poroshenko. with mr. zelenskiy what we have now is it's well-documented fact that he's a business partner of one of those oligarchs. it's also change a a pattern tt for the first time the previous two president were oligarchs in their own right, this one is actually not an oligarch. there is reason to believe the money he made were made in the context of you can conditions of ukraine are very transparent and honest way. what that means is that most likely we have return to the model that was under -- in the 1990s with the president becomes to be an arbiter, to be someone who was involved different oligarch groups and tries to make their interest somehow work together for the benefit of the state. the big question is whether someone who has no political experience really can manage that. but that's the biggest challenge that not only mr. zelenskiy but also ukraine faces at this point. there is also talk that while -- something probably mr. zelenskiy will be a a weak president, the is a chance for reforming

but i'm very keen for poroshenko he's professional a true statesman of loss that. petro poroshenko has been tarnished by allegations of corruption but he's keen to play up his role or know why to stage with the ability of people we made great progress in integration into the family of european nations we have done everything possible to strengthen our transatlantic integration i reforms are not finished yet and we will not allow anyone to stop them my mother with this emotionally. diverting the president went on to an easter mass but poroshenko his days in office look to be numbered. 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 insurgen

things that poroshenko stands for which is when the line ukraine has been following since the events in mind done in february two thousand and fourteen so it is an affair a repudiation of that policy and you're perfectly correct if those millions of ukrainians who are now in russia had been able to vote they wouldn't probably vote even more for selenski and poroshenko share of the vote would have been even less in radio is going to you in london it is quite remarkable image still could happen but it was remarkable that you didn't have tory and nuland visiting during this election here i mean there was no overt western support of puerto shank oh though he was their candidate when he ran the first time go ahead in london. well that's very true i do agree with you but i think the last one scandal with the defense procurement scared out of americans from being involved in supporting the support of junko and so we know when for misters it is key first of all is the. corruption scandal related to the defense procurements related to the son of the close of business partner mr poroshenko and

petro poroshenko has been tarnished by allegations of corruption but he's keen to play up his role i know why the stage with the ability of people we made great progress in integration into the family of european nations we have done everything possible to strengthen our transatlantic integration our reforms are not finished yet and we will not allow anyone to stop them my mother with a similar sleep. after voting the president went on to an easter mass but poroshenko his days in office look to be numbered. 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 nothi

so you see petro poroshenko is saying that once you take over ukraine and selenski will not be able to withstand this so this is his message then as you mentioned. he is a comedian and is an actor and three and a half years ago. a show that nobody had ever seen in ukraine appeared on t.v. . played the part of just an ordinary teacher of history at school who all of a sudden becomes president just because he's sick of everything and the reason why many people are voicing voting for him because for them that they see it as this is a dream come true as. such as a sort of a concept why don't we give it a try because he's seen as someone with no political experience whatsoever and what mr once is to completely get rid of the old political elite he introduced his team last night and there were no familiar faces pretty much whatsoever. what he also wants to do is to prosecute the people from the previous government he's openly saying this even once them to be in jail if they're proved to be criminals and this is the point he kept on making during the debates. over to you which is first of all

debates on the stage will come back to that a bit later debates between the current president petro poroshenko and the comedian both dimmers and then scale let's focus on the turnout a little bit it is quite good roughly the same as in the first round so we are expecting probably a bit more than sixty five percent of the people eligible to vote. we were hoping that roughly the same number will cast their ballots this is a runoff because there was no clear winner in the first round. was a bit more than thirty percent and sixteen percent somewhat like that for petro poroshenko the current president and by three pm it was clear that almost a half of the voters came to the polling stations which is five minutes before they close again and rather good result petro poroshenko who was relying a lot on the anti russian sentiment and nationalist sentiments he called on all voters to show up in ukrainian national shirts known as. however he

as the country goes to the polls president poroshenko has ramped up a scare campaign with the bank at its center. one of the holes in the plan of one of the oligarchy is to get the bank back in case i lose the election yes you can see they can't wait and they have already started realizing this scheme you know scam is a threat to tens of millions of clients who could lose their money it risks default in a new economic crisis for the entire country. color moyse he was a political ally of president poroshenko until a falling out in two thousand and fifteen which resulted in poroshenko dismissing him from the position of the governor of an eastern ukrainian province. just a year later the ukrainian government launched fraud accusations and nationalized the bank. of court ruled on thursday that the nationalization was illegal ukraine central bank said it will appeal the decision over to our correspondent in ukraine it colony and nick i think it's really interesting that this bank is actually one of the biggest supporters of this comedian voted mr lecky could that pose a problem for him. g

ukraine's next president voting stations are open in today's runoff election incumbent president petro poroshenko faces below them years a landscape a comedian who played a president on television now and you do it for real. thanks for joining us more than one hundred thirty people have been killed in explosions at hotels and churches and sri lanka at least six blasts have been reported in the capital colombo the town of no go and go and the eastern town of budget koloa the explosions went off simultaneously a church in colombo was one of the buildings hit other targets were high and hotels several foreigners are reported to be among the dead. and more details on this develop. story i'm joined now by. kara head of the institute of national security studies in colombo sri lanka mr of a good mystic kara you witnessed one of the attacks today you were inside one of the targeted hotels when it all happened can you tell us about what you saw. the attack was addition. to five first blast went off and this was at the breakfast area on the third floor where the blast went off because it was so many peopl

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 top job voting now taking off a bit most people seemingly having posted already in the earl

and a stadium in kiev is staging and election debates as president poroshenko battled it out on stage with a comic actor. to take the top job in sunday's runoff vote next. week. the u.n. its government in libya accuses france of supporting the rebels and cooperation with paris france the violence in the north african nation intensifies with hundreds of the past few weeks. here in moscow and you're watching on t.v. international live from last week it with meaning to welcome to the program. after a two year investigation and almost nonstop media coverage of the so-called russia gate scandal the heavily redacted men of reporters finally sorted it out the document reveals there was no cooperation between donald trump and the american with the russians in the twenty sixteen presidential election. the special counsel's report states that his quote investigation did not establish that members of the trump campaign conspired or coordinated with the russian government in its election interference activities and donald trump isn't off the hook in the eyes of the democrats and media the u.s. ho

absolutely i mean it is not over there is still is known a second round mr poroshenko knows ukrainian politics very well he's got all the leavers that he can press paul president of ukraine he has massive resources behind him and of course he's also now maneuvering selenski into a t.v. debate where he will probably as the more experienced candidate hope to win points against selenski nonetheless the fact remains that selenski has polled almost twice as many votes as aura shanker he's riding the rejectionist the anti-establishment vote in ukraine and on li which you sought that the people who voted for the surge and forced candidates mrs to machine co and mr boyd call are more likely to support him in the second round so i think it would be an upset a major upset if selenski doesn't win but the problem is it's all very well to say you know that he's this populist candidate who's winning because he is against things i think the problem is given the problems of ukraine what you need is not someone who is just you know a vote because he's a negative you need a somebody who has a sort of m

something else that petro poroshenko is doing is trying to make the voters associate mr selenski with an all the guard who actually owns the t.v. channel where most of these alinsky shows are run now if we look at the media and himself as he said he starred in and he played the part of the president and you t.v. show that appeared in ukraine three and a half years ago and this is playing the part of an ordinary schoolteacher of history who all of a sudden becomes president because he hates everything that's happening in the country and because the population hates that too and for many people in ukraine the reason why they're voting for is lenski is the concept let's give it a try let's make this dream come true a person was no experience in politics let's just at least give them the opportunity to try and get rid of the old political elite and this is the cards that he's playing he's saying that he won't have any of the portugal people in the new government if he wins and he in fact promises to start legal cases not only against the people in government right now but maybe even petro

can see those pictures there he's the man who's been long tipped to dethrone ukraine's president poroshenko and he's giving his first statement as you can see in his camp and we will obviously keep you updated with all the exit polls as the results come through on both sides of the camp. the first exit polls. i have just been released as i mentioned before they say the act a lot to me is the lens he has the advantage putting him out for a seventy two point seven percent of the vote the incumbent president petro poroshenko is on twenty seven point three percent at this moment these are only indications i must stress that and the official declaration is not due for several hours now. there will be no speeches i just want to see you i want to thank my appearance. it's for their support but silly. for. going through this i would like to think my wife. will be at that point. we will not and. patience because you fully as she heard them and all those things they said about me during the campaign she would have married me i would like to think my ian laws my children my entire family and mind you

in ukraine now incumbent president petro poroshenko job is on the line today and the country's presidential runoff as opponent is will load and there is a lengthy a comic actor who plays a fictional president in a popular t.v. show polling stations will be open until early evening with preliminary results expected a few hours later reelection opinion polls show the landscape with a big lead over incumbent president poroshenko. today's election comes with the conflict in ukraine's eastern donbass region still unresolved after five years of fighting and the war played a big role in the presidential campaign. and in eastern ukraine for the past five years many have moved away yet children still live here. as i did when i was shooting we go to the changing room in the kindergarten because it has no windows we sit next to the locus and waits for it to stop and listen to what was washed off. just don't feel stupid we aren't supposed to pick up anything suspicious because when you turn on the steamer it could explode. and kill us through. neverland's because held by the ukrainian military the sepa

polls a comic a lot of mirrors in lenski has secured a massive lead over incumbent president petro poroshenko has voted to send a strong message to the countries that ruling class. a series of deadly explosions interline can reportedly killed at least two hundred seventy people and injured hundreds more the targets were hotels and churches as the island's christian minority celebrating easter sunday. and in the week's main stories from our team there was no clues in between donald trump and russia as the report finally publishes its conclusions. it's nine o'clock here in moscow and you're watching the weekly on international with me in india today welcome to the program from winning viewers to winning a voters exit polls in ukraine suggest a political newcomer known only for playing a president in a t.v. sitcom is in line to get the job for a real volodymyr is a landscape is so secure an assailable leader of incumbent petro poroshenko who has already conceded defeat well across the election with us now are you have been following this and if we start with the polls they said zelinsky would tr

but i'm very keen for poroshenko he's professional a true statesman of loss that. petro poroshenko has been tarnished by allegations of corruption but he's keen to play up his role i know why this stage. it was a little cheer for me but we made great progress in integration into the family of european nations we have done everything possible to strengthen our transatlantic integration our reforms are not finished yet and we will not allow anyone to stop them from i am a little bit semantically. after hurting the president went on to an easter mass but perishing because days in office look to be numbered. 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

end of march two remaining candidates are villota mears a landscape a television star and petro poroshenko the incumbent president now so let's is the front runner he won the first ballot with more than thirty percent of the vote he's a comedian with no political experience but he's put forward very few policy. proposals his willingness to speak both ukrainian and russian has brought him a lot of support in the countries mainly russian speaking east meantime petro poroshenko a businessman from the confectionery industry and he's one of ukraine's wealthiest people he was elected in a snap vote after former pro russian president viktor yanukovych was toppled in the twenty fourteen might on revolution his reputation as a reformer has been damaged as corruption 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 sara well i t

played a president on television now he's one for real after incumbent petro poroshenko conceives the. thanks for joining us we start in sri lanka where world and religious leaders have condemned a devastating wave of easter sunday bombings at least two hundred seven people were killed and hundreds more wounded luxury hotels and churches were targeted police say most of the eight bombings appear to have been suicide attacks the government has blamed religious extremists but so far no group has claimed responsibility. so hospital in the capital colombo was overwhelmed people brought in victims any way they could to. the outside shock and disbelief at the scale of the violence. no one expected easter sunday to end in this way i heard the explosion and then the roof fell on us we took the children and run out but when i came to the hospital i saw my brother in law and some on the ground. among the buildings hit the five star shangri-la hotel in colombo. many had been enjoying a special easter break first when the blast went off. it was one of several luxury hotels and a church targeted i

trailing in second place ahead of the second vote poroshenko has been calling on his rival to hold a public debate so let's get it in one condition though a drug test both candidates invited journalists and photographers to the pre-debate giving in to trying to report. they counted on him gave him all kind of help and thought he'd take the x. soviet republic somewhere new the result roughly eighty five percent of ukraine voters want to show petro poroshenko the door the western establishment is baffled for them choosing between someone as hated today as the chocolate king person co and funny guy of all of them are zelinsky aka is a president is a tough one backing the winner of raw. and one who has no political background at all is like opening pandora's box well look at who he's been destroying with jokes for years the names are all they're way behind him now how's that for a political background. and we did you know. we will bring back crimea. and we can use this one. what about his own sitcom launched in two thousand and fifteen selenski character just a school teacher on a fast t

kevin it is still happening and we cannot say for sure we can not be certain that it is petro poroshenko the current president he's going to make it in the second round because the margin of course it isn't that tight but there's still a difference of about two or three percent but by the looks of it yes it will be dimmer zelinsky and petro poroshenko and guess why a comedian is almost. two times more votes than the incumbent president it's because this is ukraine this is how things may happen in this country because the elections there are always something special and first of all you've got to think why and how mr poroshenko got into power that was an immediate result of the so-called revolution where people wanted radical change people really wanted him to put his hopes on mr poroshenko with their hope sorry and he couldn't deliver on the promises that he made yes some significant things happened in the country people now have the opportunity to go to europe for nineteen days without getting a visa he gave the craney an orthodox church independence from the moscow patriarchate but the

to a holes in ukraine this friday ahead of sunday's presidential runoff pitching in common petro poroshenko. i guesss not a missile in ski i comedian with no political experience. well early this evening the two candidates held an extraordinary stadium debate whether paspalum topics including the lack of political experience campaign promises. the one year old. trains told told the stones it down to something is a long shot he soon overtook more experience candidates amid frustration. as was done rest in the country is here both of the candidates speaking idea.. i'm not a politician. i am not a politician a soul. i'm just a human being. and the only human being. who has come to break this system? william the results. true or the x. you *-*-. i am the results of your mistakes and promises. this is true and you know it's today we see just a beautiful candy wrapper expensive bright. in which everyone sees whatever they want to see. how i is hee going to fulfill te functions of commander in chief? your team has already said that you are starting a young fighter course. it is a good thing to do.

mistakes like making a ton of promises you can't keep petro poroshenko came to power after the mud on revolution he was loved in america and europe ukraine was then desperate for a strong new leader what did the people hope to get from mr poroshenko a country with no corruption less poverty a proper alliance with nato and the you and to the civil war in ukraine's east at holdman abroad he lost a lot of support by failing at all that was probably one exception ukrainians can stay in the you for ninety days without a visa the president did his best to cut off all possible ties with russia and that was the essence of his campaign has been waging a hybrid war against a country for five years and crane is under the threats of fools going to war with russia the tactic did really work in the country where millions still speak russian and have relatives there it looks like it probably won't help mr poroshenko in the runoff either almost fifteen percent is just too big of a margin even in round one all the hugs and kisses from nato's most powerful people have a sell by date this year's preside

it wasn't just petro poroshenko who was his victim in all these comedy serious and fact he was pretty much attacking the entire ukrainian political elite but here's something. where he played the role of a future president who used to be just a schoolteacher let's watch bits of the trailer about sitcoms. but. now a real surreal twist wouldn't it the way the fictions become. not that it's up and yet it's not done just yet because it's going to go to a second round isn't it well it sounds like a perfect plan to become president but at the same time who knows three months ago when we saw the early voting yesterday just off the pole station stations open at eight o'clock in the morning you machine could turned up an hour late and she veteran of the political scene but a vote for her isn't it. see has been in the korean politics for more than two decades but it's definitely a bad move for her because she used to be considered the number one favorite she has so much experience in a way she was the symbol of the opposition in ukraine after serving a jail term under victory in a cold which bu

well in ukraine the president petro poroshenko continues to trail behind television comedian of blood to me as a landscape in opinion polls ahead of sunday's second presidential election runoff robin forrester will visit at the ukrainian seaport adesa to find out why parson co is fighting for his political survival. you know desa ukrainian multiculturalism finds its truest expression. in the music with many different routes to. give a new york of an order is like new york city of immigrants settled by people of various initiation greeks germans jews moldovans russians ukrainians and this book a creates this music of the work with the move to the same diversity may explain why voters in odessa rejected the incumbent president in the first round of ukraine's presidential election petro poroshenko came here. five years old from ukraine's revolution russia's annexation of crimea and the conflict in eastern ukraine on result poroshenko has campaigned for reelection on a platform of ukrainian nationalism he has promoted ukrainian language culture and religion backing the ukrainian also docs

but i'm very keen for poroshenko he's professional.

but recent polls suggest he leads the president by a wide margin poroshenko had to paris after his visit french president in monterrey choose to receive both candidates in the ad is the palace. sensible news now and it was late drama in the friday night game between europe and shell to. put nuremberg ahead in the eighty second minutes the home side looked to be on course to pick up just their fourth when of the season hit back two minutes later much enough to sit diverted the ball into the net one one the final score. now twenty four year old side ask them is preparing to make history as the first ever iranian woman to take part in an officially sanctioned box boxing match she steps into the ring this saturday for about in western france but she's hoping she can land a blow for equality all the way back home. women have been fighting for equality in iran on many fronts and saddam is breaking new ground for a country that allowed women to attain a min soccer game for the first time last october. now left by the end of the day there are limitations that apply to each and every country you

but for all his claims that selenski is only playing becoming president it's petro poroshenko himself who's now playing catch up in a new political reality where zelinsky is making the rules that your stadium it is then i'll be waiting for you vladimir aleksandrovich. ukrainians then work up to these images both candidates arriving to take blood tests as demanded by zelinsky in his opening gambit president poroshenko is not only accepting the challenge to debate in front of a thousand strong stadium audience he's also willing to put his medical history up for discussion against the challenger more than ten years his junior selenski is making good on his promise to turn ukrainian politics upside down the only question is how ordinary ukrainians will react to this unlikely battle of the candidates. this year germany is marking hundred years since the founding of the influential house school of design if you're a fan of. an ascetic you want to pay a visit to the brand new museum which opened today in the city. that's where the movement going to start more than a thousand items on display

less than forty eight hours after his return from paris petro poroshenko was walking the turf of the limbic stadium alone with his supporters his challenge to selenski to bring the stadium debate forward had simply been ignored with his poll ratings fly high selenski is apparently in no mood to compromise three weeks have now passed since the first round of voting but ukrainians are barely any wiser about what their presidential candidates plan to do three weeks debating the how and the when of a potential debate instead of discussing the issues of which there are more than enough in a country locked in standoff with russia with more than a million refugees and millions more leaving the country in search of work so lets his critics argue that's no coincidence they say as a newcomer to politics he has little to win and much to lose debating the details of being president today ukrainians have one last chance to hear their next president whoever that will be set out his vision before they go to the polls that is if selenski can finally agree on the terms of the debate. coming up next o

volodymyr zelelensky is set to face petro poroshenko in a runoff. polititics, more anti-demonststrate -- antigovernment demonststrations are expected this week. to have you with us. coming up, the ridesharing app lyft is the next to go public with a big stock offering. we will get reaction from los angeles for you. of a grammyth nominated rapper. shoty hussle was yesterday. that and more to come. stay with us. ♪ good afternoon. we begin in turkey, where vote counting is underway. the party of erdogan has suffered a blow by losing control of ankara for the first time. the opposition is just ahead in the race, with less than 30,000 votes in. counting is still underway inn istanbul. here is the president speaking as results were coming in. >> every victory and every loss is the will of our nation. .e have to accept this fact people's admit we won werts in cities we won, but were not successful in cities we lost and we will act accordingly. >> let's get the latest and bring in jasper mortimer. what is the latesest on the accocount in hihis temple? is no

the result was a bit of a blow for incumbent petro poroshenko who conceded defeat the divide to stay in politics are shanker had presented himself as an experienced paris hands but it seems many ukrainians were looking for a fresh approach where we can says i think we'll see some changes let's hope there for the better and that ukraine see some real developments of the issues that you know the most important thing is that the war in solution should remain the will yet to move the system we've nothing to lose things can't get any worse than they already are selenski is young and full of energy care if he's an actor and a clown we're going to see some big changes he'll be better than poor schenkel one hundred percent. but if you craniums believe fail to solve their problems it's not clear why selenski will either the close his he's being to political power is playing a fictional president in a sitcom. and while his campaign was media savvy it was light on concrete policy ideas. he inherits a country burdened by a separatist war in the east rampant corruption and a sluggish economy sele

but recent polls suggest he leads the president by a wide margin poroshenko had to paris off to his visit french president. to receive both candidates in the ad is the palace. would you allow a stranger to listen to what you do in the privacy of your own home well if you own one of amazon's smart speakers you could be doing just that. way there is sure to talk about eavesdropper that millions of people have right in their living rooms i see you've brought a guest with you this one this one's unplugged so i think it's not listening to us but you never know if this is. so if this were plugged in this is the echo device what is this. it's a smart speaker from amazon and one of the jokes that was floating around when they first came out was oh you never know when it's listening it says it's not always listening but might be a minute turns out that yes in fact it is always listening to you not only is it listening but there is a person on the other end of the speaker that is listening to what you're saying and recording it now the things that thing about this the good news is that it's anonymi

got almost two times less than that sixteen percent president poroshenko came to power as a result of the mind revolution in two thousand and fourteen and that was when the president was considered pro russian victory in a cold which was overthrown and back then it was a few months after the martin revolution porcher and co won the presidential election in the first round obviously was more than fifty percent of the votes now his support according to the pre run of opinion polls ranges from twenty percent to forty percent which is obviously not enough to win the second round this time and twenty nine thousand so what he's trying to do is play the anti-war card he's trying to portray selenski as a russian puppet or as the man who won't be able to withstand all this russian aggression as petro poroshenko calls it the let's take a listen with what he's saying and how he's trying to push that idea through. you know you should probably i believed. lansky does not want to surrender ukraine i believe it does not dream of tying ukraine back to the russian empire surely this is such a dream if

eighty five percent of ukraine voters want to show petro poroshenko the door the western establishment is baffled for them choosing between someone as hated today as the chocolate king pershing co and funny guy all of them are selenski aka the president is a tough one backing the winner of round one who has no political background at all is like opening pandora's box while look at who he's been destroying with jokes for years the names are all they're way behind him now how's that for a political background. we didn't know any. we will bring back crimea. yeah ok this is. what about his own sitcom launched in two thousand and fifteen selenski character just a school teacher on a fast track to be president turns the whole system upside down. just like maybe he never even thought of it and maybe his sensation came about because someone once randomly told the man why don't you give it a try in real life anyway world leaders should probably start watching out for comedy shows or at least avoid petro poroshenko mistakes like making a ton of promises you can't keep petro poroshenko came to po

channel selenski program appears on who opposes present president petro poroshenko . supports a landscape they just want to shoulder at. poroshenko is the president ukrainians have him now the chocolate billionaire who rode his confectionery fortune to the presidency in the last election to many he represents everything that is wrong about ukraine now corruption and low living standards he made his name as a pro european anti russian candidate and he's sticking to it the british leave us we have passed the test for our european ways and it means everything we do to head in the european direction is absolutely right with an outsider comedienne all but poised to become president many ukrainians do not seem to believe he's playing games with the country's future. so let's talk a little bit more about that future nick because i mean what does the landscape campaigning tell us about the current state of ukrainian politics so i think it's definitely abouts. despair contempt deep disappointment among many about the state of ukrainian politics about the place your class that

presidential runoff the plane the president took on television now he's the real thing incumbent petro poroshenko has conceded to street. in the homestretch of the poultice league goalkeeping and timely goal scoring have put back within a single point of the league's top to bottom. hello i'm terry marchin good to have you with us police in sri lanka say the death toll from the devastating wave of bombings on easter sunday has risen sharply to two hundred ninety five hundred people were also injured in the coordinated attacks that targeted churches where worshipers had gathered for easter services and luxury hotels most of the eight bombings appear to have been suicide attacks the government is blaming religious extremists but no group has yet claimed responsibility. just hours after the series of bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels sri lankan security forces carry out a read on a house in the capital colombo a further explosion rips through the building killing three police officers along with the police special task force the sri lankan military has been deployed in the search for the per