally, a singer is reacting to the arrests of six young people in iran if dancing to his hit song "happy" and posting it online. ♪ it might seem crazy ♪ what i'm about to say >> the video was posted on youtube and received more than 30,000 hits in four days before it was taken down. >> he tweeted that "it is beyond sad they were arrested for trying to spread happiness." iran said they were forced to repent on state television after the police chief in tehran called it "obscene." >> my goodness. that could be the obscene is the reaction to it from the police. >> that will do it for us. thanks for joining us. [cheers and applause] >> oh! hey! what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up, what up? oh. >> hi! >> hello. how are you? >> i'm good. how are you? >> doin' great. [cheers and applause] yeah! [cheers and applause] hello, and welcome to millionaire. today's first contestant says the only thing she has won in her l

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it was the we were region said disbanding their local elected bodies, they refused to pay taxes, and sentially ses seeded from kiev at that point in time. elections in may are, at left, partial. you end up with a run off in the president shall election. >> where does that leave the people in terms of representation. and then the question of parliamentary elections. the presidential elections are the beginning. there's a refusal to contemplate elections which should be part and parcel. >> what about that, andreas, that this will not satisfy the people of eastern ukraine, the may 25th elections? >> well this is, indeed, a problem that there is no popular ressie phone pol turn that could make it through the second round of the elections. the scrrn is such that in the first round of the elections, they may not happen in an orderly way. we have disorder in southern ukraine, odessa, and there is quite visible part of russia to prevent the elections from consolidating the russian state. >>> we'll take a break, when we come back we'll talk with george about how the west and the united states

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violated the first amendment now you're talking about something that effects the city law and the local elections. your city agenda is very, very sadly lacking in the minimum requirements for folks to understand what you're thinking about or planning to do. i don't think it's that hard it's been stated fairly sue single in the memo you've received in that succinct should be something you state your planning to consider within the scope of that agenda item. thank you. >> is there a motion to adapt the attached resolution and direct staff to include a provision repeeping section 1482 in the future pact. >> so moved. >> all in favor, say i. >> i. offered hearing number one, the motion passes 5 to zero. the next item is discussion and possible action on the pending litigation gross man vs. the executive director we just made them into one decision point. the next item on the agenda is relating to gross man vs. the ethics commission. public comment on agenda item 4 concluding whether to meet in closed session. >> since this is a first public hearing on those two cases i have no way of knowing how much

i'm interested in french and local elections, but europeans, i'm not interested enough. >> reporter:ain enemy seems to be apathy and cynicism. >>> steelworkers employed by ukraine's biggest company -- >> reporter: i'm outside the city administration building. the building quite clearly bares the scars of occasion by separatists. but what we have here now is a group of about a hundred locals that have come here because they are upset by a memorandum of security that has been signed by many executives and by the police. they say in the signing of the memorandum, they were not consulted avenue nothing about it. and they said they are not happy with it. it comes as local steelworkers have organized their own patrol, civil patrol. they are going around with police, a group of about ten of them, negotiating with separates to leave buildings and keeping peace in the area. the workers were being urged to take part to create peace in the city. the separatists have left many of the buildings in the region. the real issue for poll traditions now in the region is calming the locals who say they

. >> they voted in previous general and local elections. no one in the election commission can tell him why he was not on the electoral role this time around. he was one of two who were eligible to vote, but couldn't. >> they include crews in transit. indians working and studying abroad. the government estimates there were 10 million working abroad. many low-paid migrants in the gulf and can't afford to come home and vote. there are others, who the issue isn't cost. this woman had surgery, and therefore missed the chance to vote. >> if the government had a provision for postal ballot and i had the papers coming into my house i would have voted. i don't know why the government hasn't thought about it. >> only a few people can vote by mail, including security personal, polling staff and diplomats abroad. india's supreme court ordered the election commission of india to look into the problem. >> the postal ballot has to be the exception and not the norm. it should be available for people who, for a valid reason, not empathy, lethargy, not watch

. >> they voted in previous general and local elections, but no one can tell him why he was not on theole this time around. they are two out of millions eligible to vote, but couldn't. they include airline cabin crews in transit. indians working or travelling aboard or on medical staff. there are over 10 million indians working abroad. many low-paid migrants and can't afford to come home to vote. >> others too whose issues are not cost. this woman had surgery - she missed the chance to vote. >> if the government had a government willing to post the ballot, and people coming into the house i would have voted. i would have. i don't know why the government dz not. >> only a few people can vote by mail, including security personnel, polling staff and diplomats abroad. india's supreme court ordered the election commission of india to look into the problem. >> the postal ballot has to be the exception, not the norm. it should be available for people who, for a valid reason, not apathy, leth argy, not watching a movie on television, that they will lose a postal ballot. >> india is heading for

factor is that we have so many counties in the state and so many of them are so small that the local electionsend to be very personal. and once it gets to that level, it's more difficult for people to abandon a party registration. >> it's never about -- i tell you, i don't want to bring up -- there have been some of the wildist, bizarre political ads i've seen are in kentucky. let's go to mitch mcconnell. is this going to be a microcosm of anything in the national environment or is going to be a referendum on mitch mcconnell in the fall? >> i think it's going to be a referendum on mitch mcconnell but all these federal races can always be affected by national and international events barring some major event between now and then, i think it will be a referendum on mcconnell, which is a challenge for him because his approval ratings are so low. now, they've ticked up a little bit in recent weeks as he's had more positive advising on to remind people what he's doing. >> alison grimes, is she a candidate that can win on her own or is she going to need an anti-mcconnell vote and even republican cro

the party leaders have hardly mentioned europe, most of them, because it is tied together with local elections, and they have been leading on health and cost of living prices, but europe has only been mentioned very briefly . >> as always, thank you very much. for more on dw's coverage of european elections including the rise of our right parties, you can go to our website. >> you will get all the latest news and information, and you can give us a piece of your mind -- what does europe mean to you? do tune in this weekend for all the details and the results. >> well, investigators in new york are calling it the states largest sting targeting sexual predators of children. >> police have announced the arrests of 70 men and one woman on child pornography charges, and they say more arrests are expected. if found guilty, the suspects could face up to 25 years behind bars. >> police took the defendants into custody after a five-week investigation. the suspects range in age from their 20's to their 50's and calm from all walks of life. they include a rabbi, a police chief, several nurses, and a boy s

serious allegations of corruption from the prime minister, they failed to make a big impact on the local elections in march. and that was discouraging. and now, against that, there are those in the opposition who are keeping the effect. gezi park still stands and there is still grass entries in the middle of istanbul. that park was not redevelop into a shopping center. opposition,pirit of after the silver mining tragedy in which 300 miners died within minutes a couple of weeks ago, there were protests in istanbul and ankara. but things did not manage to reach the tipping point, we've had tens of thousands of protesters making history, and they come back the next day. this makes the demonstrations of last year special. >> mortimer is there, reporting from turkey. the interior ministry has blocked facebook. they plan on holding talks with facebook and other social networking site's to in protests against the military government. military says that the facebook block is just temporary, print and broadcast media have already been instructed to refrain from critical reporting on the takeover. theagency

they say he is worried about another setback after local elections. it is looking like the socialists could come in third after the opposition and far right national front. he was going to speak out on monday on some of his reforms, the monday following the elections. he may delay that now according to them. >> the leader of the national front has made interesting comments about vladimir putin. >> she's always outspoken and has done it again. these comments were made in an austrian newspaper. they have been picked up and translated by the french daily. she has been praising vladimir putin. she has hailed him as a patriot, a man looking out for the sovereignty of his people. she also said they have similar values. i am not sure putin is aware of that. she said he is courageous, frank, and highly respected. whether that is genuine or trying to build on the momentum of the ukraine crisis, it is certainly creating headlines. about have an article far-reaching consequences of the ukrainian crisis. >> indeed. this is from the british newspaper. they are rep

the government is democratically elected and it's still popular, and it won the local elections a few weeks ago, but critics say that it has been abusing its power, and those who have taken to the streets told us that they feel they're being silenced. they want to be able to express their demands. so yes, this was supposed to be a day when workers mark labor day. but it's showing really the growing divide, the polarization in turkish society. but the security forces are out enforce, and they deploy all roads leading to the square have been sealed. and public transport has been suspended. so the government is bent on preventing any rallying here. this is symbolic for the unions, and a rallying point for the labors over many years, but really, over the protests last year, where we saw an anti-government protest movement emerge, the government doesn't want a repeat that have. and in fact, for the government, the square is a symbol. >> reporting live fro istanbul. >>> in venezuela, protests are compelling the president to raise the minimum wage. they already raisinged them in january four

she is to become party chairman on wednesday and will take charge of local elections in november. tsai previously served two terms as the pp chief. she stepped down in 2012 after losing in the presidential race to nationalist party leader. people in toy one are said to be increasingly weary of ma's policy of strengthening ties with china. in march students occupied the parliament building to protest a trade agreement with beijing. ma's approval rating has plunged to about 10%. attention is focused on whether tsai can come up with policies that address public discontent with the present government. >>> let's now get the latest business stories from ron madison. >> we get started with news from the bank of japan. policymakers there say inflation is on course to reach their target of around 2%. but they don't agree on when that will happen. bank of japan board members project inflation in fiscal 2015 will reach 1.9%, and 2.1% year after that. the minutes of their meeting last montd show six policymakers were optimistic the target could be reached on schedule. the other three expresse

was concerned about the timing given that sinn fein is involved in a very important european election and localnment elections across the island of ireland. i've never disassociated myself from the i.r.a. and i never will, but i'm glad that i and others have created a peaceful and democratic way forward for everyone. >> it's interesting, by the way, to hear peter king on this topic. of course he and ted kennedy before him, there was always a lot of particularly irish catholics in congress who championed gerry adams over the years, only adds to sort of the political intrigue of this story. we'll be following it as those elections get closer in northern ireland. we'll be right back with our tdr 50 official kickoff of our focus on ohio. plus former senator rick santorum will be here. so don't move, no flipping, get back here, 180 seconds. think about it, that's nothing. , ♪ 800,000 hours of supercomputing time, 3 million lines of code, 40,000 sets of eyes, or a million sleepless nights. whether it's building the world's most advanced satellite, the space station, or the next leap in unmanned syste

approval ratings have fallen, and local elections are coming up. >> because of the local issues, andhock that people face, and there is political momentum, that she can take advantage of. though it's a crisis, this is an opportunity for her to take critical actions. >> reporter: president park geun-hye begins a trip to the united arab emirates. the nuclear industry reeling from a safety scandal linked to corruption. down in the south coast of south korea, where the rescue operation has been going on for the past - for more than a month, it continues. 18 people are missing. the head of the coast guard service spoke there, and he said that he would hum bli submit he and his colleagues to the opinion of a nation and president, and they would not rest, they'd do their level to recover the remaining people still believed to be on the say wold. there's a different rehabilitation to the family members of the missing people. they got up on the same stage giving an impromptu press conference, saying it was the wrong time, it would affect the coast guard operations and challenged the governmen

that was for a euro election candidates and nineteen local election candidates direct democracy ireland. one approach is to have the right to reject policies they don't like i've waited for friends and the party launched its election campaign today direct democracy on and wants voters to use the forthcoming elections as part of the campaign to restore the rights of people to initiate referendums on government policies and decisions to ipos in the irish free state constitution we have a of the power to initiate a referendum that citizen initiated referenda different the government initiated referenda. we have the power to initiate referendum unchanged or overrule a lot of the government creates the party's candidate for the midlands north west europe institutes he finished a credible fourth place in last year's meet by election we haven't we don't we know the system here in holland things that drives me crazy i wanted and the us. i understand coming off the floors and tables ageless get all the same old story this is probably totally turned my attention. found a toast to use goal is to f

. >> they have voted in previous general and local elections. no one can tell him why he was not on the electoral role. they are two out of millions eligible to vote, but couldn't. they include airline cabin crews in transit. indians working or travelling abroad. the government estimates that there are over 10 million working abroad. many are low-paid migrants working in the golf. then there are others whose issue is not cost nor distance. recently this woman had surgery. it meant she missed the chance to vote. >> if the government had provision for ballot, and if i had the paper coming into my house, i would have - i don't know why the government has talked about it. >> only a few people can vote by mail. they include security personal, polling staff. india's supreme court ordered the commission to look into the problem. the postal ballot has to be the exceptionment it should be available for people who, for a valid reason, not apathy, lethargy or watching a movie, they should not be the reason to people use postal ballots. >> analysts predict

the fallout is expected to have an impact on local elections next month. park's ruling party may face a tougher challenge. the president has tried to regain public trust by reshuffling her cabinet and removing officials considered accountable for the poor management of the accident. she and her advisers are counting on this official apology, and promise of stricter safety measures to turn things around. but it will take time for her to win back support. many south koreans will be watching to see if the plan to make the country safer yields results. it's not something that can happen overnight. >>> senior members of japan's ruling coalition are set to discuss collective self-defense. party officials will examine a report that calls for a reinterpretation of the country's constitution. it would enable japan to come to the defense of a country it has a close relationship that is under military attack. prime minister shinzo abe received the report from a panel of experts last week. he said he's in favor of reinterpreting the constitution to allow for collectiv

her approval rating has fallen from 60 to 40 and local elections coming up, on june the 4th. >> becausee significance of the issue and shocked that ordinary people face and there is political momentum, that you can take advantage of. that is crisis but i think this is opportunity for her to take critical actions. >> reporter: another of the actions promised to end what the president called the bureaucratic mafia with colusion and this is in the disaster and the president is promising to set right, harry faucet, al jazeera, seoul. >>> two charter flights arrived in southern china carrying injured workers from vietnam and thousands of nationals have been evacuated in the past two days following anti-china rights ayos vietnam and they are angry for placing an oil rig in disputed waters and the china correspondent brown has more from beijing. >> the evaluation of chinese nationals from vietnam is gathering pace and 16 over the seriously injured arrived there and there are about 3,000 chinese in total so far that have been evacuated but about 4,000 remain in the country and dispatched four v

being bombarded with headlines about his love life as a result the national front did well in local elections. every naughty on the far right party is already in power. the former trade unionist turned far right politician sunday on a numb on the team the town's mayor in april. funny on his car key towns in luxembourg and belgium immediately distanced themselves. but that's done little to dent the new mayor's confidence ms donald models may i just wanted to make a statement that he can still come across as kind of revolutionary who wants nothing to do with the fullness of time. i think that there was no real connection to speak in between the two part details anyway. that is. the mayor believes france would be better off without the eu. a lot of work centers on people constantly clean the europe has brought peace. that seems to be the magic word. but instead forcing the middle class reduced to nothing unemployment is random everything is become more expensive and people can no longer pay their bills with me still exposing the head of the queen but even here not everyone is buying the idea tha

told the crowd that the majority of turkish voters support him, citing the outcome of recent local electionss proof. though he made no mention of future plans, it is widely accepted he will run for the turkish presidency in august. >> while dw was watching erdogan's appearance, she said this assessment of the turkish leader's speech. >> those who were hoping to hear some provocative statements from erdogan were disappointed. in general, his speech was very moderate. maybe the fact that german chancellor angela merkel spoke with him and asked him to adopt a sensitive tone played a role in that. of turkish flags and posters held up high. turkey is proud of you, they screamed. people were excited to see their premature, some said to me. in his speech, he typifies the importance of the german-turks and the meaning for the homeland and he also added that those had suffered a lot being over here in germany. he also spoke about the german media spreading lies about him and insulting him, concerning the soma mining accident which killed 301 people, he said those who were responsible would be punishe

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on the table was a schedule that was given to us by the democrats and republicans who run the local electionsand what they wanted was a 28-day schedule that allowed saturdays and during presidential elections, chuck, we will have sundays. but there are 2 million fewer voters during these off-term elections and boards of elections wanted to have says and not sundays. >> i don't understand that decision and i understand, look, i know there are other states that do worse things but why should a voter have more access to the polls in a presidential year and not arguably in a year, in a mid-term year, and i understand the turnout differences but as far as a an ohio citizens are concerned, the mid-term elections are more important to their every day lives. go ahead. >> look at the facts. i'm fine with that. i'm fine with any of these proposals. there are hundreds of schedules you can use and have a fair system of elections. we have to look at where ohio sits compared to other states. new york you vote for one day. joe biden's delaware, one day. barack obama's illinois, 15 days. in ohio, we vote for

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i'm interested in french local elections but the europeans i'm not interested enough. >>> we're goingke you now to the can film festival. this year gritty and confronting movies by african directors are getting stronger critical acclaim. phil reports. >> reporter: can can resemble the united nations at times. this film festival is as diverse as they get. of course can is associated with all of this. the glitz, the glamor, the good life, but it is real life that forms part of this festival's dna, those stories that are quite harsh, stark, and difficult to watch. and there is a real dose of that kind of cinema from african filmmakers this year. like timbuktu. there are lashings, stonings, and killings, a painful story, but one the director and actors felt compelled to bring to can. >> it's not a big movie, you know? this is why also it very interesting. >> reporter: other movies rely on metaphors, the lead character's chaotic life compared to the history. africa is a continent rich in untold stories. and can is all the better for hearing them. >> you want the underdog team to be there a

her approval rating has fallen from the low 60s to the mid 40s and there are local elections coming you on journey the 4th. >> because of the significance of the issue show that ordinary people face, there is political momentum that she can day advantage of. though it's crisis i think this is opportunity for her to take critical actions. >> reporter: at of those action he promised to end what the president called the pure accuratic ma mafia. deep seeded probd revealed by this disaster in which the president is promising to set right. harry dpawsette -- fawcett, al jazeera, seoul. >> up to two-thirds of north korea's 23 million people it is thought do not have enough food. >>> nine people have died from a cholera outbra outbreak. number is expected to rise as health officials struggle to contain the can outbreak. thousands around the city are at risk. >>> now to the north one of sudan's main opposition loordz has been reaforted. seized after cuferg the military of commuting are human rights abuses. it's feared that his detention will further destabilize. he served twice as prime minister

respectable 8 percent to 10% for the european election and because here in greece there is a parallel local election taking place the most high profile golden dawn deputy is running for mayor of athens, and his approval ratings is 12% for that position. it doesn't seem that he will win but getting those figures golden dawn are winning the moral victory. they're polling the sorts of numbers they got in june o of 2012, which was just shy of 7%. they're in effect showing the greek public that legal prosecution against them as a potentially criminal organization has not affected public opinion or ideological basis on which they stand, the ideas they're trying to propagate. that gives them a lease on life politically. >> john, thank you very much for putting it all into context for us. crown ijohn in athens. >>> now there are more millionaires living in london than any other city in the world. 104 billionaires live in the u.k. ian joins me in the studio now. why are so many of the world's billionaires living in london. >> as 72 of 104 u.k. billionaires are based in london. it's a good place to do busines

local elected officials are in place but observing for the moment. i've not seen before. around for main square in this town, the ukrainian national flag painted on lamp post here. it looks like a symbol of kiev, to the government in kiev. no one seems to know who painted them or when they did it. down the square here, there's a gathering of supporters at people's republic to drum up local support for a referendum to be held the 11th of may which is supposed to decide the future of eastern ukraine. whether or not this region stays in ukraine or votes for independence. >> reporter: this is one of the organizers people are are handing out. it's calling for a referendum and presents a stark choice. they say it's about employment, price rises. as with the people's republic here in donetsk, it talks about economic ties with russia. not political but economic specifically. saying that wages will rise and so will pensions. now the crowd shouting russia, russia. a lot of support for closer ties with russia. >> this is a peaceful meeting. there's no sign of a

adams arrest as sinn fein, is politically motivated an time to damage the local elections. he insist he will be exonerated. tim friend, al jazeera, northern ireland. >>> co-founder of the boston college belfast projects, the oral history of the troubles, ed maloney. welcome. >> hello, yes. >> do you think gerry adams gave the are direction to kill this woman? >> i wasn't present when the ira credit leadership decided to do this to her. but the people who i have talked to, incidentally, it's very important that you should understand and realize this story predates the boston college archive by at least a decade or so. i wrote about this story in 2000. 2002, in a book called the secret history of the ira, when i read that jean mcconville had been an deducted by a special unit of the ira under the control of gerry dooms. aadams. it's only in recent years that they have shown any interest no. solving the mcconville murder. something to do with the fact that during the interim, the fact that there are elements of the police who dislike gerry adams and saw this as an opportunity

. >> our party is defined on the local elected officials throughout the state. >> reporter: this was taken before kash kari poured more money in. ktvu, channel 2 news. >>> bay area counties are looking for poll workers for next week's primary. santa clara county is really hurting. the registrar of voters says that county still needs more than 800 volunteers. the county has the added challenge of finding people who speak a second language. >>> with a friday legislative dead line looming, a bill to give san francisco the ability failed in the senate. it would have required san francisco property owners to own a property for five continuous years before tenants could be evicted. friday is the last date in this legislative session that the bill with move from one house to the other. >>> the world has lost a treasure. maya angelou died today at the age of 86. to say that she was a poet, and author, and an activist, doesn't even begin to describe her. she's also one of the 25 humanitarians demanded in the sculpture. >> extremely privileged to actually have one-on-one time with her in tryin

. >> the iraqis have voted in previous local elections but no one but the election commission can tell him why he wasn't on the elector roll this time around. just two out of mistaken millions who are eligible to vote but couldn't. they include groups in transit t indians working or studying abroad or on core medical staff. the government stilts that there are over 10 million working abroad. many low-paid my grant who can't afford to come home and vote. there are others whose issue isn't cost nor distance. sayingel recently had surgery and it meant she missed out on a chance to vote. >> if the government had a ballot and had the people coming in to my house, i would have certainly voted. i would have. i don't know why the government hasn't talked about it. >> only a few people can vote by mail. they include security personnel, polling staff as well as diplomats abroad. india's supreme court has ordered the election commission of india to look into the problem. >> the postal value has to be the exception and not the normal. it should be available for people who for a valid reason, not e

. >> translator: the ballot papers are sent out now to local election commission officers and distributed to polling stations which as usual will be in schools and hospitals. we have everything we need. there's only one reason for the referendum. that's to have self-determination. maybe we want to stay part of ukraine, be independent, or join with russia. >> reporter: i've driven a few kilometers outside the city to come to this village here. i can't actual lly name the village because the person i came to meet is strongly opposed to the referendum planned by the pro russian separatists groups. and because of that, he is received threats. his campaigns included organizing an opinion poll recently showing most in the region did not want independence. >> translator: in our donetsk and neighboring area, more than 70% they wanted to live in the neighboring ukraine. of course we don't want the referendum organized by the separatists to go ahead. they're terrorists. anyone opposing them will be thrown out of polling stations. >> reporter: now the focus is on pro russian militants here. will the

he was dealing with a six percent success in local -- 46% success in local elections.his response on corruption was problematic, to say the least. saying, well, i could not possibly be corrupt because how could i build all those roads? what he said, if you watch closely, i think that interview will lay very well for his domestic audience, for those who voted for him was up i think he is taking the fight to get back at those who were against him. it is not that they must not win, but that they must lose. that is what will be most troubling for the markets. winning should lead to consolidation. that is what the market wants. he is going to go after these guys. even if they leave the country, he's going to hunt them down. >> that is scary. >> it is not scary for me or you. >> no, i mean, but for people who may be scared for the future of turkey. >> i think this is a country that has spent so many decades working too slowly and methodically build institutions. it takes a long time. erdogan is starting to unravel that. >> but there were some positive moves. >> i think he se