nick connelly in kiev nick thanks so much for that. to britain now and tensions with tehran the u.k. is considering its options against iran following the seizure of a british flag oil tanker in the strait of hormuz on friday speaking on sunday british finance minister philip hammond said the u.k. would pursue every possible diplomatic route to resolve the situation according to iranian press reports to 23 crew members of the stand and pair of have now been taken off the ship for questioning audio has emerged of a tense exchange between british and iranian navy officers recorded moments before the ron moments before iran raided the vessel. not in past obstruct. the passage of the end of a stand in period this is a flip our navy britto boat now the challenge is in time to have no challenge is intended i want an aspect. that cheap for security reason other please confirm what you want to know from tending to violate international law on fully attention to the m.v. center. now to some of the other stories making news around the world. twi

government the credibility in terms of fighting corruption will obviously be short or correspondent nick connelly on the story for us tonight talking about the fallout from this weekend's parliamentary elections nick as always thank you. well in hong kong it appears to be going from bad to worse over the weekend in thai government protests descended into violence but it all began peacefully as chan's of thousands took to the streets against an unpopular extradition bill that they fear will erode the city the city's all told me as protesters headed for the office of china's communist party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development video has emerged showing suspected mafia members attacking demonstrators. i was officious assault gangs of men all dressed in white attacking anti-government protest is on their way home from another huge demonstration. the brutal attack was my streamed on social media showing journalists as well as protest as being beaten as the men rampage through a subway station and on to train this. was. the way i saw somebody bleeding all over

government the credibility in terms of fighting corruption will obviously be show our correspondent nick connelly on the story for us tonight talking about the fallout from this weekend's parliamentary elections nick as always thank you. well in hong kong it appears to be going from bad to worse over the weekend anti-government protests descended into violence but it all began peacefully as tens of thousands took to the streets against an unpopular extradition bill that they fear will erode the city's tanami as protesters headed for the office of china's communist party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development video has emerged showing suspected mafia members attacking demonstrators. it was a vicious assault gangs of men all dressed in white attacking anti-government protesters on their way home from another huge demonstration. the brutal attack was life streamed on social media showing journalists as well as protesters being beaten as the men rampage through a subway station and onto trains. the way i saw somebody bleeding all over the floor in front of me i

thanks to yesterday's parliamentary elections so let's take this story now to our correspondent nick connelly he is on the story in the ukrainian capital kiev force good evening to you nick so the president he must be laughing all the way to the parliament building his party controls parliament this should make it very easy for him i would think to to get legislation passed to keep his campaign promises will it. well brant these are really uncharted waters for ukraine politics as you mentioned this is a 1st the ukrainian politics the 1st ukrainian president to have an absolute majority in parliament his strategy of pulling those elections forward really banking that honeymoon he had with the voters really seems to have paid off not only that but also he's a rule new p.c. boards palm and not one of his new members of parliament has sat in parliament before you've got a t.v. chef there and a limb pick wrestler a fellow comedian so it's all expected that these people will see be fairly pliable and easy to be disciplined compared to political veterans that have been in ukraine's parliament up til

nick connelly on the story for us in kiev this evening nick thank you. soccer fans across the u.s. celebrating their team's won't cup victory the u.s. beat the netherlands to nil yesterday in the final match world champions again and now a record for a world cup triumph for the u.s. women's team for a short moment the celebrations were almost drowned out by protests this is what i'm talking about take a listen. cries of equal pay ringing out around the stadium just as johnny infancy know the president a thief was about to present the players with the trophy the chant the chants serving as a reminder of a much bigger battle on the horizon for the women's team closing the pay gap between male and female players. well it's forsworn and she joins me now with more on this let's talk about the money help because the u.s. soccer well this dispute has been going on for some time and already the members of the u.s. team the u s w n t all suing bet own u.s. soccer federation over gender discrimination in the areas of pay and general conditions and the lawsuit actually highlights that in some

or correspondent nick connelly on the story for us tonight talking about the fallout from this weekend's parliamentary elections nick as always thank you. well in hong kong it appears to be going from bad to worse over the weekend in thai government protests descended into violence but it all began peacefully as tens of thousands took to the streets against an unpopular extradition bill that they fear will erode the city's city's old tanami as protesters headed for the office of china's communist party police fired on them with rubber bullets and tear gas and in a new development video has emerged showing suspected mafia members attacking demonstrators i think it was a vicious assault gangs of men all dressed in white attacking anti-government protest is on their way home from another huge demonstration. the brutal attack was life streamed on social media showing journalists as well as protesters being beaten as the men rampage through a subway station and on to trains. by oh the railway and i saw somebody bleeding all over the floor in front of me i tried to drag him away but they would

correspondent nick connelly he was in the town for the visit by the ukrainian president and he spoke with president. taking down the front line defenses block by block. where previously the soldiers on both sides could practically look each other in the eye now they'll be several kilometers apart the symbolism couldn't be any clearer and it's being met with great enthusiasm by many of the thousands civilians who cross the front line it's the need to look every day in his inauguration speech president selenski said that ending the killing don't bus would be his priority as president but he needs results and he needs them fast at a parliamentary elections later this month but for all the obvious successes on the ground it's needs this remains an isolated piece of good news even today residents of the town woke up to heavy artillery fire in the distance i began by asking president selenski what his next steps towards bring peace to don't bust. the next step will be further talks in men schools teach us as part of the trilateral contact group to agree on dismantling the concrete defenses

to connelly is in kiev at selenski election headquarters nick thanks for joining us again or party members there optimistic that selenski popular as he is will win enough votes to secure the majority. while michael outright majority i think that something that people here quite ready to hope for at least openly so but it does look like the end the polls showing that selenski is going to be putting up at least 4045 percent of the vote that is more than any ukrainian president had in parliament before him that will make him unique key powerful but he will need it is likely at least if things go. that i think this is all the more it should if you look back just 6 months or so ago new year's eve selenski was still entertaining and that was when he announced on news the that he would be running for the presidency to have one of the 3 quarters majority in the presidential election now being heading such a strong performance in the parliamentary election that really shows you quite how ukrainian politics has been thrown on its head in the last 6 months or so and he's not the only showbiz transpor

and a big part of ukraine isn't willing to give the present selenski that much ground of the ok nick connelly thank you for that. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. hundreds of migrants have marched in the chilean capital of santiago to protest against the country's migration policies they want the government to normalize their status many of the margins are from venezuela which is in the midst of an unprecedented economic and political crisis. twin attacks in northwestern pakistan have killed at least 9 people and wounded dozens more gunmen opened fire on police in the city of dera ismail killing 2 a female suicide bomber then killed another 4 officers and 3 civilians outside the hospital the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for both attacks. japanese prime minister shinzo bay's ruling coalition has secured a majority in the upper house of parliament in sunday's elections but will fall short of the super majority needed to propose constitutional reforms during the campaign a liberal democratic party focused on revitalizing japan's economy and bolsterin

tackle corruption and shake up ukraine's political system so far progress has been slow but he and nick connelly is in kiev and selenski election headquarters nick thanks for joining us voting closed just a little while ago given the numbers that we have it looks like a clear win for selenski but perhaps not as big a victory as he was hoping for. exactly nic this was definitely a huge win more than any of his predecessors had achieved and gives him infinitely better power base and column but it wasn't a majority that lots of the outright majority looks people had been expecting so the kind of celebrations were a little music especially compared to the presidential election back in april not so much champagne drunk here at this election party where the mood is kind of rather more businesslike having said that i think the fact that anything short of an outright majority seems like it went on to climax shows you what how high those ambitions running here this after all if you take step back is a candidate who this time last year was an entertainer and had no official political ambitions it was only

for more let's bring in kiev correspondent nick connelly who joins us from the ukrainian capital so you know judging by these latest projections nick we're seeing that selenski party could indeed exceed expectations and get a majority in parliament how is it looking and what is the reaction. well this really is uncharted territory for ukrainian politics with 80 percent of ballots now counted it looks like the linsky will indeed have that absolute majority will not have to form a coalition with anyone this is more power than any of his previous is this have ever had to give you a bit of a context here the nearest party the 2nd place parties own only about 12 percent selenski over 40 percent so it really is a story of zelinsky servant of the people party the newly founded party and all the rest and these are all new members of parliament not one of his new members of parliament has sat in parliament before there are people from all kinds of walks of life from chefs to journalists to fellow comedians from all of the ms lewinsky's comedy group so there really is a really mixed bag of new fa

that was nick connelly reporting from kiev prosecutors in the united states say soccer star cristiana rinaldo will not face criminal charges in a case of alleged rape or now though had been accused of sexually assaulting an american woman catherine mayorga in a las vegas hotel room back in 2009 he's always denied the allegations prosecutors said the sexual assault claims could not be proven beyond a reasonable doubt a civil case brought by mayorga that is still ongoing. at the world swimming championships in south korea and a p.t. has extended his dominance in the breaststroke event speedy took the gold medal in the 100 meters the british swimmer had broken his own world record in qualifying for this final and that we fell short of that time today he finished well clear of his rivals to claim a 3rd straight $100.00 metres world. title there you see 1st at the in their lanes for. power they say you're watching t w news line from berlin up next china rolls out its own tech stock index to rival the nasdaq that's next on business jeanette will be here with that stick around and she would

correspondent nick connelly visited the town and he spoke to ukraine's president brought to me as alinsky about his plans for bringing peace to his country. it's because people didn't push really distance because they don't see where mr president we've seen those sides and tried to back their positions and standard set of what the next steps to peace in this is . the next step will be further talks in man schools teach us as part of the trilateral contact group to agree on dismantling the concrete defenses in place on both sides. at the last meeting our side was ready to take everything down in the space of a day. we need everything we could to make that happen if. the other side told us they need 8 or 10 days to do the same. and we're waiting for a signal from their side ceased on the bill so it can happen simultaneously at the boys will see the next question will address i hope will be an exchange of prisoners of war i mean you it's a. schoolteacher who. wouldn't you say you want to engage with the ukraine slipping in separatist held territory i should be. going to try to. need to talk

victory by also getting a majority in parliament as ukrainians go to the polls on sunday but as nick connelly found when he went to the picturesque city of the vive so landscape isn't the only showbiz newcomer trying to shake up ukraine's politics. everything's going to be all right it's the hit that became a campaign slogan for. after 25 years on the stage and 10 albums ukraine's most famous rock singer is venturing out onto a new political stage as leader of a new party called force. sarver and the right to call myself a patriot and prove that i can protect the country from our enemies. in a crowded political scene starting from scratch promising to end the oligarchs stranglehold of ukraine's economy and stand up to russia. says his rivals a skid and plain 30. 2 year old faces of the old ukrainian politics we're not expecting this to be doing so well in the polls. so now they're throwing all they've gotten to discredit you know us and doing everything to stop us taking their power away from them. is a new face in ukrainian politics 3 of the scandals that dog most established politicians but

1st such move in years and is seen as a possible step towards building trust our correspondent nick connelly reports from there. 4 years have passed since this bridge was destroyed in fighting and the people it's the needs of the still clambering over its makeshift replacement thousands of them every day the separatists say they want the bridge rebuilt as it was wide enough for a tank to pass the ukrainian army countess insisting instead on a narrow replacement. nina city is one of the civilians living with the consequences of their failure to agree she and her husband anatoly live in separate is controlled territory but have a pension and the medicines need it depends on can only be connected from the government health side so once a month they cross the front line each visit is a no deal. that's not been the muscling of the last i was scared all the time on the bridge watch would have happened if someone had tripped while carrying me or you i had to take a tranquilizer but if you have more we should figure. nina didn't get a chance to elect ukraine's president to vote she would have had to

the 1st such agreement for years the w correspondent nick connelly was there and asked people for their thoughts on the new president's plans for peace. 4 years have passed since this bridge was destroyed in fighting and the people. are still clambering over its makeshift replacement thousands of them every day the separatists say they want the bridge rebuilt as it was wide enough for a tank to pass the ukrainian army counters insisting instead on a narrow replacement. is one of the civilians living with the consequences of their failure to agree she and her husband anatoly live in separate is controlled territory but her pension and the medicines nina depends on can only be collectively of more we should finish with. nina didn't get a chance to elect ukraine's president to vote she would have had to make several additional trips across the front line but she couldn't be happier with the result . we used to have. people are inpatient we were waiting for the elections our hopes were so high i cried when i saw the landscape you know gratian i just want this all to end as soon as possible

the 1st such agreement for years d w correspondent nick connelly was there and asked people for their thoughts on the new president's plans for peace. 4 years have passed since this bridge was destroyed in fighting and the people it's in need are still clambering over its makeshift replacement thousands of them every day the separatists say they want the bridge rebuilt as it was wide enough for a tank to pass the ukrainian army counters insisting instead on a narrow replacement. nina securing co is one of the civilians living with the consequences of their failure to agree she and her husband anatoly live in separate is controlled territory but her pension and the medicines nina depends on can only be connected from the government to health side so once a month they cross the front line each visit is an ordeal. that's now been the most valuable lesson i was scared all the time on the bridge what would have happened if someone had tripped while carrying me i had to take a tranquilizer video more we should finish with. nina didn't get a chance to elect ukraine's president to vote she wo

all right let's pull in our correspondent nick connelly he is in kiev this evening where that meeting between the e.u. and ukraine's new government is taking place good evening to you nic what do you make of president. sending out i guess a video of tweet if you will to russian president vladimir putin saying we need to talk what he make of that while bret he certainly has a talent for the political sound bite right this is a guy who spent most of his life in show biz and it shows i don't think in reality that this has all too much to do with the real nuts and bolts of diplomacy i can't see treason may joining joining president trump in minsk to talk with putin and selenski this was a message directed wholeheartedly at his domestic audience there's elections here in a couple of weeks' time and let's he want to show his audience not so he's wouldn't these voters many of whom a top of the wall that he's willing to throw all that diplomatic stuffy diplomatic protocol out of the window in search of peace but if you look into the small print he really isn't offering any 2 new he's not givi

connelly is in kiev and he joins us now for more so nick president selenski actually himself brought forward the timing of these elections just how confident is he that voters will hand his party more power. good morning mary when it seems if the polls it's believed that this gamble is paying off the latest polls gave his newly founded policy 7 to the people over 45 percent of popular support which if it turns out to be true would be more than any other you can present had picked up before him it looks like he'll be just short of an absolute majority which will allow his party to put legislation through ukraine's parliament the right on its own but it really seems like that strategy of really. working on his driving home his advantage while the honeymoon vote is that's been going on for the last few months now still in place that really is paying off and he looks set to win big well now own rise to power came of course off the back of him starring in a t.v. show and now apparently one of the candidates in this election is a musician a rock star is ukraine going for a new type of poli

nick connelly in kiev thanks so much.it's been 50 years since one of the defining events of the 20th century 1969 human beings 1st set foot on the moon the historic landing was watched on television by hundreds of millions of people around the world it's a spectacle the spectacle that many who saw it have never forgotten let's now relive some of the iconic moments. over. here wherever. that right. or am. i was in my grandmother's house all watching t.v. i watching these looked like something absolutely unknown something impossible. that. i was a my aunt who was born in 18 in 99. and she was sitting there with me watching a man land on the moon itself pretty amazing they didn't even have automobiles when she was born. my curly. steed was a pity it wasn't those russians but space travel was developing fast and it was clear to us that many countries would send their astronauts into space and when school. or. right. i fit. in of course it was a canucks a live event. i don't think of ever again sats awake in front of the telev

connelly is in kiev at zelinsky headquarters right now nick thanks for joining us polls are close we understand so what's the mood there. good evening michael well. it's an optimistic tone here at this lenski election policy but i would say the champagne is on ice because the 1st exit polls coming out suggesting that. selenski spotty 70 people is on around 44 percent so missing that all rights all out to majority which they had been working towards i think it's an indication of the kind of high flying ambition of this team that they you know not getting an outright majority it seems like a little bit of a disappointment even though this is more a strong parliamentary base than any of the ukrainian president that before him so he will have to look for coalition options and one of those people looks to be another showbiz import politics that's love ukraine's most famous singer who if these 1st exit polls it's believed has passed 5 percent and could just about if all works out give selenski those votes to get a 50 percent so what is the supporters anticipating right now they feel that e

that connelly joins us now with more on this story so nick it looks like his party will have an absolute majority in parliament how significant is this. this is big news we are in uncharted territory here. says of how this level of support in parliament yesterday evening the celebrations a bit muted does it look like even though he was on record breaking 4445 percent he would still need a coalition partner overnight the counting of the direct vote of the direct members of parliament has really swept his the tide of his party and he now has a real mandate to change this country just to give an indication the nearest place to party and 2nd place is not about 12 percent so this is really a story of. the rest and his gamble to pull for those elections while his poll ratings were flying high has paid off ok so he has the mandate but you know he's also made some really big pledges here. he's lacking a bit of experience so how do you see this playing forward. well obviously he and his team have shown that they are able to really pull off you know what was the impossible just a year ago he was s

connelly is in kiev and he joins us now from or so nick president selenski actually himself brought forward the timing of these elections just how confident is he that voters will hand his party more power. good morning mary when it seems if the polls it's believed that this gamble is paying off the latest polls gave his newly founded party 7 of the people over 45 percent of popular support which if it turns out to be true would be more than any other you can present had picked up before him it looks like he'll be just short of an absolute majority which will allow his party to put through ukraine's parliament the rada on its own but it really seems like that strategy overly. working on he's driving home his advantage while the honeymoon vote is that's been going on for the last few months now still in place that really is paying off and he looks set to win big. well now own rise to power came of course off the back of him starring in a t.v. show and now apparently one of the candidates in this election is a musician a rock star is ukraine going for a new type of politician. i think my end