petro poroshenko job is on the line today in the country's presidential runoff his opponent is volodymyr selenski a political novice who has never before held elective office opinion polls ahead of the vote showed selenski is a big lead over portion. it's all about this man comedian volodymyr zelinsky plays a fictional president on television now he looks set to be elected is the real thing selenski poll twice as many votes as the sitting president in the first round of voting and is on course for a decisive win. today it will be victory for ukraine the victory of the fair choice we've united the country and now look we've also united the journalists. many ukrainians are looking for change frustrated by the slow pace of reforms and wearied by the five year conflicts in the east of the country with russian backed insurgents. i'm voting for the young the candidate of hope the choice is obvious the war is dragging on and that's awful. we need something new we've had enough of the old faces we've seen them all before the with the passion for poroshenko i respect him and the good things he has done. i

ukrainian actor and comedian volodymyr selenski has won the presidential election in his country by a landslide the political novice is thought to have received around seventy five percent of the vent his rival president petro put a shank and has conceded defeat but he said he wouldn't be leaving politics and promise to fight on robin for a walk or has more from kiev. we've had some international reaction to the news of the law to me as an entity's election as ukraine's new president from the european union which says it's giving its continued support to ukraine and interesting enough from russia from prime minister dimitri made the idea who said that now there was a chance a possibility of progress in terms of talks negotiations perhaps over what to do about the ongoing conflict between ukraine and russian backed separatists and russian forces in the east of the country and also of course the question over crimea which was an extent by vladimir putin back in twenty fourteen so this is perhaps one of the key challenges now facing the president elect and of course one of his key missio

exit polls from ukraine's presidential election show a landslide victory for volodymyr selenski the poll gives a comedian and actor seventy three percent of the vote and incumbent petro poroshenko twenty five percent. you're watching news live from berlin up next shift living in the digital age for a closer look at algorithm be back at the top of the hour with more news for now thanks for joining us. as long as. nothing would change you know the banks. and so watch the language of the bank the money. speaking the truth global news that matters g.w. made for mines what's the connection between bread. and the european union he knows guild contests e.-w. correspondent and the baker can stretch this picket line with the rules set by the team. snapping recipes for success strategy that made a difference. baking bread on d w. exactly burke is a lizard man we're being poisoned by can trace that aircraft leave behind and german chancellor angela merkel is hitlist secret daughter social media is full of conspiracy theories like these and many videos supporting them figure prominently on the net w

for joining us exit polls from ukraine's presidential election show a landslide victory for volodymyr selenski early results show the comedian and actor has won seventy three percent of the vote if confirmed it will mean zelinsky will transition from playing a president on television to becoming the country's real leader became well ahead of incumbent petro persian co joining us from selenski za lection event in kiev his job your correspondent nick connelly nick thanks for joining us we have been hearing all about. this this these results what's the feeling where you are tell me a little bit about the atmosphere. it's incredibly atmosphere is buoyant i mean they were expecting this but to see that confirm the scale of the victory if these exit polls proved to be right in the first round they were very accurate almost three quarters of the votes even in regions that were expected to go fetch a pushing for over fifty percent of the voters seemingly voting for as alinsky this is someone who only announced his run for the presidency on new year's eve so in the space of few months he really has tur

exit polls from ukraine's presidential election shows a landslide victory for volodymyr selenski the poll gives comedian and actor seventy three percent of the vote an incumbent petro poroshenko has twenty five percent. don't forget you can always get news on the go just download our app from the google play word from the app store that'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use to send us your photos and videos. you're watching live from berlin up next lifestyle your i'll be back at the top of the hour with more news thanks for tuning in to watch if you've got. the latest fashion in chocolate easter eggs part of a special easter collection created by construction or. concept this year in. modeled on designs. cakes twisted easter creation. moment. for a. reliable. news distance for sixty. little. automotive history. what secrets lie behind these will. find out in an immersive experience and explores fascinating cultural heritage sites. d.w. world heritage three sixty defeat. of course god when i

comedian volodymyr selenski and incumbent president petro poroshenko opinion polls show porcher co is trailing badly and he was seeking to use tonight's debate to boost his favor with voters the fiery debate certainly lived up to its stadium setting. and therefore lead to i am not a politician jani but i am not a politician at all i am just a human being an ordinary human being who has come to break this is just what true markets system. yadu singh i am the results petro alexeyevitch i am the result of your mistakes and promises. that's the truth and you know it. here i'm here the matter how is he going to fulfill the functions of commander in chief over your team already said that you're going to start a course for young fighters that's a good thing to do but you should have done it five years ago in two thousand and fourteen when ukraine needed the efforts of every volunteer it could get seven but not a mill was hiding from his conscription notice he did not i was. connally is outside the olympic stadium in kiev nic first of all just give us some background on this debate itself i m

victory for volodymyr selenski the ukrainian comedian who played the president on t.v. is about to become the real one. we begin a nation trying to come to terms with one of the worst attacks in its modern history it's almost twenty four hours since the killing of more than two hundred people in churches and hotels reports from the reuters news agency say as many as two hundred ninety people lost their lives around five hundred wounded well these are live pictures now coming out of the capital colombo a curfew has been lifted and more arrests have been made al-jazeera joins us live now from colombo it's been twenty four hours now since these horrific bomb attacks just bring us up to date with the latest developments on the ground jolly. well i think the first thing we should talk about is this incredible leap in the death toll according to the police spokesman there that you mentioned a leap of more than two hundred more than eighty people bringing the death toll up to two hundred ninety now five hundred injured. it just overseas shows that seemingly a lot of people die

it's volodymyr selenski the dark horse candidate celebrated his big win with a party at a trendy kiev nightclub a location that underscores his popularity with young voters. the forty one year old capitalized on frustration over rampant corruption and a faltering economy but he has yet to spell out what he would do in power one of his campaign slogans was no promises no apologies zelinsky is basically a screen under which many ukrainians project their expectations he didn't make strong policy stance at the point so it's very difficult to say who actually it will be should he be elected. selenski came to the candidacy by way of a hit t.v. show called servant of the people where he plays an outsider elevated to the presidency. offscreen he may not be entirely outside the system critics say he's in the pocket of an oligarchy who owns the t.v. channel that era selenski program and who opposes president petro poroshenko to many the incumbent has failed to fix everything that's wrong about ukraine corruption and low living standards. if you will to me this election is like another made on p

a country and people dr lisa mckenzie thank you well it's no joke over in ukraine comedian volodymyr selenski has beaten us back to petro poroshenko at the first round of ukrainian elections but after allegations of increased cia involvement on the ground in ukraine will either candidate be independent joining me now is the sylvia chan lee professor of peace studies or nonviolence of rhode island former soviet union election one of the better thanks so much nicholas for coming on so some we know from leaked obama administration officials our coup was engineered by washington in the ukraine take it up to twenty nineteen how on earth as a comedian actor ended up looking like he's going to lead europe's largest nation it seems to be rejection overall rejection of the political system and the political elite in ukraine he has the added advantage of running not as self but as his character you know very popular television serial called servant of the people where he gets to mock everyone. and to make himself look good at the same time yeah referring to that comedy series the character he portrays

a comedian and political newcomer one the first round of ukraine's presidential election volodymyr selenski took the lead in sunday's ballots with twice as many votes as incumbent president petro poroshenko. will face off in a second round on april the twenty first. now why support for ukraine's president has been plummeting. they counted on him gave them 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 pershing co and funny guy all of them are selenski aka is a president is a tough one backing the winner of round 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. we going to. bring back crimea. can you just love. what about his own sitcom launched in two thousand and fifteen selenski character just a

ukraine elected their first comedian to the office of the president forty one year old comedian volodymyr selenski who actually played a president on t.v. is now the head man in ukraine after absolutely to destroying ukraine's current leader petro poroshenko winning with more than seventy percent of the boat. but with ukraine occupying a very large part of the current political tensions between the united states and russia how does this political unknown fit into washington in moscow's future plans for the new country for the for ukraine whose border sits just four hundred ninety kilometers from moscow joining me now to discuss is former u.s. diplomat and foreign policy adviser to the senate jim joshua's jim thank you for coming up here appreciate it was nice to have you on i'm curious you know this is a pretty a that's. zelinsky won by a conservative all margin there and it really blew my mind so i think the first question on everyone's mind is who is this comedian zelinsky and where does he sit on the u.s. russia the tensions over the future of iraq ukraine like who is this guy i think that's wh

the ukrainian actor and comedian volodymyr selenski has won the presidential election by a landslide he's estimated to have received around seventy five percent of the vote his rival petro poroshenko has conceded defeat and says he won't be leaving politics robin for a ca walker has more from kiev. we've had some international reaction to the news of a lot of music election as ukraine's new president from the european union which says it's giving its continued support to ukraine and interesting enough from russia from. prime minister dimitri made the idea who said that now there was a chance a possibility of progress in terms of talks negotiations perhaps over what to do about the ongoing conflict between ukraine and russian backed separatists and russian forces in the east of the country and also of course the question over crimea which was an extent by vladimir putin back in twenty four teams so this is perhaps one of the key challenges now facing the president elect and of course one of his key missions is to tackle corruption in the country and to improve economic prospects for u

may have some bit as well to ukraine now where the improbable victory of actor and comedian volodymyr selenski in the first round of the presidential election will now be followed by a close scrutiny of his plans for the country has a rival incumbent president better part of a says the landscape lacks the strength and experience to deal with russia china whole reports. ukraine's comic actor volodymyr zelinsky owes his success in the first round of the presidential election to t.v. fame and a protest vote by young people frustrated by corruption and the slow pace of reform in one of europe's poorest countries living in. the people are more important to me more than political ambition the people are both everything the ukrainian people are waiting for us but who will get the last laugh linsky will now face far more forensic scrutiny of his so far rather vague plans for the country for us. to do is actually clean up the situations make them independent ensure that the. second judiciary system what there was before by president bush and that was a fake clear if those sorts of broad brushstrokes ma

the country's presidential election the first round saw a comedian and a political newcomer volodymyr and selenski surge ahead in the polls leaving the incumbent leader petro poroshenko trailing in second place now ahead of the second vote party shango has been calling on his rival to hold a public debate selenski added in one condition though a drug test both candidates invited journalists and photographers to the pre-debate blood giving parties a way of trying to have. more on the too right. they counted on him gave them 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 pershing co and funny old dimmers alinsky aka is a 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 politi

debate between you where you cranium president petro poroshenko and his rival volodymyr is a lengthy however it's reported selenski failed to turn up for the event the two go head to head later this month in a runoff election. and fresh off his victorious reelection israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has convened the first meeting of his new cabinet and now was narrowly awarded a record fifth term after elections last week although he is likely to soon face indictments on corruption charges. which produced. a month after tropical storm hits mozambique hundreds of thousands of people are still facing hunger and the spread of disease aid organizations warn that the southeast african country urgently needs help floods have destroyed crops there is dire food shortage and funding is needed to help rebuild infrastructure some areas are still very difficult for aid workers to reach. houses destroyed and so far slowly being rebuilt but the u.n. is struggling to reach areas around mozambique second biggest city that are still water logged. rescue teams are using amphibious vehicles as well as boats and helicopters.

sunday for a debate between ukrainian president petro poroshenko and rival volodymyr as a lansky however it's reported selenski failed to show up for the event the two go head to head later this month in an election runoff. fresh off his victorious reelection israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has convened to the first meeting of his new cabinet as you know who was narrowly awarded a record fifth term after elections last week although he is likely to soon be facing indictments on corruption charges stored. in sudan the interim military council held its first meeting today after seizing power from veteran leader omar al bashir the new head of that council lieutenant general abdel fatah chaired the meeting in the capital khartoum earlier he had responded to protesters demands by promising to form a civilian government within two years but the sudanese people are keeping up the pressure they presented a list of demands to military rulers including immediate civilian control of the government. outside the military headquarters in khartoum protesters are making their voices heard fed up with decades of auto

belong to mir selenski a political novice who has never before helpful elective office opinion polls ahead of the vote show the lenski with a big lead over. it's all about this man comedian volodymyr zelinsky plays a fictional president on television now he looks set to be elected is the real thing selenski pope twice as many votes as the sitting president in the first round of voting and is on course for a decisive win you wish it was still today it will be victory for ukraine the victory of a fair choice we've united the country and now look we've also united the journalists now. many ukrainians are looking for change frustrated by the slow pace of reforms and wearied by the five year conflict in the east of the country with russian backed insurgents. as a mo though they piss i'm voting for the young the candidate of hope but the choice is obvious the war is dragging on and that's awful us for the know we need something new we've had enough of the old faces we've seen them all before the way the posho go i for poroshenko i respect him and the good things he has done this time for the lenski we can trust him partially because clever but he's corrupt a live in vote who is a push u

poroshenko and his main rival the comedian volodymyr zelinsky have both undergone teven televised alcohol and drug tests as the country's presidential election ramps up selenski had called for the test after accepting poroshenko challenge for a live policy debate the runoff vote will take place on april the twenty first. thousands of anti-government demonstrators and marching through algeria's capital algiers for a seventh consecutive friday calling for total regime change the latest rally comes just days after pressure from the army and street protests forced president of the lizzie's beautifully to step down after twenty years in power. for former u.s. president barack obama is visiting german chancellor angela merkel in berlin later today that talks are expected to focus on relations between the two countries obama is on a three day trip to germany on thursday he spoke to an audience of fourteen thousand in cologne. and media gathering outside the ecuadorian embassy in london after wiki leaks announced that its founder julian assange will be expelled from the building as being no comment from ecuador asar she sought refuge in refuge in this embassy in twen

now to ukraine where the comedian volodymyr is the lenski has won a landslide victory in the presidential election with the celt vote count almost complete selenski has taken seventy three percent while the incumbent petro poroshenko has managed only twenty four percent it's a stunning rebuke for ukraine's political stablish minutes specially as lenski has only ever been involved in pretend politics before. he went from playing a president on t.v. to being one in real life this is the moment fall a dream is a learned skill the new president elect of ukraine find out that he'd won on the world stage he's just the latest political novice with an affection for social media to sweep aside the old guard are very northing your thing you ever bought him . selenski actually studied law at university but never practiced instead opting for a burgeoning comedy career in twenty fifteen he began starring as a fictional ukrainian president in the sitcom servant of the people. his own political party was eventually named after the t.v. show selenski has been the unlikely front runner for most of the election with poll ratings flying he even went so far as to no

country his rivals warn that selenski lacks the strength and experience to deal with russia's president vladimir putin jonah hill has moved from kiev. ukraine's comic actor volodymyr zelinsky owes his success in the first round of the presidential election to t.v. fame and a protest vote by young people frustrated by corruption and the slow pace of reform in one of europe's poorest countries living in. the people are more important to me more than political ambition the people are both everything the ukrainian people are waiting for us but who will get the last laugh linsky will now face far more forensic scrutiny of his so far rather vague plans for the country for us. to do is actually clean up corruption institutions make them independent ensure that the. second judiciary system what though was done before by president bush and it was a fake clear before those sorts of broad brushstrokes may not be enough against the incumbent president petro poroshenko the chocolate billionaire with a taste for a second term yeah. i will understand the signal that society sending to us in power is a harsh lesson for me and for our whole team and they lead us to correct past mi

country his rivals warn that selenski lacks experience the experience and strength to deal with russia's president vladimir putin general has more. ukraine's comic actor volodymyr zelinsky owes his success in the first round of the presidential election to t.v. fame and a protest vote by young people frustrated by corruption and the slow pace of reform in one of europe's poorest countries living in. the people are more important to me more than political ambition the people are both everything the ukrainian people are waiting for us but who will get the last laugh linsky will now face far more forensic scrutiny of his so far rather vague plans for the country for us. to do is actually clean up corruption institutions make them independent ensure that they deliver second judiciary system what there was before by president bush and that was a fake plea if you want those sorts of broad brushstrokes may not be enough against the incumbent president petro poroshenko the chocolate billionaire with a taste for a second term yeah. i will understand the signal that society sending to us in power is a harsh lesson for me and for our whole team and they lead us to correct