joining us from selenski election event in kiev is correspondent nick connelly nick given how how big this victory is for selenski are you surprised at all by this margin by this result. is not just me that surprised lots of selenski supporters seem pretty surprised when it eight o'clock local time the ballot boxes were closed off and suddenly we had the first exit poll there was two or three minutes shouts of kind of excitement a real shock here at selenski selection party this is something that many people have called off in ukrainian politics especially if you consider that just a couple of months ago zelinsky wasn't even in the running here in the announce that he'd be running for president on new year's eve so this is really something that has showed that is shaken ukraine politics to its core and he really has pulled up through that not many people thought he could. how is the political world in ukraine reacting to that big victory. what we heard from solecki himself at the beginning he was very brief is that something that's been a characteristic of all his campaign a kind of r

all right e w's nick connelly reporting there in kiev from selenski headquarters thank you very much.

so how did he go let's ask our correspondent nick connelly who's in the olympic stadium at the debates is just about to welcome nick i was it like. to feel well in a word noisy at the beginning it seemed like nothing really was going to be understood at least by us here in the stadium with especially pitch pushing those supporters who seem to be the majority if they doing their best to drown out the will of the residents if you had to say but eventually it did all we had. initially be worried that the two candidates would actually be on the same stage they would choose they just set up behind me but had to pushing their march over to the stage because let's be was that it warmed up and eventually it was pretty story going to head on head battle with the two candidates setting the questions to each other the journalists the moderates present basically didn't get involved and it was a blow for blow between the two over the now it's just past. having said that we've had so typical of the way face to face contact the last three weeks i think expectations it was going to be a bit higher tha

him trailing badly making tonight's debate his last chance to boost his chances did that week's nick connelly sent us this report from kiev. a sitting president rolling up his sleeves to give blood for drugs test live on t.v. not something most ukrainian voters ever expected to see but they did because of this man comedian and actor quality misled president pershing because challenger has turned ukraine's politics on its head in a matter of months when selenski demanded drug and alcohol tests go had little choice but to agree after picking up just half as many votes as alinsky in the first round. had to play catch up with his younger rival. here lympics stadium capacity seventy thousand and the place was immense he says he wants to debate with petro poroshenko no dusty t.v. studio facility who prefers to talk to his supporters direct through social media. feelings once again selenski throwing down the gauntlet and once again go left with no other option but to agree. astonished observers with a late night reply by video message that you want if it's the stadium you want then so be it i'll be

looking to use tonight's debates to boost his favor with voters are let's go to our correspondent nick connelly he is outside the olympic stadium there in kiev where that debates took place earlier today nic look this is got to be the strangest format for a presidential debate that i've ever heard of can you describe for me what was that debate like inside that stadium. good evening karl well it looks even more unusual as it started there were two stages at the two ends of the football pitch at the bottom of the olympic stadium so had things run as expected we would have had both candidates standing off against each other with several hundred meters between them in the end poroshenko sprinted across the pitch to join selenski on his day so we did have some kind of face to face interaction they shook hands selenski seemingly not very happy about that but he had no choice but to accept and then basically not much journalism going on first we had them providing monologues and then they started asking each other questions it got very heated it got very personal and the crowd of about a third i'd sa

joining us now from the ukrainian capital kiev is correspondent nick connelly nick thanks for joining us president poroshenko is under threat of losing his job to a politically inexperienced volodymyr zelinsky what are the opinion polls telling us at this hour. well the last opinion polls we have off from the last stand last week where there were no opinion polls allowed to be held the day before and on the day of the election but those do seem very decisively in favor of this insurgent candidate for the most alinsky putting him or over seventy percent on almost double as many votes as the incumbent petro poroshenko that looks to be a position and a very difficult to come back from for the sitting president petro poroshenko out on the streets of kiev today to turn out seems pretty big we were in the suburbs of kiev earlier on in the middle class district lots of support from zelinsky there here in downtown kiev a lot more sympathy for the incumbent people telling us that they think you know they have something to lose and don't want to risk putting someone without experience in the to

conflict is part of the spectacle logic of joining us from the ukrainian capital kiev correspondent nick connelly nick president poroshenko is under threat of losing his job to a politically an experience the load of mirrors the landscape what are the landscapes chances well they're looking very good the polls last polls polls we had off from last week there's no polling allowed now in the run up to the election that gave selenski about twice as much support as income of petro poroshenko about seventy thirty and definitely speaking to people here where i am now in front of a polling station in a middle class suburb of kiev you really get the sense that there is a lot of frustration with the incumbent president people maybe not always saying that they want to vote for selenski specifically saying they need new faces they want something new and seemingly willing to take that risk take that jump to someone who doesn't have experience of politics one of the candidates focused on in their election campaign so petro poroshenko led a very defensive election campaign basically put trained himself as the

joining us now from the ukrainian capital kiev correspondent nick connelly nick president bush and co is under threat of losing his job to a political eunuchs periods a lot in near selenski where the opinion polls tellings. well the last poll we have is from the end of last week no more polling was allowed after that on the election rules and that doesn't look good for the incumbent he looks to be trailing a limousine lenski by about two to one selenski all around seventy percent pushing around thirty percent that's basically the same pattern we saw from the first round so nothing much changing if anything zelinsky increasing his lead in the last few days before that last poll. this is been an election that has really taken everyone by surprise just a few months ago zelinsky wasn't political scene here in the announce his candidacy on new year's eve on live t.v. and now you when you see the poor or shake of the incumbent president doing his down to try and talk to people who maybe are disappointed with him who are frustrated about corruption the slow pace of reform and get them to pul

remains a big problem in ukraine let's get more on this now we're joined by our correspondent nick connelly who is standing by with the very latest on this election so you know one of the biggest questions that really comes up here is how has a comedian been able to gain so much support there in the country. good afternoon sarah well i think the important thing about all of them is alinsky is that he did not need to explain to ukrainian voters who he is he has been across the t.v. screens of this country for the past decade as a comedian and actor so he was really had just one hundred percent facial recognition and had access to people through social media through his t.v. shows and more importantly while being very familiar to everyone he didn't have the political baggage of his competitors both petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko who were the front runners going into the first round they were all associated with the corrupt politics the past twenty years and he could come away as a fresh faces someone from a younger generation and as his critics would say someone w

joining us now from zelinsky election event in kiev is d w correspondent nick connelly nick exit polls have been released the crowds at the event where you are must have been jubilant. you have to. come to you michael i'm having a bit of trouble hearing you again the line is very cold this is packed here this election party we're expecting volume is let's get any minute now to come and talk to us again the first time we spoke to people was just off the release of those exit polls when the poll colin when the ballot box closed an hour ago back then he kept it very brief thanking his supporters and his votes is now expecting a bit more in the way of detail this being one of the main criticisms of his campaign so far that he has been noticeably short on the detail and reluctant to really open the calls and tell people what he plans to do nick will try this again no it's very loud where you are but as far as we know zelinsky has won by at least seventy percent of the vote how we're liable for those exit polls. last time around this is the second round of ukraine's election this runoff in t

and joining us now from election events in kiev as correspondent nick connelly nick those exit polls so they're out there showing a huge victory a big margin for the landscape around seventy percent are you surprised at all about what looks to be a massive victory for him. while we journalists over used the term political earthquake but i think if there was ever a time to uses this is it let's just remember this is a candidate who up until new year's eve had and else you'd be running for the presidency someone known to almost all ukrainians exclusively as a showman as a comic comedian and an actor and then coming from just within the space of a few months to beating the incumbent by quite such a margin you really got the sense here at this party that even some of selenski supporters worst taken aback by the extent and big picture lera to use that victory selenski picking up almost twice as many votes as catsup or single. hertha a result there indeed what have been the reactions so far from the two candidates. were voted in as lenski stay true to form he has been criticised a lot in t

joining us now from the ukrainian capital kiev is correspondent nick connelly nick president bush and co is under threat of losing his job to a political unix periods a lot in near selenski where the opinion polls tellings. well the last poll we have is from the end of last week no more polling was allowed after that on the election rules and that doesn't look good for the incumbent he looks to be trailing a limousine lengthy by about two to one selenski all around seventy percent or shank around thirty percent that's basically the same pattern we saw from the first round so nothing much changing if anything zelinsky increasing his lead in the last few days before that last poll. this is been an election that is really taking everyone by surprise just a few months ago. he wasn't a little scene here in the announce his candidacy on new year's eve on live t.v. and now you see the poor the incumbent president doing his darndest to try and talk to people who maybe are disappointed with him who are frustrated about corruption the slow pace of reform and get them to pull back from the brink

part of the spectacle but joining us from the ukrainian capital kiev is daily a correspondent nick connelly nick president poroshenko is under threat of losing his job to a politically an experience a load of mirrors the landscape what are the landscapes chances well they're looking very good at the polls last polls polls we had off from last week there's no polling allowed now in the run up to the election that gave selenski about twice as much support as incumbent petro poroshenko about seventy thirty and definitely speaking to people here where i am now in front of a polling station in a middle class suburb of kiev you really get the sense that there is a lot of frustration with the incumbent president people maybe not always saying that they want to vote for selenski specifically saying they need new faces they want something new and seemingly willing to take that risk take that jump to someone who doesn't have experience of politics one of the candidates focused on in their election campaigns. so petro poroshenko led a very defensive election campaign basically put trained himself as t

is part of the spectacle but joining us from the ukrainian capital kiev is day w correspondent nick connelly nick president poroshenko is under threat of losing his job to a politically an experience a load of mirrors the landscape what are the landscapes chances. well there looking very good the polls last polls polls we had off from last week there's no polling allowed now in the run up to the election that gave selenski about twice as much support as income of petro poroshenko about seventy thirty and definitely speaking to people here where i am now in front of a polling station in a middle class suburb of kiev you really get the sense that there is a lot of frustration with the incumbent president people maybe not always saying that they want to vote for selenski specifically but saying they need new faces they want something new and seemingly willing to take that risk take that jump for someone who doesn't have experience of politics one of the candidates focused on in their election campaign so petro poroshenko led a very defensive election campaign basically put trained himself as th

let's go straight to our correspondent nick connelly who is in ukraine of course covering these elections make. he's one of the one of biggest supporters of the t.v. active a lot of zelinsky the challenger in this elections and it looks like he's going to win by a landslide is this damaging him bow. in a word no ukrainians are very used to what could only politely be termed as conflicts of interest or corrupt connections this is a country after all that comes in one hundred twentieth place in the transparency international corruption perceptions index only russia does worse in europe so there is an extraordinary amount of receiving nation in terms of these kind of connections we've even had revelations in recent weeks that selenski traveled more than ten times to visit. who is currently living outside the country over the past year and a half. it was also the channels of belonging to him that made. household names by running his shows in prime time slots so there definitely is a whole host of questions that he hasn't yet and this decision is now being seen as a kind of act of politics by

petro persian co joining us from selenski za lection event in kiev his job your correspondent nick connelly nick thanks for joining us we have been hearing all about. this this these results what's the feeling where you are tell me a little bit about the atmosphere. it's incredibly atmosphere is buoyant i mean they were expecting this but to see that confirm the scale of the victory if these exit polls proved to be right in the first round they were very accurate almost three quarters of the votes even in regions that were expected to go fetch a pushing for over fifty percent of the voters seemingly voting for as alinsky this is someone who only announced his run for the presidency on new year's eve so in the space of few months he really has turned the political landscape on its head. can you give us the actual figures or do you not have the actual numbers at this point. so so far the polling stations are just close we just have those exit polls we expect to get more reliable numbers in the course of the night but a final count out will only be probably tomorrow tomorrow isn't it but as i

all right nick connelly reporting there in kiev. from selenski headquarters thank you very much. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world more than seventy thousand people gathered in st peter's square for the pope's traditional easter address pope francis offered a pardon for sins and reflection on the world's war ravaged regions he also condemned the bombings in sri lanka and offered condolences for the victims' families. tripoli's all the working airport has reopened after being hit by air strikes airports have been shut down amid two weeks of fighting over control of the libyan capital forces loyal to strongman have been and unable to break into the city defended by libya's internationally recognized government. a landslide in southwestern colombia has killed at least fourteen people and interest five others heavy rains triggered the disaster of a province buried at least eight houses and lost a fortune of pan-american highway landslides are common during columbia's rainy season. well the bundesliga races coming down to the wire the seas

all right e w's nick connelly reporting there in kiev from selenski headquarters thank you very much. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world tripoli's only working airport has reopened after being hit by air strikes the airport had been shut down amid two weeks of fighting over control of the libyan capital forces loyal to strongman. have been unable to break into the city defended by libya's internationally recognized government. a landslide in southwestern colombia has killed at least fourteen people and injured five others heavy rains triggered the disaster in a province it ferried at least eight houses and blocked a portion of the pan-american highway as well landslides are common during colombia's rainy season. thousands have been protesting in the moroccan capital rabat announcing a crackdown on anti-poverty activists several members of the iraq anti-poverty movement have been imprisoned and a leader was sentenced to twenty years in prison for threatening state security the movement is calling for more jobs in morocco's northern regi

bizarre politics there let's go to nick connelly is following this for us nick i mean when you look at your report you have to ask yourself why would i ever agree to the drug test or to do this debate in a stadium these are these are definitely things that zelinsky holmes so why did he agree to do this good evening brand well it seems that he's team decided that the risk of being seen to be cowardly to be pulling away from this challenge was just too big obviously stylistically this is difficult for him he all through the campaign is being selling himself as a safe pair of hands the commander in chief a serious. conventional politician who can stand up to russia and using any opportunity has to. say this is someone who's not serious about politics but given the extent of his loss i mean zelinsky picked up almost twice as many votes in the first round as did he surprised us all yesterday with his his agreement to this to this test and he's willing stood up this morning to give not only blood tests but also have another test to prove his health and his fitness for office to the ukraine n

so could you crave top politicians soon be a comic is nicolas connelly joins us now from kiev so nick as we heard there around seventy percent of the votes have been counted cancel inskeep already been named as the winner of this round. could offer news there well i don't think there's much chance of that commanding lead as you said of a ten percent that selenski has in front of president bush abortion because there's little chance of that being closed lots that was down to young people i'm here in front of the main building if he has university selenski doing very well among the under thirty's i think the interesting things to look for today will be for the battle for second place so all the polls consistently giving petro poroshenko the lead there but it's only a couple of percent and here in ukraine it's the top two candidates who go into the second round so there is counting going on the tymoshenko team says that they have regions regions where they do well haven't counted yet so potential there for more disputes and an airing of the polls but yesterday was all about selenski and

i think there's no going back for petro poroshenko after five years of this conflict all right nick connelly our correspondent covering the election in ukraine for us nick thank you very much. now saudi arabia ranks almost last on the world press freedom index that's according to the organization reporters without borders there is no independent media there and journalists are closely monitored the murder last year of saudi journalist jamal khashoggi in istanbul showed how severe that repression can be good to be met with and soft the wife of the jailed saudi dissident write a doubt she's been living in exile and canada. this is the city of share broker about two hours drive from montreal. it's where and stuff hyder lives the wife are probably the most well known critic of the saudi arabian government rife with. a koran teacher and stuff hyder shares none of the cliches of a saudi woman. she and her husband have sporadic contact by telephone. right in the dog's health she says his poor. little sit down the one he doesn't feel well and he's very far from us. devaney i'm glad for his children

i think there's no going back for petro poroshenko after five years of this conflict all right nick connelly our correspondent covering the election in ukraine for us nick thank you. right much. to mozambique now and the country is still continuing to struggle with devastation from cyclonic die especially in the port city of bear up ninety percent of buildings there were damaged many people have been displaced it is a similar story along the country's coast nearly two million people are still in need of help our correspondent chris chappell to the community of water and sent us this report. these fields where jackie's only source of income they were in fact her entire life she has always lived in farm tear with her family but this year everything changed. when of in this corner used to look much better than the sign clone hit and everything died a day later the floods came and wiped down everything we lost everything we grew rice over there it's all gone now too we've already used up all the rice from last year that we're waiting for this year's harvest all the corn and all the rice everythi

nick connelly he has the. landslide is a term that doesn't really do the results of this election justice. has picked up the support of almost three quarters of the ukrainian electorate bringing record numbers of young people to the ballot box or just months after announcing he'd be leaving show business behind to run for the top job his promise of shaking up ukraine's politics and bringing a new generation to power clearly striking a chord with ukrainian voters but serious questions remain how exactly does he plan to achieve the kind of radical change he promises and who will make up his team and perhaps most damagingly water his links to the billionaire businessman. whose channel's made. president elect selenski has yet to offer answers to any of these questions but one thing is already clear the true winner of these elections is ukraine's democracy after a campaign marked by mudslinging ukraine health free and fair elections and the incumbent pressure conceded defeat that is not a given in this part of the

nick thank you so much nick connelly there in kiev. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today police in northern ireland have released two men without charge in connection with the killing of journalist a she was shot during rioting in the city of london various police clashed with alleged members of the new ira paramilitary group the investigation into mckee's death is still ongoing. opposition protesters in sudan have broken off talks with the ruling military council it refused to hand over power to civilian led government has been under army control since former president bashir was forced to resign two weeks ago. prosecutors in japan have indicted the former nissan boss carlos ghosn on fresh charges of breach of trust these relate to payments which would lead to legibly went to a private investment company controlled by going for his personal enrichment. now to spain which is gearing up for a general election next weekend it will be the third election just four years as the country struggles to find a

here there is very little room for him to make friends with the kremlin responding to connelly reporting from kiev nick is always thank you very much. zelinsky has been cold the king of the disrupter the effective use of social media no doubt helped him assume to the highest office in ukraine here to talk about how he went about it is where you swayed from our social media desk it's good to see you i mean let's talk about. his formula for success what did he do that was so different well it's really everything is different about this guy as you said he was an actor we have shots of his former acting career and this is really a life imitating art imitating life sort of thing because he played the fictional president of ukraine on his sitcom for many years and he's also just a middle class guy who grew up in a crumbling tower in ukraine is also jewish by the way but he was able to ascend but he the presidency with a very effective use of social media he was able to control his narrative thereby minimizing gaffes appearing more accessible he gave very few interviews very few press conferences during the c

seventy three percent of the vote he did connelly watched as history was made last night in ukraine he joins me tonight from the ukrainian capital it's good to see you nick i mean we expected you to win this election that is true but a landslide i mean did you see this huge win coming. well brant looking around at that election party last night selenski headquarters there were lots of shocked faces you got the sense that even his supporters didn't quite believe that the opinion polls have been right and were totally taken aback by the extent of the victory the real clarity of the gap between. petro poroshenko i think this was the best way to understand this is a vote against because some of that was about those failings but also some of these things were about things that portugal couldn't really be blamed for so one hand it was his failure to clamp down on corruption particularly in his. political family there were scandals in terms of military right up to last week's campaign really hit him hard he also failed to campaign in a way using a language that would really appeal to voters on the other hand is not fully responsible for the fact that ukrainians