millions of people are casting ballots today to elect a new parliament ukrainian president volodymyr selenski called the snap elections after being sworn into office in may he's hoping this folk will consolidate his power in give him a stronger mandate to carry out before. the former t.v. actor was elected on promises of tackling corruption and shaking up ukraine's political system but so far progress has been slow. to connelly is in kiev at selenski election headquarters nick thanks for joining us again or party members there optimistic that selenski popular as he is will win enough votes to secure the majority. while michael outright majority i think that something that people here quite ready to hope for at least openly so but it does look like the end the polls showing that selenski is going to be putting up at least 4045 percent of the vote that is more than any ukrainian president had in parliament before him that will make him unique key powerful but he will need it is likely at least if things go. that i think this is all the more it should if you look back just 6 months or so ago new

to ukraine our leaders have been meeting with the country's president volodymyr selenski in kiev along with the e.u. council president donald tusk and. outgoing european commission president. has been discussing the conflict in the eastern part of the country fighting there has been grinding on for more than 5 years selenski said ukraine was moving towards a sustainable ceasefire with russia which is backing separatist rebels in the east while the ukrainian president also made a personal video message to his russian counterpart whichever it is agrees i would like to address the president of the russian federation bloody near putin we need to talk yes we do let's do it cheap let's discuss who crimea belongs to and who isn't present in done by us i suggest the following leaders be present at the talks . you u.s. president donald trump and british prime minister of tourism a german chancellor angela merkel and french president emmanuel mccall as for the place i think alexander lukashenko will be happy to host us in minsk that means. we are not changing or dismissing any diplomatic formats

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president is facing his 1st major test as voters go to the polls in a snap parliamentary election volodymyr selenski dismissed parliament 3 months ago after his landslide victory the former comedian won on a promise of getting rid of corruption with in what is one of europe's porous countries he shares power with the cabinet and politicians who are mostly loyalties previous s's so he wants to change that. japan's governing coalition is on track to win a majority in sunday's upper house election but it's still unclear where the prime minister shinzo lobby will secure the 2 thirds majority needed for a constitutional change that could loosen restrictions on the armed forces for the salami has the latest from tokyo. boards indicates a solid win for the ruling coalition in japan in the about house elections the main themes here are amending the constitution increasing taxes consumption tax from 8 to 10 percent and fixing the defaults on board members in the pension and social security system by mr abi who has the liberal democratic ruling party is broke missing voters the ability he has been by mr for 6

ukrainian president volodymyr selenski called the snap elections after being sworn into office in mayhe's hoping this vote will consolidate his power and give him a strong mandate to carry out reforms the former t.v. actor was elected on promises of tackling corruption and shaking up ukraine's political system but so far progress has been slow. connelly is in kiev and joins us now for more nic president selenski brought forward the timing of these elections hoping voters will hand his party more power will that gamble pay all. could often in well if the polls it's believed it will all the latest polls going to selection showed his party servant of the people his new policy picking up somewhere around $45.00 or even more percent of the vote although coming just short of absolute majority so it looks like they will have to form a coalition to get their laws through parliament but this really is unheard of no ukrainian president so far in ukraine's in history has had such a big majority in parliament and it seems like his strategy of really ramming home that advantage while the honeymoon

ukrainian president volodymyr selenski called the snap elections after being sworn into office in mayhe's hoping this vote will consolidate his power and give him a strong mandate to carry out reforms the former t.v. actor was elected on promises of tackling corruption and shaking up ukraine's political system but so far progress has been slow. connelly is in kiev and joins us now for more nic president zelinsky brought forward the timing of these elections hoping voters will hand his party more power will that gamble pay all. kid off new well if the polls it's believed it will all the latest polls are going to selection showed his party servant of the people his new policy picking up somewhere around $45.00 or even more percent of the vote although coming just short of absolute majority so it looks like they will have to form a coalition to get their laws through parliament but this really is unheard of no ukrainian president so far in ukraine's in history has had such a big majority in parliament and it seems like his strategy of really ramming home that advantage while the honeymoo

ukraine's president volodymyr has a lengthy has proposed to meeting russian president vladimir putin for peace talks selenski met a huge leaders in kiev on monday to discuss the conflict in ukraine's east where russia is backing separatist rebels selenski said ukraine was moving towards a sustainable cease fire. the international criminal court has found former congress warlord bosco took and guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity taken that was convicted for atrocities including murder rape and sexual slavery dating back to his time as a military chief during an ethnic conflict in 2002 to $3.00. wall street reacts as deutsche bank lays out an ambitious restructuring plan cutting thousands of positions and ditching its investment arm helped turn the bank around and what's the plan for the future we've got full coverage. and big game hunting has grown into a huge industry in south africa but it's increasingly under fire look at one operation and the money behind it. this is your business report i'm stephen beard chamberlin thanks for joining us. bank shares tumbled more than 5 percent monday after t

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