i'm sumi so much got to thank you for joining us france's president tomorrow on my call is set to lead cabinet meetings today on how to deal with the aftermath of the fire at notre dame cathedral in paris. the meetings will focus on raising funds for the restoration work mccall has set a target to rebuild the cathedral within five years we'll get the latest from paris but first this report on how the blaze at the cathedral has left parishioners shocked but also hopeful. a moment of unity for the present is coming to terms with the fire at notre dame. they joined together to sing and pray during a candle a vigil close to the cathedral. for many it provided an opportunity to reflect and hope that notre dame will one day be restored. spontaneous gatherings tonight has led to small moments of prayer but also a lot of hope we can at last say that this fire which seemed so insurmountable and caused great damage to the cathedral still left the most important parts preserved and it remains a place of prayer. thoughts are now turning in earnest towards reconstructing notre dame. the restoration

a room here every fortnight he returns to his wife in their home three hundred kilometers away in sumi. it hasn't been easy for the residents of chernobyl to start new lives elsewhere. cool for too long rupert the people ensure no bull are unable to move on so they won't find work anywhere else in and they've been working here for twenty or thirty years they've grown accustomed to the place people have grown accustomed to each other it's too late to leave because they're too old they're unfamiliar with modern technologies and computers and they can't speak english to one of the least they're living out their old age here. and i've used to live in this room with his wife but she had to leave his own because of health issues. he wants to stay a few more years to work in money then he too will leave the zone to start a new chapter he has it all planned. a good pension quiet old age a fishing rod a river and a dock. back at the checkpoint for the tourists it's almost time to leave. which to take away from their journey into the exclusion zone. with the social might is a a lot of historical

i'm sumi so misconduct it's good to have you with us. exit polls in indonesia's elections are pointing towards a significant victory for the country's current presidential he's. the scale of these elections is vost one hundred ninety million potential voters scattered over eight thousand dial and across three time zones and spanning hundreds of different ethnic groups and languages. thousands of seats are up for grabs but the focus is on the two main contenders current president. and his challenger. seem keen above all twin brace the democratic process. that he had of fifty years ago we don't have the right to appoint anybody we just received whatever said by the government here so now this is the band that we. apply to our rights for. number one yeah i think it's obvious we want him to complete his job my health for. our country. hoping to be a better. many indonesians are proud of their reputation for being a pluralistic society but rising radical islam also played a significant role. five years has become. an. issue because the eviden

i'm sumi so misconduct it is good to have you with us french president to manuel mccall is vowing to rebuild the notre dame cathedral after a blaze destroyed much of the twelfth century church late on monday firefighters say the blaze is now completely extinguished now this is what's been left standing this morning authorities say the cathedral structure was largely saved but the fire gutted its roof and cost the spire to collapse one firefighter was injured during the blaze many valuable artworks inside were lost or damaged and people around the world are lamenting the devastation of an architectural jewel that has survived over eight centuries and is a symbol of france's heritage. this hell were a place on earth this is what it might look like. the flames destroyed what two world wars did. not ravaging over eight hundred years of history. as the spire of not to dom fell to the inferno. people in france and around the world looked on. thousands gathered nearby in paris many in shock at the scale of the blaze. the french president call came to stand by them. we were able to build it

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us. sri lanka's president says the suspected leader of the easter sunday attacks died in one of the hotel bombings speaking to press in the capital colombo my publicist and i also made an appeal against the backlash that muslim communities have seen in the wake of the attacks last night officials lowered the death toll by nearly a third to two hundred fifty. three but that news comes amid warnings of more possible attacks with religious leaders urging people to stay away from mosques and from churches police are seeking one hundred forty people believed to have links with the islamic state. let's bring in journalist she joins us on the line from the capital colombo had there been several developments we've heard that the suspected leader of the attacks died in one of the bombings that you were at a government briefing today tell us more about what was said. a high in fact i just came back from a briefing with president my father take a note that he said that was now every going to prove t

i'm sumi so misconducts good to have you with us. in sudan thousands have held fresh protests to demand that the country's military hand over power to a civilian government mass anti-government demonstrations have helped to push longtime president omar al bashir from power last week a military council replaced him that by council has removed some top officials in a bid to placate protesters but demonstrators are keeping up the pressure in hopes of seeing their demands met in full. there's dancing in the streets of khartoum the sudanese capital but along with the ongoing relief that the military has ended decades of oppression under former president omar al bashir there are fears that the generals will now keep the power for themselves the crowds outside army headquarters demand an immediate handover of power to a civilian transitional government. the new government was a real civil government a content. people with qualifications know only military people better be able not only protect our country protect our nirvana the new militar

i'm sumi so was god it's good to have you with us. polling stations have opened in parts of india as a second phase of the country's general election gets underway one of the constituencies voting today is in trying to guard the main city in indian controlled kashmir a security lockdown has been imposed on the city where several parties have called for a boycott of the election kashmir featured heavily in campaigning after a suicide attack there brought india and pakistan to the brink of war in february a total of ninety five constituencies across india are casting ballots today india's election is taking place in seven stages over a six week period ending next month. let's bring in deed of usenet michel jai squashy is a following the elections for us from delhi hina misha so kashmir really is taking center stage in this second rounds a second round of elections. well definitely so many it's not just the second round in fact it's through the selection that has been talked about very closely meet me is happening over five feet as is an

a room here every fortnight he returns to his wife in their home three hundred kilometers away in sumi. it hasn't been easy for the residents of chernobyl to start new lives elsewhere. cool for too long. the people in our naval to move on so they won't find work anywhere else and these they've been working here for twenty or thirty years he said little they've grown accustomed to the place people have grown accustomed to each other it's too late to leave because they're too old they're unfamiliar with modern technologies and computers and they can't speak english. unless they're living out their old age here. and i've used to live in this room with his wife but she had to leave his own because of health issues. he wants to stay a few more years to work and money then he too will leave the zone to start a new chapter he has it all planned. a good pension quiet old age a fishing rod a river and a dock. back at the checkpoint for the tourists it's almost time to leave. which to take away from their journey into the exclusion zone. with the social might say a lot of historical facts were c

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start in venezuela where self declared president won wide though was called on the armed forces to join what he calls the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas maduro why though made the announcement at a key military base in the capital caracas he was accompanied by leopoldo lopez a prominent opposition figure who had. had been under house arrest lopez said he had been freed by soldiers responding to an order from y. though by the us government said it is dealing with a small uprising troops loyal to motherhood all fired tear gas that opposition supporters now in a video posted on his twitter feed earlier called on the military and the people to join the protests against by the widow let's listen to what he said. today as the legitimate president of venezuela as the legitimate commander in chief of the armed forces that's all i am calling on soldiers and the military to join us keeping within the framework of the constitution as we always have. the moment is now it is not just a moment for peace and decency it is also a m

i'm sumi so was going to thank you for joining us we start with some breaking news from venezuela opposition leader why though has posted a video on social media calling for a military. and if he says the moment is now. now he is surrounded by men in military uniforms as well as another key opposition leader leopoldo lopez wedo says what he calls the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas maduro has now begun the government says it is confronting what it is calling a small group of traitor. but let's get the very latest now our correspondent off gosh lanka is standing by on the line in caracas oscar the seems to be a fast developing situation give us an idea of what is happening right now. you know we woke up this morning with sort of a new. video of one wave on my beautiful ask you because there's there was a big protest planned for tomorrow first of may or after traditional day to go out in protest. whereas all said that first of may starts today you have piers surrounded by military and at the side going up with who's a political prisoner that's been in jail for the past four yea

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with breaking news from venezuela self declared president though says what he calls the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas maduro has now begun now in a video posted on his twitter feed he called on the military and the people to join him in a coup saying the moment is now now he's surrounded by men in military uniforms as well as by the opposition leader leopoldo lopez the government says. it's confronting what it's calling a small group of traders and has called on supporters of president nicolas modo to rally at the presidential palace but quite though has urged the military to switch sides. and think i'm going to date as the legitimate president of venezuela as the legitimate commander in chief of the armed forces that's all i am calling on soldiers and the military to join us keeping within the framework of the constitution as we always have. the moment is now it is not just a moment for peace and decency it is also a moment for bravery so that peace can be restored in venezuela god bless you we will achieve freed

i'm sumi so much convents good to have you with us we start in spain where the governing socialists are claiming victory in sunday's general election they won twenty nine percent of the vote but they are well short of a parliamentary majority that means they'll have to enter a potentially difficult coalition talks to stay in power the vote also saw far right party enter parliament for the first time in four decades with ten percent of the vote. the socialist politics triumphs in spain incumbent prime minister pedro sanchez says progressive politics one. spaniards have sent a very clear and categorical message to europe and to the world that it is possible to win against reactionary authoritarian and repressive politics with progressive proposals. but forming a ruling coalition won't be easy one likely ally is the anti austerity far left party put de must lead by pablo iglesias. the election mobilized a huge number of people over seventy five percent of the electorate including those who support the far right. and her vox and anti immigration anti-feminist party that's the first time a f

well sumi has spoken a lot about fighting corruption stripping members of parliament of their immunity as a way of doing that also modernizing ukraine's government systems digitalisation but i think it's really worth seeing this as more a promise of generational change in a static change the new generation coming to power in the way of kind of detailed manifesto promises we haven't had all too much he has broadly stayed on line with what the current government is doing by saying he's not going to try and solve that conflict by force also saying that he'd continue ukraine's cooperation with its western lenders the interesting thing will be to see if tonight we do get that debate and if we hear more detail from him what it sounds like now if they do meet in the olympic stadium they won't be on a single stage they haven't been able to agree instead they'll be all separate stages at either end of the football field and make a lot of people are asking what russia's role is in all of this does moscow have a preferred candidate here. here's the thing the candidate who actually travel to mosco

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us spain's national election is over but a period of political uncertainty has just begun the socialist party has won the most votes but with just twenty nine percent they are well short of a parliamentary majority prime minister pedro sanchez must now form a coalition government a process that could take weeks if not months the election also saw a far right party enter parliament for the first time since the end of military rule one thousand nine hundred seventy five the vox party won ten percent of the vote. the reality sinks in an election that leaves no party in power many in spain were relieved however that the far right had not done even better than it did at the polls. but i mean as big as hopeful for me i think it's a good result and sincerely i didn't expect it i thought the right wing was going to win so it's cool for me. but i mean. by thing we think that the socialist victory is good and now there is hope that the bad guys don't win. the socialist party leader pederast sanchez had explicitly pitched his party to voters as th

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us japan's emperor akihito has formally stepped down from the throne in a ceremony at the imperial palace in tokyo akihito is the first japanese emperor to abdicate in two hundred years his fifty nine year old son will officially become japan's one hundred twenty sixth emperor and a short ceremony tomorrow now the emperor holds no political power but japanese people revere him. as a symbol of the country's tradition and history in a spinal speech as emperor the eighty five year old thank the people of japan and said he would pray for peace and happiness in japan and around the world. so. how do you i am very thankful and happy and i have been able to fulfill my judaizers emperor with trust and respect for the japanese people for the last thirty years. but that i thank the japanese people who have accepted and supported me as a symbol of japan. because it. he. is following the story for us she grew up in japan and reports from there for us hi kiyo put this into context for us what does this event need to the japanese people it is a very

i'm sumi so much fun it's great to have you with us. voting has just wrapped up in landmark elections in indonesia it's the first time both presidential and parliamentary elections are being held at the same time but it's the presidential election that's getting the most attention and could define indonesia's future indonesia is a mainly muslim country and religion has been a major factor in the presidential election let's take a look now at how voting went. the scale of the elections is vast one hundred ninety million potential voters living on over eight thousand populated islands stretched across three time zones with hundreds of different ethnic groups and languages. thousands of legislative seats are up for grabs in this election but the main focus is on these two current president djoko we doto and his challenger proposals will be untold who holds close ties to popular islamist movements indonesia has a reputation for being a pluralistic society but the rise of political islam loomed over the election campaigns. especially in the.

is running out of patience and he's not alone so a lifeline for brakes it but will it be enough i'm sumi so much god in berlin this is the day. tonight still reveal goals of the side that through grants the united kingdom a flexible extension of the cool fifty period through the. thirty first of october this means. for the u.k. i continue to believe we need these e.u. with the deal as soon as possible and actually you have agreed that the extension complete when the withdrawal agreement has been rushed final push is mikey request of my fellow. people it's key to preserve a coherent if europe and allow it to move forward to be achieved on britain's preparation for the european elections guarantees the functioning of the institutions of the european union. europe's viability immunity is still at stake was part foremost interest is an orderly withdrawal of britain from the e.u. . maintaining the unity of the twenty seven. children but i do not want breaks or to hold those up and not poised to take. also coming up benjamin netanyahu has declared victory a fifth term one on a promise of stabi

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i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us we start with a developing situation in venezuela south declare president one why though has called on the armed forces to join what he calls the final phase of a plan to oust president nicolas maduro why though appeared near a key military base in the capital caracas surrounded by armed men in military uniforms he was accompanied by leopoldo lopez a prominent opposition figure who had been under house arrest now though has said he'd been freed. by soldiers responding to an order from why though now the us government has said it is dealing with a small op rising troops loyal to a mother would all fired tear gas at the opposition leaders in a video posted on his twitter feed weibo called on the military and the people to join protests against motherhood oh let's listen to what he said or you will be to see and think i'll go and suddenly he today as the legitimate president of venezuela as the legitimate commander in chief of the armed forces that's all i am calling on soldiers and the military to join us keeping within the framework o

that's right sumi the scale of this has been really staggering i'm here in jakarta in front of just a one of more than eight hundred thousand polling stations and it's been a mood of celebration or earlier today while the vote was taking place and also since the ballot boxes have closed we heard the poll workers here cheering after the polls had closed and there are lots of people have come out on their day off which they've been given to common exercising their rights in this democracy now there had been some rumors going around the voters told me that there could be the potential for some kind of chaos or security problems those have obviously and not played out and instead it is really a mood of celebration where we've had live music and people really proud that this election is going according to plan so let's look at who is running joke will we don't know does appear likely to win a second term how popular is he still after five years already in office. that's right the president joko widodo has had a strong lead in all of the reliable polls leading up until today he ran against

is running out of patience and he's not alone so a lifeline for brakes it but will it be enough i'm sumi someone's got to in berlin this is the day. tonight is their appeal because of the side it through grants the united kingdom a flexible extension of the article fifty period of the. first of october this means for another six months for the u.k. i continue to believe we need these e.u. with the deal as soon as possible and actually you have agreed that the extension come.

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us e.u. leaders have agreed to grant the u.k. a brags that extension until october thirty first with a review in june now it took six hours of discussions at an emergency summit in brussels but leaders unanimously agreed to the six month delay longer than teresa mayes requested date of june thirtieth now as part of the extension it is expected that the u.k. will have to participate in next month's parliamentary elections. for let's talk about all of this with our correspondents we have following the latest for us in brussels and our breaks at analyst alex forced waiting with us here in our studio thank you both for joining us barbara let's start with you tell us more about what exactly has been agreed upon there in brussels. a six month extension was agree with the get out clause that means if britain can get the brakes a deal through parliament it can leave early or it could even if it would manage to get the deal over the line before the twenty second of may not have to participate in european elections everybody however news e

is running out of patience and he's not alone so a lifeline for breaks it but will it be enough i'm sumi so misconduct in berlin this is the day. tonight there are people girls of the two grounds the united kingdom a flexible extension of the article fifty period. the first of october this means six months for the u.k. i continue to believe we need to d.c.u. with a deal as soon as possible and finally you have agreed that the extension.

i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us british prime minister theresa may once one more delay before brags that begins that she's asking the european union to give her an extension may has put her case to an emergency summit of e.u. leaders in brussels as she's now waiting for their decision she's already said she wants a short extension until june thirtieth but patience with britain has worn thin among the other twenty seven the u. nations some leaders want to impose a longer extension on britain to try to make sure that the country passes a withdrawal bill and exits the european union in an orderly way. well here's what we heard earlier from the main players in the debate over granting a break that extension i've been clear that the u.k.'s request is for the extension to the thirty years of june i could be working to make sure that we can leave the european union indeed we could have left the european union by now the parliament didn't pass the withdrawal agreement so we need that extra time to work to ensure that we can get a deal through parliament this enables us to be ev