i have you know political disagreements with but nicol pasha has done is turkey has turned someone like me a skeptic into a true believer because he has earned that respect for years and years i've seen him speak at parliament and say exactly the things that is on the minds of the average armenian he has he has despite my best efforts earned the respect earn my respect and has shown the kind of leadership that i think this country needs right now now mr passion man's appearance also changed quite a bit in the recent months he's now compared to give our a because of he's beer that he's. action from military fatigues but you can still find pictures on the internet of him being clean shaven and wearing a nice suit how much do you think that change in appearance contributed to to the rise in his popularity daz image matter at all that visual projection of his persona i mean let's be honest. is p.r. genius. the way he has portrayed himself not just as you know an m.p.

nicol pasha. the reforms they will they are ready for the long haul everyone understands here with all the conversations i've had over the past few days everyone understands the now's the time to roll up our sleeves and really get to the hard work no one expects armenia to change overnight and really that's an unrealistic expectation but people the important thing is that the average armenian use a real means to feel that tomorrow will be better than today and really that's not even about any concrete reforms that's really a psychological state and i think that's what this revolution has really brought to within their i mean people well the reason i'm asking this question is because for many of these changes to happen you will also have to make sacrifices for example armenia has a very huge foreign to you know to to to manage it you will have to kod the government spending perhaps make other painful sacrifices and i think you know human experience shows that people's resilience also has its limits

i'm sara kelly welcome to the program armenia's parliament has elected opposition leader nicole pasha young as prime minister it was the second vote. in as many weeks supporters have gathered outside of parliament in the capital. last week he came up eight votes short after the ruling republican party failed to support his candidacy. election comes after weeks of peaceful protests they forced the country's longtime leader to resign. and for more let's bring in correspondent nick connelly who is standing by with the latest from the capital so a big decision there for our mania tell us what's going on where you are and what it's likely to mean for the country. well despite a confession and having left the public square behind me several hours ago it's still very busy and very noisy even those only expected to return in the evening people out with their kids with their parents in their cars honking their horns there were even snow fights going on for quite some time after a lorry came down from the mountains laden with fresh snow this is a revolution that has lots of symbols hand gesture

i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program are many as parliament has just elected opposition leader nicole pasha jaan as prime minister it was the second vote in as many weeks supporters of posh and john gathered outside of the parliament in the capital ahead of the announcement last week he came up. eight votes short after the ruling republican party rejected his bed for office clashing yon's election room marks a significant change of power in the former soviet country and it comes after weeks of mass protests that plunge the country into crisis and force the country's longtime leader to resign. for more let's bring in correspondent nick connelly who is standing by with the latest from the capital and nic as you mentioned a big decision for our mania tell us what's going on because we can see the energy there on the streets behind you what is this likely to mean for the country. well sarah this is an extraordinary atmosphere here in downtown and maybe you can see behind me there's a still scale snow fight going on on the square now where he has already given speeches left now sports is just le

need votes from some republican party deputies to win the majority he needs opposition leader nicole pasha on has been facing questions about his vision of armenia's future i've gone from past medion to groom i mean you should eradicate the thirty percent poverty that is the most shameful thing there should be no poverty in armenia but that should be. not to charity but through putting people's best abilities to use i want to underscore that this movement is about the victory of the citizen our primary mission is to organize free and fair elections in armenia absence of which since one nine hundred ninety s. is at the base of the situation we're in now before we get to our guests let's take a look at how we got hits a month since nicole passion and announced his my step protest against government corruption on april the thirteenth weeks of protests began when thousands of supporters joined him in the capital yet of on on april the seventeenth said suggestion was appointed prime minister just eight days after ending ten years in power as president of the talks with sergei c.n.n. collapsed w

the prime minister amin is on the brink of ushering in a new leader or is it opposition leader nicole pasha yon became the sole candidate off to monday's deadline passed without any of the candidates registering the ruling republican party refused to name a candidate after the ousting of their long time need a prime minister and former president. republicans have dominated armenian politics since one thousand nine hundred nine but it's not guaranteed opposition leader passion man will become prime minister parliament could seek to hold his bid to end you'll need votes from some republican party deputies to win the majority he needs opposition even the call passion iran has been facing questions about his vision of armenia's future i've gotten past medion through i mean you should eradicate the thirty percent poverty that is the most shameful thing there should be no poverty in armenia but that should cheap be. not to charity but through putting people's best abilities to use i want to underscore that this movement is about the victory of the citizen our primary mission is to organize free a

armenia's parliament has elected opposition leader nicole pasha now as prime minister is election marksa significant change of power in the former soviet nation it comes after weeks of mass protests that plunged the country into crisis and it forced armenia's longtime leader to resign. it would second time lucky finical caution yon the man who spearheaded weeks of protest clinched the parliamentary majority he needed to become prime minister. republican lawmakers had blocked his initial bid last week but backed him this time around saying it was in the national interest. the former political prisoner and opposition leader's first address was to the point how to get legal or think a national id colleagues thank you for your votes and for your support i'd simply like to say the following i will serve the people of the republic of i mean i will serve the republican and am thank you very much goes elsewhere in the country's capital the result was greeted with jubilation i tens of thousands of people had gathered at republic square in central yet event to celebrate many here were heavily inv

now elsewhere opposition leader nicole pasha man has been confirmed as the new prime minister of armenia the supporters celebrating across the country by. thousands gathered in the central square vienna van hominess capital to greet the new d.n.a. premier parliament voted in favor of passion young following weeks of public protests demanding he get the country's top job handed saying he had initially been rejected by parliament last week sparking intensified demonstrations manx safely in his position he started to see former congratulations from foreign leaders. you know. finally football's biggest event kicks off in russia in just over a month's time the host nation is already getting into the spirit of the world cup because from march to the beginning of the tournament the fee for world cup football park is touring all the host cities this is can take part in master classes that attend the old autograph saying. and also practiced their penalty taking skills like to stop off on the tour has been the russian city of khazan among the businesses there was the former spanish defender michel

nicol pasha young as prime minister it was the second vote in as many weeks supporters of pashtun gathered outside of parliament in the capital gharib on ahead of the announcement last week he came up eight votes short after the ruling republican party rejected his bid for office his election marks a significant change of power in the former soviet country it comes after weeks of mass protests that plunged the country into crisis and forced the country's longtime leader to resign. and let's bring in correspondent nicholas connelly who is standing by with the latest from the capital and this is quite a big decision for our mania isn't it nic tell us what's going on and what it's likely to mean for the country good afternoon sara well just half an hour ago just behind me in the parliament. finally got those votes he needed he got ten votes from the ruling party votes they gave him with gritted teeth saying they were only doing this in the interests of national civility not because they supported him and not because they believed in his agenda after a week of uncertainty things end up going o

activists blocked major roads after parliament refused to accept the leader of the opposition nicole pasha yun as interim prime minister mcgovern was largely peaceful it followed weeks of on rast in armenia since former president serzh was appointed prime minister by his ruling party he had already served the maximum of two terms as president critics called the move unconstitutional and an attempt to cling to power a groundswell of public anger forced him to resign it will now be another attempt to elect an interim prime minister and break of the political deadlock next week if no candidate is successful elections will be held. by the fifo world cup trophy has arrived in russia ahead of football's biggest event which kicks off right here in moscow in six weeks time and the gold a trophy traveled to more than fifty countries before arriving in light of all stuck in russia's far east it will now visit eight other cities and finish its trip here in moscow. also on tour across russia is our own legend of the game former manchester united goalkeeper peter schmeichel he is in sought for his late

crisis last month after mass protests forced long time leader says sarkozy to preside protest leader nicol pasha has emerged as the top candidate to lead the government passion young makes his second attempt today for the job he came up short last week after the ruling republican party blocked his bid for all. i see as being at the forefront of a mini is political on breath. meeting mass protests across the capital yeah. even full swing the country's prime minister to resign. last week nick called pushing me and was expecting to be appointed to the top job but he was close by the ruling party you know with. his supporters were furious. and devastated. one day later and apparently you turned it seemed the way he had been cleared for him to become prime minister after all. there was a meeting of the republican party they said that in the coming elections they would support the people's candidate. i. fishing in the so-called people's candidate cooled off the demonstrations demonstrations that improved yaron ban to a complete standstill. if parliament does choose him as prime minister later today wi

to the streets of the armenian capital of europe on to join a general strike opposition leader nicole pasha urged his supporters to bring the country to a standstill after he failed to secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister bashing on was the only candidate and had expected a different result. this is not how the vote was expected to go. was full of enthusiasm and high expectations tens of thousands had come to catch the moment their protest leader became prime minister. then excitement gave way to sorrow i was really good and i'm going to do we have to win we can't go on like this anymore you know not only nationally this is our life they don't have the right to rule that if we don't want then they mislead all the people out here everyone and they have to trade us. wasn't us on that you they are i mean is ruling republican party a lot of my that after a day long session in parliament the writing was on the wall eventually the votes were two. of the republicans would not back the opposition leader to take the reins and angry nicole pushing him walked out to be with his s

now armenia's opposition leader nicole pasha neon has been elected by the parliament as new prime minister after weeks of anti-government protests the demonstrations were sponsored by the decision to appoint the former president's surge surrogate seann as the prime minister well the outcry for circassians resignation last month and the protests is didn't leave seeking the appointment of their lead. as prime minister we can go live now to jerez and ask first one and robin first and robin it just seems to be a c.e.o. of a pretty euphoric people behind you says pleased they at the news. just to experience it and you could feel that. you could probably hear that they broke. because this is a constant this is a. party that's taking place in the center of the public square and everybody waiting. to appear on stage as you address the. parliament i just a few minutes ago when we. got the majority that he was looking for. the republican party that is approved being here for the past to get. to sleep. the other week. and. now the republican party has. the power. it was expected that they would they

started blocking roads to the capital after the pollen projected a bid by the opposition leader nicole pasha neon to become prime minister hoshyar has called for a nationwide strike he's led weeks of anti-government protests that forced the former prime minister to step down. and two suicide bomb attacks at a mosque in the northeast of nigeria have killed at least twenty seven people no group has claimed responsibility in the state of our time our. now the u.k.'s breaks it secretary is insisting the british government won't agree to an e.u. proposal which could see northern ireland subject to different customs arrangements to the rest of the u.k. david davis says the e.u. has wrongly interpreted an agreement reached in december between london and dublin and brussels. northern ireland we clearly it's highly controversial we stand by the words used in the joint or in december but we think we don't agree with the commission's interpretation of that we think what they have proposed is something that in the words of the prime minister nobody could agree to affect the division of the kingdom down

taken to the streets of the armenian capital yet avant to join a general strike opposition leader nicole pasha yon urchins supporters to bring the country to a standstill after a failed to secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister was the only candidate and he had expected a different result. hangry opposition leader nicole push union calls for must civil disobedience earlier after a day long session in parliament the votes just didn't stock up for him the ruling republican party was not prepared to let him become prime minister. with a new day push union supporters heeded his call they started blocking some of the main thoroughfares in the capital here over thousands of people were back on the streets here and in other cities. two weeks ago no one thought this was possible but the people of on the nia took to the streets for nico because they believe in him we want i want the creche in this country we don't want to be ruled by just thirty people who are gaining all the power all the money of the country and we want to have the pressure want to all work to be our. poll questio

new prime minister the opposition leader nicole paasschen yun has led weeks of protests that forced longtime leaders to resign after a round of questions pasha can either be voted in or the parliament can call a snap election robin for a city walker has the latest now from the out out of. nicol passion yan has been speaking inside the parliament their m.p. said that there's enough of them to votes that would make his nomination go forward to prime minister provides that he can get enough votes a majority and he needs at least six republicans they are the governing party to come on inside and support him he has the rest of the political factions in parliament the question now is whether the republicans are willing to do what the country demands of them we have seen tens of thousands of people again back on the streets in the city center of yet if more than i've seen all week but huge numbers today and they expect an outcome and they are ready to celebrate because they anticipate that nicole passion yan will be this country's next prime minister and if that happens he will form a transitional government and he will hope to be able to make chan

could be set to end the country's ruling party has said it is ready to back opposition leader nicole pasha mean for the post of prime minister if he keeps the support is off the streets the climbdown comes off to mass protests in support of passion which brought parts of the country to a standstill. film director roman polanski has been expelled from the academy of motion picture arts and sciences more than forty years after he admitted having unlawful sex with a thirteen year old girl the organization that awards the oscars also voted on thursday to oust comedian bill cosby convicted on three counts of aggravated indecent assault a week ago. reporting the facts the battle for and against that right is fiercer than ever on this world press freedom day a show of solidarity from all of us to our fellow journalist punished for pursuing the truth and recognition. of those who will not be silenced this year's d.w. press freedom award goes to a professor in iran since to prison for simply talking to us i'm bored golf in berlin this is the day. i am. dead. right now to nut is that there is not a

the wrong question to ask because it's really not a matter of time as long as the people trust nicol pasha. the reforms they will they are ready for the long haul everyone understands here with it with all the conversations i've had over the past few days everyone understands the now's the time to roll up our sleeves and really get to the hard work no one expects armenia to change overnight and really that's an unrealistic expectation but people the important thing is that the average armenian needs a real to feel that tomorrow will be better than today and really that's not even about any concrete reforms that's really a psychological state and i think that's what this revolution has really brought within their means. people well the reason i'm asking this question is because for many of these changes to happen you will also have to make sacrifices for example armenia has a very huge for and you know to to manage it you will have to cut the government spending you will perhaps make other painful sacrifices and i think you know human experience shows that people's resilience also has its l

reinvent the wheel here really all it takes is some basic political will and i think that's what nicol pasha now represents and that's what nicholas archons governments was going to enact now i know you've written and i couldn't make paper on the so-called political regimes which appeared to some democratic practices but. while also sticking to the autocratic governance when it comes to their political and economic institutions and i think there is a widespread belief in the west that once you take a corrupt or an autocratic leader out of power then democracy is sort of naturally blossoms is that what you expect to happen in armenia no because i don't think that democracy is necessarily a linear thing i think what i tried to show my paper is that this hybrid state of not quite a talker see and not quite democracy can actually be a stable form of government but actually in that same paper. model that is presented shows that there are pathways to overcoming this hybrid regime and specifically happens at a point when civil society and political opposition join forces and actually that's exactly