petero poroshenko is claiming that he is the n president of ukraine.nd says he hopes to bring peace with russian separatists. results are not out yet, but exit polls after sunday's election suggests the billionaire won 56% of the vote. results from the european election shows far right and eurosceptic party made big gains. >>> the king of thailand endorsed the army chief who led the military coup last week. the royal seal of approval means he has formal status as head of the ruling military council. >>> pope francis is in israel on the final leg of his 3-day middle east tour, a fourth catholic church leader to visit. pope paul was the first in 1964. pope john paul was there in 2000. the last trip was years ago. he made a stop at the separation wall dividing israel and the occupied territories. it was a gesture. the pope invited the palestinian and israeli presidents. we have followed the pope's progress. what are the pope's plans for today? >> hi there. well, the pope already has gone meet with the grand mufti of jerusalem. he is inside. he is visiting

petero poroshenko is app oligarch. they are the people that vladimir putin and the people right-hand him understand. they know how to get along. they understand oligarchs, they made the oligarchs in so many parts of that part of the world. petero poroshenko clearly has a heads up on virtually every other person in that part of the world to deal with vladimir putin. what is interesting is the election in the other half of western europe. there we have europe swept by the right-wing. that's interesting. the right-wing is clearly taking over the european parliament this time around. so this is a map who can -- man who can clearly deal with that aspect of europe. he's a capitalist. that's how he made his money. we have a capitalist who can deal with we were europe and an oligarch who can deal with the russians. >> but will he report him and the outcome of the vote. >> he said that the previous president is the president. he said he will meet and talk with workcover the ukrainian people choose. again, as i said many times,

lavrov says on tuesday a visit by petero poroshenko is not considered. how do you react to that? >> i think petero poroshenko was asked whether he'd go to moscow or brussels, he gave the right answer. he said he'll go to donetsk, to the south-east, taking care of the issues and problems in ukraine. he'll, i am sure, find time, and go to brussels. i imagine he'll be welcomed. >> let's hope he succeeds. tens of millions of ukrainians suffering through a terrible economy, and we see people dying every day. as always, good to have you on the show. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >>> egypt goes to the polls. what the outcome means? >>> america grap s with a new mental health proposal in california to help stop the violence. >> what do you think? if i told you that a free ten-second test could mean less waiting for things like security backups and file downloads you'd take that test, right? well, what are you waiting for? you could literally be done with the test by now. now you could have done it twice. this is awkward. check your speed. see how fast y

petero poroshenko said that he has a plan. he needs to say that to ukrainians. how workable it is, we'll have to see. overall, he says it will improve the economy, lure them back, giving amnesty to separatists, as long as they put down weapons. if they don't. we'll fight against them, using the ukranian army. they hope as soon as the election is done, the european union, america, will give broad support and say it was a clean, fair election, once they acknowledge the election, they believe that russia will have to do so and maybe that will get mr vladimir putin, the president of russia to stop interfering in eastern ukraine. >> joining us live from kiev, dana lewis. >>> it's a big electoral weekend in egypt where voters are choosing a new president. retired military chief abdul fatah al-sisi is leading the polls, saying the ties with the u.s. will get stronger once the elections are over. he led an ore throughof mohamed mursi last july. since then he has imprisoned hundreds of muslim brotherhood, which is where we find three al jazeera journalists spending 148th

in many ways, petero poroshenko is someone who is palatable to the voters. he represents a lot of things that have been here, in terms of the economic union with europe, his ability that they believe he can stand up strongly, proudly and take on russia, and deal with the insecurity. when the early exit polls came out, it's clear the choice that they made - 55.9% in one exit poll in terms of voters that rallied behind him. another giving him 57%. his nearest rival had 12%. it was a landslide victory. he stood up and declared himself to be the new president here, and promised, i guess, three things - quickly - he'll move close to europe quickly, he will deal with the insecurity, meaning he'll build up the army and said to russia "it's time to start talking and talking to him." >> the thing that - if you want to have a dialogue, that will be a direct dialogue with a legitimate president, just to solve the long list of problem we have between our countries. >> reporter: we visited a polling place today, and i was struck by the number of people that came out to t

the latest polls show pro-european billionaire petero poroshenko with a decisive lead. he appears to have more than 55% of the total vote, and that is ahead of his competitors by more than 40%. >>> plus, pope francis is in jerusalem after an historic trip to the birthplace of jesus christ. the pontiff held a mass in bethlehem outside the church of nativity. later he made is a surprise visit to the wall separating bethlehem and jerusalem, and invited both presidents to the vatican. >>> it is sunday night and time for a look at "the week ahead". tonight a look at the egypt presidential elections. there are two candidates competing in the first vote since the ousting of mohamed mursi. many are looking to them for leadership. questions remain as to whether the elections will, in fact, be free and fair. we begin with this report from courtney kealy. >> reporter: for abdul fatah al-sisi, who formally retired from the army to stand for election, victory is a certainty. security concerns kept the former general and defence minister from making personal campaign appearances arou

on the last day of the campaign petero poroshenko already talking like ukraine's leader. he's the candyman, the king of chocolate stores and factories, who unlike many businessmen seem to have built the empire in an honest and transparent way. crisscrossing the country, he promised it all. saying he will rebuild the economy and turn ukraine away from russia. and security - he'll rebuild the army to deal with separatists who refuse to lay down lessons. he tells us amnesty for some, not all. >> we have talks with people in the street, the terrorists. >> people are on the street on the east. we are willing to have a talk. people with their arms - not. >> petero poroshenko has somehow emerged unscathed from a lopping history of politics, a former minister. when the violent demonstrations broke out in kiev, he was one of the first officials to go to the street, and supported these fighting for change. he publicly denounced corruption and interference and doesn't rule out ukraine one day joining nato. >> if insecurity rises up, if instability doesn't stop after presidential ele

petero poroshenko running as an independent. former prime minister julia tymoschenko and tomorrower defense minister from the pro-european party civil position. dana lewis joins us from kiev. there has been security concerns, especially in the east where the voting process has been disrupted, sometimes violently. what happened? >> well, john henry, it has gone pretty much as everyone expected in eastern ukraine, not as everyone hoped for. that means that the gunman, the separatists were largely successful in closing a lot of polling stations. some of the initial figures from the government here is that seven out of 22 polling stations were only open in donetsk, and two out of 12 in lugansk. they were able to harass people at gunpoint, threaten people and took some of the voting boxes out of one polling station and destroyed them. threw a hand grenade in another. foreign journalist came under attack. a french journalist wounded in the leg at a checkpoint. we are told that an italian journalist near slovyansk was fired upon at a c

. >> petero poroshenko is a ukranian billionaire. most of his fortune made in chocolate. he has business interests in russia, and a reputation for prague mettism and deal making. me talked about engaging with russia to find a solution in ukraine. >> stopping the war and bringing the peace to ukraine, and stability on the eastern part of ukraine. that would be impossible without participation of russian representatives. >> in moscow, russia's foreign ministers promise that russia will support petero poroshenko as he tries to make a deal. >> we expect him to act in the interests of the entire ukranian people. >> if russia keeps the promise, it may be a big if, ukraine may be starting down a path towards a return of stability. >> back with us on the set. what does petero poroshenko do now. what are the first stets. >> two important meetings. he'll meet president obama in europe, when he is in europe for the d-day anniversary. the second, with the russian leadership. that will take place, the first part of june. we don't have a date. what will he talk about. there are hints t

people with arms - not. >> petero poroshenko is somehow emerging unscathed from a history of politics. he's a government minister including trade and foreign averages. when violent demonstrations broke out. he was one of the first to go to the street. he supported those fighting. he publicly denounced russia and interference and doesn't rule out ukraine joining n.a.t.o. if the security is rising up. if the instability will not stop after presidential election, who knows, maybe we should make these decisions. >> ukrainians are in no mood for false promises, whoever wins has russia to deal with. the demonstrators want a massive government overhaul and will not wait long. at this camp they honour those killed by police bullets. this was the first gunned down in violence. this weekend his father visited the tent where he lived. he said "i didn't want him to be here. he said he would pay until victory or pay with his life.". >> his close friend warned petero poroshenko must deliver or demonstrations will begin again. he predicted there'll be more violence. that literally puts ukraine's nex

it's been five days after a victory, and petero poroshenko, the elected prime minister, is facing his first major test. >> reporter: yes. these are brave words from the president-elect, petero poroshenko, who said that he will continue with the military offensive against the separatist viters in donetsk, and the people's republic. it's clear now, that the fighters reinforced with weapons and ammunition and they have their hands on sophisticated weapons. >> as fighting intensified on the eastern front. a show of force in donetsk. a column of heavily armed fighters deployed to the biggest city to shore up defenses. >> the biggest blow came in the city of slovyansk, 160km from the russian border, where a shoulder-launched surface to air missile brought down a military helicopter. among the 14 soldiers killed - a senior army general, a high-ranking casualty in the uprising. in donetsk office workers were forced out of a building by a large force of fighters, including scores of chechen volunteers. >> we were told there were marr aweders, we came to clear out the building. within minutes t

petero poroshenko, a former economy minister was far ahead in the opinion polls and could win outright with 50% of ballots cast on sunday. the challenges the next president faces are enormous, fixing an economy, fighting corruption and closer times with europe. russia annexed crimea and its citizens. men in fatigues bearing knives visited this school in lugansk, and told the principal that voting should be stopped. window were broken. ballots were taken away by separatist fighters. there are places in the east where election observers will not go. the head of the big mission says their work was critical. >> this is not for us to ascertain the validity or legitimacy of the elections. our role is to observe the process. we will do so except in a few areas. >> whatever the voters decide, and whatever the observers say the crucial voice may be the one in the kremlin. russian president vladimir putin will respect the outcome. many have their doubts. >> we'll can go live to nick schifrin. from your report there's an array of candidates. what are they campaigning on? is it a matter of whether

petero poroshenko is coming into the top job as ukraine's government promises to consider the photo against pro-russian separatists. we have a report from slovyansk, where the situation is tense and dangerous. >> reporter: it's these me the president-elect vowed to punish, the contight of fighters defending slovyansk against kiev's assault, who brought down a military helicopter with the service-air missile killing soldiers and a general. within minutes of the team arriving. seven more tar shells were fired. above the barricades, the flags of russia and their self-declared republic. the fighters are becoming battle hardened. they built bunkers, they can take shelters when the mortars rain down. the families here are most at risk. the russians said that the ukranian government in its latest military offensive is breaking the geneva convention, failing to protect the lives of civilians. evidence here that the more tar barrages are random, not aimed at targets. this is a maternity hospital. the nurses showed me the deadly shrapnel blown through the wards after an attack on thursday night. it w

and polls suggest that the new president will be petero poroshenko, a billionaire chocolatier, serving as economy and foreign minister. he said he wants to stablilize the economy and provide jobs and get closer to europe. >> let's go to hoda abdel-hamid, who is live in the north-west of donetsk. what is the turn out so far in that area, given the threat of violence by pro-russian groups? >> reporter: well, we don't have an official number, but you can see the polling station is empty. there's more journalists than voters. there has been a few trickle in. it's the same in another polling station that we went to visit. the answer is there has been so much violence in the days leading up to this presidential election, that those who wanted to vote and cast ballots probably got scared. i mean, there has been a lot of threats. some of the election commissioners have been abducted. a lot of ballot boxes were destroyed in front of everybody. for example, in the center of donetsk. certainly a lot of apprehension here and people prefer to stay home. >> that being the case, how fair do you think

the man expected to be named president, petero poroshenko, compares the fighters in the east to somali fighters, outlaws that can't be invited to the negotiating table. he will make his first trip to the troubled eastern regions, and will talk with russia, many of whom accuse of supporting the fighting there, in early june. >> e.u. heads of states are due to meet in brussels to discuss the results of the european elections. there was a surge for euro skeptics. they were beaten in the vote. he says that the e.u. has become too remote and complex. >> translation: i will rereform at the european council that the priority is growth, employment. europe is illegible. i'm aware it's remote and incomprehensible. this cannot continue. europe has to be simple, clear to be effective where it is needed and withdraw from where it is not necessary. >> a national front leader has been holding a press conference in paris. her party securing the best result. she has strongly criticised closer european integration. >> a sat jpic mass - that is how pope francis described the sexual abuse of children by p

. >>> petero poroshenko is claiming victory in ukraine's presidential election. results are not out, but it is suggested that the billionaire won 56% of vote. he promised to make peace with russian separatists, reform the economy and fight corruption. >> a fire in a bus terminal killed six people, starting in a site close to the stays. 27 people were injured. most of those killed were construction workers. >>> thailand's military chief that led the army coup received the royal family endorsement. prayuth chan-ocha is now head of the military council. >> general prayuth chan-ocha is the head of thailand, after a ceremony giving him royal endorsement. there's a long road ahead of reform, and the ultimate goal is still to bring the country back to democracy, but there are many steps in the progress. the anti-coup movement that we saw grow on sunday, he said he'll crack down on that if this continues. we are in the attorney-general's building, because the leader of the anti-government movement has been released from detention by the military, processed here for charg

. >>> billionaire petero poroshenko declares himself the victor in ukraine's elections. >>> the popeorks on middle east peace. comments on palestine triggers controversy. >>> president obama makes a surprise rip to afghanistan, thank -- trip to afghanistan thanking the troops for their service >>> a positive otalk

. >>> petero poroshenko claims victory in the presidential election. results are not out. exit polls suggests the billionaire wants 56% of the vote. >>> a fire at a bus terminal in south korea's capital killed six the the fire started close to the station and spread. 27 people were injured. most killed were construction workers. >>> thailand's army chief received the royal family's official endorsement. the head of the ruling military council - scott heidler with more from bangkok. >> prayuth chan-ocha is the head of thailand. he says there's a long road ahead of reform, and still it will bring the country back to democracy, he mentioned that the anti-coup movement we saw grow on sunday, that he'll have to crack down on that if it continues. we are in the attorney-general's building, because the leader of the anti-government movement has been processed for four charges of insure ection and will go on to criminal court. some cabinet members and the military party have been released. we don't know the fate of the pro-government grouch that were holding -- group that were hol

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