>> anush: i, i'm living in yerevan. >> anthony: you live in yerevan?at's the beauty of my story, then i came back. >> amalya: it doesn't matter how it was hard to suffer here. me, my family, my father, we never thought to leave the city. and that's why for me, gyumri history is divided into two parts. like, before earthquake the nice stories i heard from my parents, and after the earthquake. the difficulties and hard times we had. but also the renaissance, that now the city is changing because the generation is changing. >> amalya: this is chanakh. this is some typical soup. >> anthony: oh, ox-tail. ox-tail soup, yeah. >> amalya: it should be a little bit spicy. >> anthony: good. and this is liver and heart, yes? it's delicious. >> amalya: with tomato and oil. >> anthony: this, what's this dish called, i mean i know what it is, it's a sheep's head, but- >> gayane: it's called gyala. >> amalya: when i was kid, i remember my father not only went to restaurant with qyala, but he brought home for us. and i was afraid, i was afraid of their teeth. >> anthon

for joining us tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the armenian capital yerevan to join a general strike opposition leader nicole passion urged his supporters to bring the country to a standstill after he security of failed secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister. was the only candidate and had expected a different result. this is not how the vote was meant to go. was was. full of enthusiasm and high expectations tens of thousands had come to catch the moment their protest leader became prime minister. then excitement gave way to sorrow. and the only thing we have to win we can't go on like this anymore you. know this is our life they don't have the right to rule that if we don't want then famously all the people are here everyone and they have to trade us. there and us they are many years ruling republican party after a day long session in parliament of the writing was on the wall eventually the votes where two. the republicans would not back the bearded opposition leader to take the reins an angry nicole push in you want to be with his people

scenes of joy the treats of the capital yerevan.ular prime minister was forced to resign. it was called the velvet revolution, change without a bullet fired and it followed weeks of protest, demanding the prime minister stepped down the. nikol pashinyan was the man many wa nted nikol pashinyan was the man many wanted in thatjob, earlier he warned mps of major unrest if they fail to vote him in. translation: armenian people are revising, we are ina waiting armenian people are revising, we are in a waiting period, this is national and is unstoppable. -- awakening. nikol pashinyan is now urging supporters to stay on the streets to stop the ruling party from stealing the people speak recently he says a revolution of love and tolerance continues. a day after a bbc investigation into the illegal sale of codeine cough syrup, nigeria's government has banned its import and production. thousands of young people are sourcing it without prescription, often from employees of pharmaceutical companies and becoming addicted. mark zuckerberg has tol

the bbc‘s steve rosenberg reports from the armenian capital, yerevan.s heard — louder than ever. the day people power appeared to be changing a country. tens of thousands of protesters had packed into republic square, in the centre of yerevan. they'd come here to accuse the ruling party of corruption, of trying to cling to power, and to demand a new prime minister. the man they want for the job is nikol pashinya — once a journalist, now an opposition mp. he's been leading the protests that have been sweeping armenia, and he's become something of a political superstar. revolution have won, and people's victory should be recognised. there can't be power or government that doesn't support their opinion and doesn't support the people. he is our new prime minister. he believe us that we are together, we are strong, and he can take our nation to the winning world. we believe in him. earlier, people power had brought armenia to a standstill. nikol pashinya had called on supporters to block roads and railways. a day of civil disobedience that felt more like a n

we want now to go to yerevan and our nick connolly standing by.the ruling party, i mean, it looks like it is doing a 180 here. is it? nick: that is what people here on the streets have in telling us that they believe has happened. they say the governing party has been shocked by the numbers that have come out on the streets and are still out on the streets behind me celebrating the success of today's strikes and today's sit ins. having said that, we have seen this before. just last weekend before we arrived in yerevan, it seemed they were implying slightly less explicitly than they have today that they would support pashinian, but they would not get in his way. then yesterday we had that nail-biting session in parliament that went on and on and on. and late in the evening they finally denied him the votes, the seats that he needed to become prime minister. that is a created this huge disappointment and shock here. i think it is not over yet. we still have to wait for tuesday and see what kind of tactic and brinkmanship is still ahead. brent: nick,

steve rosenberg, bbc news, yerevan.made against the speaker of the commonsjohn bercow, are concerning, and should be properly investigated. mr bercow is facing criticism after his former private secretary claimed he'd been bullied and physically intimidated. the speaker's office has denied the allegations. liverpool are through to the champions league final. they lost the the second leg of their semifinal against roma by four goals to two but they did just enough to win the tie overall. thousands of liverpool fans who travelled to rome for tonight's game arrived at the stadium by shuttle buses after they were warned not to walk there. the game was being tightly policed after a liverpool fan was left in a critical condition last week when he was attacked at anfield when the first leg was played. our sports editor dan roan reports from rome. they'd come here seeking success, but also safety. liverpool fans heeding the advice of their club today and travelling to rome's olympic stadium on specially organised buses. walking

the hustle and bustle of this bizarre in the center of yerevan has died down here dos market used to be known for its affordable prices now only a few vendors remain just as the government officially closed the market nearly a year ago the whole neighborhood is slated for redevelopment authorities say they need this land for government use they plan to build a modern architectural complex here but apartments offices and an underground parking lot for around twenty five years and i hate john had to stand here too since she closed shop she has been living with her daughter and disabled mother on under seventy euros per month in benefits the government wants to buy up the land she lives on as well but she says the compensation they're offering is too low for the central location but when you meet problem how come they have the right to take away my property my child lives here my mother how can then steal your property that's what the government is doing stealing. and i hate and many of the other residents here at fear just market think the government is corrupt and have taken part in r

it is a far cry from last week's celebrations on the streets of the capital, yerevan.joy after the unpopular prime minister was forced to resign. it was called the "velvet revolution", change won without a bullet fired and it followed weeks of protest, demanding the prime minister step down. nikol pashinyan was the man many wanted in thatjob, earlier he warned mps of major unrest if they failed to vote him in. translation: armenian people are reviving. we are in an awakening period, this is national and is unstoppable. mr pashinyan is now urging supporters to stay on the streets to stop the ruling party from stealing the people's victory. he says a revolution of love and tolerance continues. lebo diseko, bbc news. let's take a look at some of the other stories making the news. senior brexiteers have delivered what's described as an ultimatum to number 10 downing street, demanding the prime minister drop one of the british government's preferred options for customs arrangements after brexit. senior ministers meet for a key meeting on wednesday. at least seven people hav

news has only just arrived in the last hour having said that he was able to in recent days bring yerevan and other places in i mean it's a standstill occupy roads large scale civil disobedience so he's proven they have that ability to really get people out on the streets for him so far this course to be very peaceful we've seen people bring their pets their kids their elderly relatives to these protests but there is a huge disappointment here having having have this expectation that things were now basically sorted and that he's election was a formality that has now been very suddenly very rudely disappointed and we're going to have to see how he's able to rally his supporters in the house only inside he's going to respond to the republican party nick calmly reporting from the armenian capital yerevan thank you for you continue coverage. all right want to bring you now some of the other stories making news around the world. police in nigeria say at least twenty four people have been killed by suicide bombers in the northeastern city of movie the two bombers detonated their explosives at

right apologies for that again we've lost robyn yerevan we'll move on anyway shall we because. some ten thousand people took the streets in moscow on monday to protest against recent restrictions on internet freedom in russia authorities this month but down blocking the messaging app telegram over its refusal to hand over keys to its data encryption john a whole reports. in moscow they demanded the government unblocked the popular instant messaging app telegram the company had refused an official order to hand over the data encryption keys that keep messages sent on telegrams private. to. russia's federal security service the f.s.b. says that privacy is a shelter for criminal and terrorist groups but telegram users see it as an attack on free speech is proud to step up our day freedom week in russia and it's a beginning that's a way to start. censorship to examine the symbol was getting it is they could follow their career internet in the world telegrams logo depicts a paper plane and hundreds were launched as demonstrators shouted anti putin slogans opposition leader alexina v

now with our media and capital yerevan thousands of people have gathered outside parliament which will soon vote to elect a new prime minister. the. opposition leader nicole is the sole candidate for the post after the deadline passed on monday with no other candidate entering the fray the vote follows two weeks of protests that forced a longtime leader. to resign but the senior has been facing questions about his vision of armenia's future i've gotten past medion through croom i mean you should eradicate the thirty percent poverty that is the most shameful thing and there should be no poverty in armenia but that should be cheap not through charity but through putting people's best abilities to use i want to underscore that this movement is about the victory of the citizen our primary mission is to organize free and fair elections in armenia the absence of which since the one nine hundred ninety s. is at the base of the situation we're in now now the u.s. president says he likes the idea of meeting the north korean leader at the place of last week's historic summit with south korea in

hascapital yerevan corrupted in celebration as pashinyan-- wrapped in celebrations. our reporter has more on the streets of the capital. the main not just square. this whole city is going completely wild. i do not know if you can hear it behind me, but it is a chorus of car horns and music and cheers. it seems to be waves of cheers. i do not know if the information is getting repeated or new aspects are getting announced. we keep hearing chairs from the square, which is a few hundred yards behind me here in central yerevan. everybody is partying. they already partied when search the prior -- when president resigned. they called that the small victory. they also partied when the parliament said they would back pashinyan. now, thehe vote has finally happened.. the amount of peopople i have spokenen to in armenia who say they cannot believe this is happening -- this was beyond their wildest dreams a few months ago. gulliver cragg reporting. in france, commemorations have taken place for v-day, marking the end of world war ii in europe. may 8, 1945, the day when nazi ger

right for now thank you very much rob in farsi a walk with the laces from the armenian capital yerevan where the opposition leader nicole passionate man has been denied the required support he needed from the parliament in order to be confirmed as prime minister despite the fact that he is the only candidate for the posi promised a political tsunami if he wasn't confirmed as prime minister and we can see that after weeks of protests people are continuing to make their presence felt on the streets of the capital let's move on to want to rather top stories now at least twenty four worshippers have been killed in an attack on a mosque in northeastern nigeria well lease in movie in adam our state say there was an explosion during afternoon prayers and many died as they were caught by a second blast while flaying genuine bogan joins us from nigeria capital of has there been any further information about the latest attack on the mosque in northeastern nigeria. also part with the police the things that they're trying to secure the area first still there is still no confirmed number of injury

well insulated this is a story in moments the public square is the biggest square in the center of yerevan and locals tell us that this is never been used for political rallies before because they never thought they could fill it well today they have having said that the atmosphere is still pretty friendly people are here with their families with this small children with their hands but it is turning recently concerned as they often drags on this was meant to be all over by now he was meant to be temporary prime minister some hours ago and yet the speeches in parliament just keep on going public and boss deputies criticizing him time time again and not yet saying whether they will give him that support the had been promised people saying here that they're worried that that that this will be taken from the last minute having seemed like a foregone conclusion just this morning all right in a sea of people gathered where you are we're looking at a footage shot right now of the crowd they gathered all the support for bush on it looks massive they're out in force what do they hope he can do for

rayhan demitrye has been following this story from the start and was outside parliament in yerevan whenthis country's next prime minister there was an explosion of happiness here in the republic square. people are now dancing and waving flags. they cannot hold back theirjoy. here is one person. how do you are 7 of by ”if: they minister. ’ here's our science correspondent helen briggs. spiders divide people. you either love them or hate them, but for scientists they are absolutely fascinating. two reasons. you can learn an awful lot about them from the way they move, and secondly they could be inspiration for a new generation of robots. they can do things that are beyond human technology in terms ofjumping. these amazing jumps, six times their body length. this spider was trained tojump on command. if you could ta ke tojump on command. if you could take that technology, find out how they do it and build a robot based on that, it could be useful for all sorts of things. pest control, if you could catch pests using little robots like spiders do, that could be useful. how extraordinary is w

rayhan demytrie was in yerevan for the announcement.lic scare —— square, and his supporters here in the republic scare —— square, and that the ruling republican party is ready to support the candidate for prime minister that will be proposed by the rest of parliament. at the moment, there is only one candidate standing. it is nikol pashinyan. he lost the vote on may one and according to army's constitution, the second vote should ta ke constitution, the second vote should take place within one week. —— armenia's constitution. people here in the square are confident this time around that the person that they want to lead armenia has a bright future, nikol pashinyan, will become their prime minister. may eight is the date the lookout for. to business now, where we have some breaking news from electric car maker tesla. kim gittleson in new york. you have been crunching numbers solely for us in the last moments. you have some figures for us from tesla. good or bad? tesla always releases are names that have been long letter in front of it. t

celebrates a very everybody seems to be enjoying themselves here on the streets of yerevan. and at the same time united in their decision to continue with their push to get real change here and to give us the past in the end in office are to run forrester walker and you have a robin thank you. now at least twenty seven people have been killed in an attack on a mosque in northeastern nigeria the explosion happened during off and prayers in movie that some of the mala state many people died in a second blast while attempting to get out of the building witnesses say young men wearing a suicide vest into the mosque with worshippers to milan and dugan has more for the nigerian capital. it happened as people were preparing for their afternoon prayers according to police it was a double bombing a twin bombings committed by two suicide bombers it happened in movie a critical town in the northeast simply because this was an area controlled by the boko haram group in two thousand and fourteen for over a month and even if it was already liberated by the nature and army then attacks hav

armenians repatriate to their homeland all robin for us to walk as the latest from the armenian capital yerevan and peace gathering inside the parliaments and they will be an extraordinary session when they will be talking about how and whether to nominate the prime minister but the republicans understood last night to have had their own emergency meeting at this according to the opposition leader himself nicole passion yan who was up at three am. telling the opposition telling all his supporters that possibly the republicans were actually going to try and block his domination of all failed to turn up today. but remember that will he needs really from amy six seats in order to have the majority of parliament say he's just six republicans or more to switch saw it's a nice back piece people's candidate as he's become known. and you know this really will be an extraordinary change for the for i mean it's this isn't just about getting a new prime minister this is about the first steps towards. i knew him for i mean in politics. a propaganda show and a puck of lies that's the reaction from iran to a

robin farseer walk is in yerevan for us and joins us now robin is it clear that the ruling party will support passion and his bad this time around. that appears to be the case and senior republican party member who i was personally in touch with when we actually were able to break that story that time has told me that they will not be putting forward their own candidate and it seems as if they reluctant to use the name nicole passion and they like to speak in this. legally. let's say. subtle ways to basically say that yes they will support him because they say stating the candidate with thirty five votes will have the nomination but they have confirmed that they will not be putting forward their own candidate and may call passion and therefore he's the only candidate we expect he will be. nominated and there will be a vote only for him as expected next tuesday so it appears that they have listened to the message that the armenian public in future numbers today. wanted to send to them by carrying out this nationwide general strike all the roads in the capitol were blocked so off they t

armenians wanted to send a message today with a general strike they shut down all the streets in yerevan they closed off the roads to the international airport the metro wasn't running all the cities and towns also had protests administrative buildings was surrounded ministry's was surrounded and the message that they wanted to send this movement was to the republican party the governing party that yesterday had rejected the call passion yan's candidature prime minister that message appears to have gone through because the republican party had that special session and they decided that they were going to support nichol passion the end not in as many words they used a clever way of saying that they would say by saying that they would back the candidate with thirty five votes well or more which is the requirement for somebody to be put forward as prime minister in the armenian parliament and it's nicole question you know who has those thirty five votes from the other political fact factions if not more and so the republicans have said they will not put forward a candidate and they will sup

staying on this where for the days and weeks to go ok nick many thanks for that nick connelly day in yerevan. now let's catch up with some of the other stories making news around the world abandoned high rise building in sao paolo brazil has collapsed following a huge blaze this video uploaded to social media shows the building as it collapses is reported to be the former headquarters of the federal police in san pablo the building was frequently occupied by squatters and it's feared there may be several casualties. in afghanistan funerals have helped dozens of people killed in three suicide bombings yesterday the dead include nine journalists killed in kabul and several children who died in kandahar media watchdog reporters without borders has appealed to the united nations to appoint a special envoy to protect lives. a u.n. delegation has arrived in myanmar's rakhine state to investigate the crisis there some seven hundred thousand muslim hinges fled the country for neighboring bangladesh following a military crackdown last fall there's the u.n. has described that action as a textbook exam

they were dancing on the streets of yerevan. armenia as capital power lies by an army of peaceful revolutionaries. by any means necessary. train lines on the city's airport all disrupted as protesters i'm sure the call of their leader. nicole to shani and late from the front. to weeks ago no one thought this was possible that the people of on eniac took to the streets funny because they believe in him. we want to i would then question this country we don't want to be ruled by just thirty people who are gaining all the power all the money of the country and we want to help them pressure want to all want to be our. own weeks thousands of protesters have demanded change they say they want to bring down a system riddled with only got some corruption. as night fell passion ian and marriage to bring news from the country's ruling party market. there was a meeting of the republican party they said that in the coming vote they would support the people's condit have to leave. the people's condit told the masses to go and get some rest ah

million people and that's given this proven ability to bring about the streets and to really powerless yerevan nothing those streets work in the f.o. was closed people were dragging their suitcases and on the brooch much weights it's the apple today that they will have to eventually fold with conditions and also they're trying to do some behind the scenes deals now to at least try and maintain some of that influence some of that that presumably some of that assets but that's not something they're going to be sharing with us. but we will be there when and if there is change our nick connelly in the armenian capital tonight nic as always thank you very much. you're watching t.w. news live from berlin i'll be back on the top of the hour with more world news followed by the day i can see you there. is for celebration group cruise freedom day may third on day to.

started off in armenia where tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets of the capital yerevan to join a general strike opposition leader and call pashtun urged his supporters to bring the country to a standstill after he failed to secure enough votes in parliament to become prime minister and i was the only candidate that had expected a very different result. hangry opposition leader nicole pushin young calls for must civil disobedience earlier after a day long session in parliament the votes just didn't stock up for him the ruling republican party was not prepared to let him become prime minister. with a new day pushing in supporters he did his call they started blocking or some of the main thoroughfares in the capital here over thousands of people were back on the streets here and in other cities. when they did it two weeks ago no one thought this was possible but the people of our mean here took to the streets for nico because they believe in him we want i want the creation of this country we don't want to be ruled by just thirty people who are getting all the power all the

protests in armenia's capital yerevan were sparked by the decision of longtime president set to take on the post of prime minister and remain in power that the demonstrators feel betrayed and let down by their government which many accuse of corruption there is demand for the change and this demand is not coming from small people. being the government or or all the opposition party but this is a social demand and and expectations are very high. back on fear duce market on the he chose us the land the government wants to buy up. i mean i wouldn't give this up for anything. this green oasis right in the city center has sentimental value for on the heat as well the land has been in her family for one hundred years. my daughter. my daughter says we should just leave all this behind even leave the country but how can we leave this behind our land our cemetery my father is buried here my grandmother my grandfather why should i leave let the government leave instead they have billions of the kids as they wait for construction on fear deuce market to begin the locals here feel they have been

gulliver cragg joins us live from the capital, yerevan. what is the situation like in the capital right now? gulliver: in the center of , most of ththe roads are blocked. there is very little cicirculation, very littltle traffic. on street corners, there are blockades, mostly young people standing by cars they have parked to control traffic. they let people through if they are supporters of the revolution, as they call it, including quite a lot of large trucks that go to republic square, where there are trucks going around with a lot of people waving armenian flags and dancing to music, and shouting "victory" or "pashinyan." there is a carnival atmosphere. you get the sense these people think they will win and are not giving up. young people are dancing in the streets, actually. genie: at the moment, pashinyan has not been voted prime minister. there are negotiations underway. can the sides negotiate their way out of this crisis? gulliver: it is hard to say. the optimism of those out on the street, and all supporters of the opposition move

next, we will go back to armenia and the capital yerevan, where correspondent gulliver cragg is standing this is a big day in parliament. tell us more about what is happening and remind us of the situation. gulliverer: right now, debates e going on in the armenian parliament. is takinginyan questions from mp's. this has been going on for several hours, and expected to go on for several hours more. it is not clear what the ruling republican party position is going to be. we just spoke to one mp from that party. quitehe had to say was interesting. she said first of all the party united, too stay vote with one voice. she did not say it was guaranteed that that would happen. she said that around 5:00 p.m. local time today, there would be a meeting of the parliamentary group, and they would try to establish their position. she absolutely was not saying that it was likely that nikol pashinyan would be chosen by the party. she said they had to listen -- [no audio] genie: apologies again. that was gulliver cragg reporting from armenia. emmanuel macron is kicking off a trip to australia. the fren

get off the news sumi well it's been a pretty extraordinary day here in yerevan still going left our hotel and came across a group of students dancing all one of your bones normally busiest crossroads we went a bit further we saw small children with them others also blocking another street and then we have the surreal juxtaposition of someone in their bentley coming to see what was going on followed by a number of construction workers on their trucks so really does seem like this is a very mixed bunch a very wide selection of i mean sites coming up the streets the blockade the streets and also the airport is now finished and it will streaming into centrally have on into republic square behind me now for a demonstration planned full seven local time starts in just over an hour make us we heard in our report of the iranian parliament is set to elect a new prime minister on may rule we see fair elections by. oz so this is a public election in parliament they the ariens don't get to post have votes in private this is all out the open overseas you can argue and question on sports often he

opposition leader nicole passion yun told his supporters a rally in the capital yerevan that the issue has practically been solved it follows reports the government will support any candidate for the role of prime minister if they secure a third of parliamentary votes earlier on wednesday demonstrators in the capital roads to a standstill and block buildings showing their anger offer a public can party members refuse to elect the call of the top job on choose day himself led tens of thousands of armenians through the city in an act of civil disobedience robin forced to walk as more from yerevan. the movement that nichole passion and calls the national movement that we have been calling the opposition movement but which has become clear represents so many armenians wanted to send a message today with a general strike they shut down all the streets they closed off the roads to the international airport the metro wasn't running all the cities and towns also had protests administrative buildings was surrounded ministry's was surrounded and the message that they wanted to send this movement

robin for a walk of a live in a very noisy and quite ecstatic republican square in the middle of yerevan when now we can speak to journalists and political analysts media and who's there as well and as an armenian and i'm assuming that you were in support of this what's known now as the velvet revolution how do you feel today. i don't know that i was in support of it this is definitely but we were covering it extensively. you know it's very difficult to be a journalist and be objective when you know when you see change that is happening that is so fundamental to the progress and development of this country there is great euphoria on the streets of armenia and of yet a man right now as robin said it's really an extraordinary incredible sheet that the people through their sheer willpower were able to accomplish such a dramatic change and but the weeks and months and the year to come going to be very difficult and i'm afraid well of many compromises and to go she so it remains to be seen indeed nicole passion young one of the main promises has been moving the country to speedy elections wha

to be answered but nicholas connelly walking us through all of it live from the armenian capital yerevan we appreciate it. well now we're going to head to hungary where viktor orbán is set to be reelected in parliament for his third consecutive term as prime minister his nationalist party won a decisive victory back in april securing him a two thirds super majority that's being contested by protesters who are challenging the electoral laws and the government's legitimacy critics gathered outside of parliament to oppose the supermajority which will give orbán a free hand to alter the constitution he campaigned on an anti immigrant platform and has vowed to safeguard hungry christian culture. to some other news now in u.s. president donald trump is expected to announce his decision on the future of the iran nuclear deal later today trump has repeatedly said that iran is violating the terms of the agreement meant to curb tehran suspected nuclear weapons program has resisted pressure from european partners who want to save the deal he insists that the agreement must be changed for the u.s. t

reaction that will raise from the crowd behind me ok nick many thanks for that nick connelly there in yerevan. we're going to turn our attention now to global trade the european union says there is no justification for controversial u.s. tariffs on steel and russell says it wants a permanent exemption from those tariffs the e.u. was responding to president trance decision to delay the imposition of tariffs just hours before a deadline was due to expire russell says the perspiring mint is prolonging uncertainty for businesses. a sigh of relief for the steel industry at least for the moment for the next four weeks the e.u. can sell steel and aluminum to the u.s. without additional tariffs. then negotiations will come to an end with says washington no more extensions in march trump announced plans to slap levies of twenty five percent on steel and ten percent on alan minium imports to the u.s. then two weeks later he granted the e.u. and six other countries a waiver that ends today washington says it's been unfairly treated in trade with the e.u. it once concessions from brussels. a comparison o

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in the armenian capital yerevan thousands of people have gathered outside parliament which is set to vote on a new prime minister. the. opposition leader michael passion yon's the sole candidate for the job offer deadline passed on monday with no with a candidate entering the fray. i was going to. armenia should eradicate the thirty percent poverty that is the most shameful thing and there should be no poverty in armenia but that should be cheap not through charity but through putting people's best abilities to use i want to underscore that this movement is about the victory of the citizen our primary mission is to organize free and fair elections in armenia the absence of which since the one nine hundred ninety s. is at the base of the situation we're in now iran is accusing israel's prime minister of a propaganda show by revealing documents he said prove the twenty fifty nuclear agreement was based on lies eleven days before donald trump decides on continuing the deal or not binyamin netanyahu showed reporters what he said was a stolen nuclear plans. a roman catholic cardinal is to

rayhan demytrie reports from the capital, yerevan. of a crucial vote in the armenian parliament. on may the first, all political factions will be voting for this country's next prime minister and is the leader of this protest, opposition mp nikol pashinyan, hoping to get the backing of all political parties. he's been leading this mass protest in armenia for over two weeks, and has successfully forced an unpopular prime minister, former prime minister, out of power. he resigned but his party is still in parliament, it's the governing party, and these people are chanting nikol for prime minister. they believe he's the only politician in armenia at the moment who can oversee and guarantee this country can hold free and fair parliamentary elections. a diet rich in oily fish, such as salmon, could help delay the menopause, according to new research which drew on the data of thousands of women in the uk. the same study suggests that a pasta—heavy diet could hasten the onset of the menopause. ben ando has more details. hitting the menopause

joining us now from yerevan is our correspondent, rayhan demytrie.because he has got the backing of the people of armenia and the people here in oui’ of armenia and the people here in our menial want to see him as their prime minister, because they believe he is the only politician in this country who can lead armenia to its first democratic free and fair elections. armenia's ally, russia, is watching what is happening and so far surprisingly had very muted reaction. russia has a military base in this very small nation and armenia depends on moscow for its security. thank you very much for the latest bear on that political crisis in armenia. concerns have been expressed about the safety of liverpool fans travelling to italy for tomorrow's champions‘ league semi—final against roma, after a supporter was attacked last week at anfield. but italian police have insisted they can guarantee the fans‘ safety, as long as they stay within italian rules. 0ur sports editor dan roan reports from rome. they sing. so far, only a handful of liverpool fans may have t

correspondent nick conley who's covering this story he's at the scene there in the armenian capital yerevan nick the opposition leader passion on his call for a general strike today in a campaign of civil disobedience is he going to get what he wants. good morning terry well i think you can probably see behind me people dancing on what is one of the busiest crossroads in the center of the arab and empty of cause lots of people out on the streets young people students in their majority seem to follow his call not to go to university to the schools but also older people we know that the roads to the airport have been blocked off as as have roads leading to i mean is border with georgia and iran so it does seem like he is really getting some traction and the people are listening to those calls that we heard on public square last night or tell us about what happened on the square there last night this is a potentially explosive situation isn't it. this definitely is a story of disappointment and the will demand because it had looked in recent days as if the ruling public apology had to grudging

to resign and i reports from yerevan. support says a set of pricing. for public square vibrated with excitement i. shop was about same gave me and i'm overwhelmed with emotion and i can only say that we're very happy that we're free from these presidents shackles we have hope that the new prime minister can take care of people's needs including freedom of speech not yet joined with our people have finally reached a moment of victory. was our media's so-called people power movement scored a victory with members of parliament electing opposition leader nicole as prime minister are going to go to think. i want to thank you for this vote and for your stance and i only want to say the following that i serve the people of the republic of armenia and i serve to the republic of armenia. it was the month of fasting and surprising developments in this small former soviet republic since gaining independence in one thousand nine hundred one our media and say they've dreamed of a new dawn for democracy. that want to live in free independent country at this moment w

the man who led weeks of protests in armenia has addressed his supporters in the capital, yerevan, followingan promised that human rights would be protected, and that corruption and election—rigging would end. the film director, roman polanski, is threatening to sue the oscars academy following its decision to expel him for misconduct. polanski fled the us in 1978 after pleading guilty to unlawful sex with a teenager. his lawyer says the academy‘s actions are in breach of its own procedures and california law. it's emerged in the past few hours that america's top diplomat is making his second visit to north korea in less than six weeks. secretary of state mike pompeo has arrived in pyongyang for talks on the release of three american prisoners and to prepare for the proposed summit with president trump. north korea's leader has just been in china for talks with president xi. china is keen to maintain its influence — as john sudworth reports from dandong, on the chinese border with north korea. as the two men took their amiable stroll by the sea, it was hard to believe that one was, just a fe

thousands of anti-government protesters in the former soviet republic of armenia have brought the capital yerevan to a grinding halt the activists were blocking roads after the in the city there after the parliament fused to accept the leader of the opposition they called him as the interim prime minister the day of mass action which follows weeks of unrest know the country is reportedly remain more or less peaceful though the turmoil initially began after ex-president says sarkozy who just finished serving the maximum two terms was appointed prime minister by his ruling party critics called the move unconstitutional and an attempt to cling to power there for a groundswell of public anger and the resulting mass rallies forced him to resign in the end the now be another attempt to elect the interim prime minister and try to break that political deadlock next week if no kind of success for the elections will be. thanks for watching out international with me kevin though in the hot seat here tonight coming up the u.k. is looking to bolster its cyber defenses and step up the fight against the spread

addressing crowds in the main square of the capital yerevan, mr pashinyan said his supporters shouldstations and airports. rayhan demytrie is there. after losing 55 votes in parliament, nikol pashinyan headed straight to public square. here, he has the support of tens of thousands of armenians waiting for the results of this vote ongoing in parliament. the governing republican party voted against him, 55 votes against him, and now nikol pashinyan has come out here and says a velvet revolution will continue and called for more actions on wednesday. and this is what is also making the news today. in a few hours‘ time, the vatican's treasurer, cardinal george pell, is due back in court in australia to hear the details of his forthcoming trial for historic sex offences. he's one of the highest ranked vatican officials. he has vowed to fight the charges. the war of words continues after the israeli prime minister's presentation on monday. benjamin netanyahu presentation on monday. benjamin neta nyahu claimed to presentation on monday. benjamin netanyahu claimed to have documents proving t

the man who led weeks of protests in armenia has addressed his supporters in the capital, yerevan, followingion as prime minister. nikol pashinyan promised that human rights would be protected, and that corruption and election—rigging would end. tens of thousands of people came out to celebrate in the city centre. the bbc‘s rayhan demytrie was among them. when the armenian parliament voted for nikol pashinyan to become this country's next prime minister, there was an explosion of happiness here in the republic square. and people now are dancing, they're waving flags, they can't hold back theirjoy. facebook has banned foreign advertising linked to ireland's referendum on liberalising its abortion laws. critics had warned that campaigns by well—funded us groups could be decisive in the vote later this month. facebook says the integrity tools can verify if the advertiser is based in the country. the english football team leeds united have arrived in myanmar for an end—of—season tour. the club are scheduled to play two friendly matches as they seek to build a fan base in the country. but they ha

was the second vote and as many weeks supporters have gathered outside of parliament in the capital yerevan last week he came up eight vote short after the ruling republican party failed to support his candidacy washing on selection comes after weeks of peaceful protests forced the country's longtime leader to resign. and have his very own nick connelly a standing by with the very latest from the capital and make a very big decision here for armenia tell us what's going on and what it's likely to mean for the country. good afternoon well this is a pretty extraordinary stay on the streets if you're of a field almost like callable you might be able to see the snow fights behind me off to someone for a truckload of fresh snow from a nearby mountain i also this is after all a revolution of over evolution both symbols what it meant they said it was just for fun and people have been really letting rip this was a very false vote today off the weeks of uncertainty and delays they got his votes within less than two hours now we're expecting him to come back to the square tonight to speak to his supp