also in the running after two decades in politics and three years in prison is former prime minister yulia timoshenko many of her supporters at a final rally in central kiev were bussed in from the countryside drawn by a pledge to consume a gas prices the focus of this election is the economy. promises being made about the war that's the toxic question for all the candidates no one has also learned a lot has. no one wants to take responsibility for five years of war after a people's rebellion against russian influence and corruption and ukraine is a country that seems stuck unsure now which way to turn. and jonah joins us now live from kiev so john a ukraine unsure of which way to turn and yet a majority seem ready to put their trust in a comedian. well yes i think a lot of zelinsky is looking like he'll be the big story of least of this first round is tipped to do very well and particularly turnout is high and his large the younger aged voter base comes out and votes will then go off into the second round in all likelihood against either petra perspiration go or yulia timoshenko and at th

yulia. the mirror reports that a ministry of defence aide has been tending to the graves on his behalf. is. let's take a closer look at some of those headlines. we will start with the guardian, and chris grayling. people have been adding up the numbers, they have been tossing them up. the headline is calls for chris grayling to quit after £30 million ferry fiasco, but that figure is a lot higher. it is worse than that. in the space of 2a hours we learned that chris grayling had cost the taxpayer £200 million because of some of his judgement. the probation reforms he oversaw as minister ofjustice and the £33 million to eurotunnel to make up for the ferry fiasco when he was giving contracts the ferry fiasco when he was giving co ntra cts to the ferry fiasco when he was giving contracts to ferry company which didn't have any ferries because he should have let eurotunnel know it and didn't. but it is worse than that, if £200 million isn't enough,

petro poroshenko, at around 17 or 18% and yulia tymoshenko, the former prime minister, on about 14%. so, it seems, from these exit polls, if they are translated into real results, that volodymyr zelenskiy will be going through and will possibly be facing petro poroshenko and in the immediate aftermath of those exit polls, when they were coming through, i fought my way through to volodymyr zelenskiy and got his reaction. this is the first fight. i am very happy. this is not the final. so the final, we will see the result of the exit poll. i saw the result, mr president, petro poroshenko. .. and if you win, what will be your priority as president? corruption, of course. war. how do you say in english? immunity. immunity of politicians?

spy, who was poisoned in a nerve agent attack almost a year ago, remains in hiding with his daughter yuliathe mirror reports that a ministry of defence aide has been tending to the graves on his behalf. is. let's take a closer look at some of those headlines. we will start with the guardian, and chris grayling. people have been adding up the numbers, they have been tossing

ok so the incumbent president petro poroshenko is trading him and former prime minister yulia timoshenko is denouncing the exit polls so what happens next. so the count goes all in all and we really only expect in the conclusive results by tomorrow afternoon or early evening there is suggestion that new exit polls show a smaller gap between petro poroshenko and you get to michigan to second place that's crucial because the top two candidates will go through to the second round she has your attention goes called on a supporters to turn out big numbers for the counts to make sure that every ballot is counted so this tension this. lack of clarity of where we go on will continue till to morrow but it does seem as if that you're pushing through the incumbent the president will go into a second round with him and it's going. ok nick so we put that they've been. about sixteen hundred complaints about electoral violations what's going on there. what we've seen there have been lots and lots and lots of observers out into ukrainian observers but also international observers and they have been very

work it's these people pensioners and those on low income struggling to get by the ex prime minister yulia timoshenko is trying to reach she promises to cut household bills in health as soon as she's elected and do more to ensure ukrainians can find work at home both president poroshenko and x. prime minister to have been around for decades and many ukrainians especially younger voters are hungry for change. one person who seems to fit the bill is actor and comedian polygamous lenski the forty one year old may have no previous political experience but he has played the president before and the hit series servant of the people the sitcom tells the story of a schoolteacher whose rant about the state of the country is caught on video by one of his pupils the video goes viral and the teacher suddenly finds himself catapulted to the top job don't worry good morning mr president. mixing footage from the sitcom with his campaign ads zelinsky is now trying to convince ukrainians that he's the outside the country needs to shake up its corrupt politics his motto become president but stay ordinary gu

candidates are in the running and treating the incumbent petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko but it's comedian a village near the lenski who is leading in opinion polls if no candidate gets more than fifty percent of the vote the top two will go into a second round of voting these are live pictures from a polling station in kiev china how has more from that city. this is the unexpected front runner in the race to become ukraine's next president give me a zelinsky is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy acts what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of ukraine is that. great. zelinsky well he's famous for one thing young people see him as an anti-establishment outsider figure which they like and this probably is a sign of things. like this personality but it seems even he isn't sure if you can be president or not we don't know we just want to believe that he's a bett

and his daughter yulia reason may says that the city is recovering from the incident. there has been a tremendous effort here in salzburg the decontamination has now been completed that's a key moment for this city in order to move on and recover from what took place last year. joining me on the line now live is alexander get a thank you who is the russian ambassador to the united kingdom very good evening to you mr ambassador first i would like to ask you twelve months on what key questions would you say remain for you over the script poisoning. we don't have any reports official reports and not a single note with our questions and there's something work or a hundred questions were answered this is first second in the where lucian of the international law we can have access to the russian citizens. we sent dozens of the requests but we don't have an excess and so this is the second problem and the third one is that everything what is one worry another link to the investigation. that's another problem it's pretty clear that the u.k. government blames russia for what ha

poroshenko who's led the country since two thousand and fourteen as well as former prime minister yulia timoshenko the last time ukraine went to the polls russia had just annexed the crimea region and pro russian separatists had seized control of part of the country's east five years are no one of the issues foremost in ukrainians minds correspondent nick connelly talk to voters to find out. if you would like oh i can i mean to grow we need new jobs so that people can find work here instead of immigrating but that is his. piece but we understand that it won't be easy to achieve it this for a candidate who will be to most guys hiking. we need to defeat corruption in our countries incredibly reaching we sources and potential public corruption in ukraine is simply destroying us from the less corruption fewer theft so that we start living well like a normal european country very. well first of all our oligarchs need to start investing in ukraine's economy stop taking all their money abroad to off shores carnally joins us now from a polling station in kiev nick what has the turnout been so f

poroshenko who's led the country since two thousand and fourteen as well as former prime minister yulia timoshenko the last times ukraine went to the polls that russia had just an excuse me a region and progress in separatist had seized control of part of the country's east five years on though what are the issues foremost in ukrainians minds correspondent nick connelly reports. more than ten thousand people have lost their lives since war broke out in eastern ukraine back in twenty fourteen millions have been forced to leave their homes as the shooting continues political attempts to end the conflict remain stuck in no man's land but the fact the fighting didn't spread further and that ukraine's army was able to regroup essential to president petro poroshenko as campaign one is message to voters is clear only he can keep ukraine safe and stand up to russia. but five years of war have also left their mark on ukrainians pockets in europe second poorest nation real incomes are still lower than they were before the war as household bills have skyrocketed. over three million ukrainians have

nick incumbent president petro poroshenko is trading him with a former prime minister yulia timoshenko close behind tell us what happens next. do you well now it goes into the second round because no one was able to pick up an absolute night's majority if the exit polls are right that will be a runoff between podium is alinsky etc pushing and we've already heard. fighting talk from incumbent petro poroshenko saying even though tomorrow first of april is april fool's day this is not the time for the trainees be taking risks with their national security given ukraine's conflict with russia given the economic and other problems that really have been ten testing and challenging ukraine's past five years he cold called him as allegedly a puppet of the only got. to go through channels that have made selenski famous since really fighting talk from pershing cosigned he's really going to get dirty and really hone in on the n.g.'s the lack of experience and try and convince ukrainians to pull back from this choice and equate with head that they have been about sixteen hundred complaints about el

also in the running after two decades in politics and three years in prison is former prime minister yulia timoshenko many of her supporters at the final rally in central kiev were bussed in from the countryside drawn by a pledge to consume a gas prices the focus of this election is the economy. promises being made about the war that's the toxic question for all the candidates no one has also no one has . no one wants to take responsibility for five years of war after a people's rebellion against russian influence and corruption and ukraine is a country that seems stuck unsure now which way to turn jonah. anticorruption candidate zuzana couple tova has won slovakia's presidential election making her the country's first female leader. the liberal lawyer who has no previous political experience beat the governing party candidate in a second round runoff vote it's over pro europe and told supporters who saw her victory as a signal for change she'll be sworn in in june to the largely ceremonial position but. i accept this result with great humbleness and sense of great responsibility i think a

prevent the reelection of president petro poroshenko another of his rivals is former prime minister yuliatimoshenko a runoff will be held on april twenty first if none of the thirty nine candidates wins more than fifty percent of the folks join a whole has more from kiev. this is the unexpected front runner in the race to become ukraine's next president. is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy act what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of ukraine that's. great. he's famous for one thing. and. it's a likeness of personality but it seems even he isn't sure if he can be president or not we don't know we just want to believe that he's a better. previous presidents with businessmen politicians and lawyers maybe a comedian can make a difference for ukraine and leave it in my opinion that many feel the political unknown zelinsky could hardly do worse than the current president petro poroshenko

office is ahead in opinion polls while current president petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko are neck and neck behind him john holl reports from kiev. this is the unexpected front runner in the race to become ukraine's next president lauded me as a linsky is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy act what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of ukraine that's. great. he's famous for one thing young people see him as an. outsider figure which they like and. yes i like was a personality but it seems even he isn't sure if he can be president or not we don't know either we just want to believe that he's a better option previous presidents with businessmen politicians and lawyers maybe a comedian can make a difference for ukraine only in my opinion many feel the political zelinsky could hardly do worse than the current president petro poroshenko he came to power after russ

bre one year after the poisoning by a former russian double agent sergei scrip hall and his daughter yulia to reason may say as the city is recovering from the incidents there has been a tremendous effort here in salzburg the decontamination has now been completed the key moment for this city in order to move on and recover from what took place last year. well twelve months long questions continue to circulate around the events of march twenty eighth seen russia to refute the u.k.'s continued insistence that moscow is to blame for the poisoning with the kremlin noting that the most basic questions only incidents remain unanswered from seoul's bring his artie's pocket book i've been talking to some of the people here and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson. to teach each other so. little. and we can just get over. these great war i mean you really get it it's part of you made people see so. i put my bike from there the every day of what's a mobile supporter with me so i just went straight back in for a way so i wouldn't pick anything up any more. or less th

daughter yulia reason may says that the city is recovering from the incident that has been a tremendous effort here in the deacon in order to move on and recover from what took place last year. but even twelve months some questions continue to circulate around the events of march two thousand and eight russia refutes the u.k.'s continued insistence that moscow is to blame for the poisoning with the kremlin noting that the most basic questions on the incident remain. from salisbury reports i've been talking to some of the people here and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson so. you know it's not the truth. to ciccio. you to the great war i mean you really get it it's part of you made people see so. i put my bike from there the every day of what's a mobile supporter with me so i just went straight back in for a way so i wouldn't pick anything up any more. or less than i'm sure the contamination is complete so. i don't think me saying well one year ago you'd be hard pressed to find many people outside the u.k. that knew much about the town of souls very or

contenders are now in the running for the top spot incumbent petro poroshenko former prime minister yulia timoshenko and a surprising newcomer who's made a strong showing in opinion polls. he's a comedian famous for playing a president in a popular t.v. show. good morning mr president. an ordinary man taken by surprise catapulted into the top job by a string of coincidences that's the story of the ukrainian servant of the people now its lead. is poised to become ukraine's president the second time and this time it could be through real polls consistently put him ahead of both incumbent president petro poroshenko and prime minister yulia timoshenko and there's the rub where both his closest rivals have been at the forefront of ukrainian politics for decades. blank page he's never previously been involved in. let alone held elected office but in a country struggling with massive corruption and a seemingly. flick in the east many are desperate for fresh faces. and i'm running for president i'm challenging the elites on their own turf that's why they're tearing into me and calling me a clown

solsbury a year after the poisoning a former russian double agents are going to fall and his daughter yulia twelve months on and the finger is still squarely pointed at moscow although it claims the u.k. is failing to provide any answers even to the simplest of questions regarding the king. for more we cannot cross lived. in salisbury for us give us a sense of what people in the city now feel a year on. well the reason mays commemorated the anniversary of the attack against the script while she's visited souls' berry and earlier she put out a statement saying that she commended the work of all those that took part in the decontamination efforts after everything took place in the investigations and also she praised the resilience of the residents of souls who have had to endure a pretty eventful year i've been talking to some of the people here and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson. to . be sure. you were to get it. made people see so. i put my bike cram there the evidence of what state mobile supports were made so i just went straight back in for y. so i

cells very a year after the poisoning of former russian double agent sergei screwball and his daughter yulia twelve months on and the finger is still squarely pointed at moscow which claims it's being denied answers to even the simplest of questions regarding what happened for more live now to our polly boyce on this for us to give us a sense of what people in the city now feel a year after the attack. well a year ago you'd be pretty hard pressed to find many people outside of the u.k. he knew much about the town of souls brady or things like facts about the height of the spire of the town's cathedral but the attack on the script pals that took place and the ensuing international scandal has placed this town firmly on the map and made it rather famous and one year down the line the residents here are still processing what happened to take a lesson. so. you know it's not the choice. to ciccio it's a shame. that will never. disappear and we can just get on with. these two straight i mean you really get it it's kind of made people see so. called. the. born. child nation. money trees place so i'

but reporters think of the incumbent president on seventeen point eight and these nearest challenger yulia timoshenko a veteran of politics a former prime minister down on fourteen point two so it does in the first place confirm that there will be a second round nobody has won and now private george and that it will be between and in ski and poroshenko it's. not an unexpected result the polls have been tipping this for weeks now it's certainly an unlikely one little give me a zelinsky a comedian no prior experience in politics whatsoever nothing to measure him against he's popular with young voters who who've just basically cost a protest vote for him many believe because they are annoyed and upset and angry with the established politicians and their failed promises continued corruption the continued war in east and so on mr zelinsky says he's going to change everything but he's given very little in the way of concrete detail about quite how he plans to do that he'll go up against petro poroshenko the confectionery billionaire four years in office now he styled themselves a strong man refo

polls consistently put him ahead of both incumbent president petro poroshenko and ex prime minister yulia timoshenko and there's the rub where both his closest rivals have been at the forefront of ukrainian politics for decades as a blank page he's never previously been involved in politics let alone held elected office but in a country struggling with massive corruption and a seemingly. flick in the east many are desperate for fresh faces but. for president i'm challenging the elites on their own turf that's why they're tearing into me calling me a clown yes i'm a clown. i'm proud of that. selenski is a candidate unlike any other and he's refusing to play by the normal rules of campaigning there are no rallies and very few interviews selenski is running a campaign that's almost all online and he's using social media to talk to his potential supporters directly his central message transparency breaking with the kind of politics that has made ukraine one of europe's most corrupt and poorest nations selenski calls it becoming president but staying a normal guy he says he doesn't want to mak

visited souls for a one year after the poisoning there a former russian double agent and his daughter yulia reason may says the city is still recovering from the incident that has been a tremendous effort here in salzburg the decontamination has now been completed a key moment for this city in order to move on and recover from what took place last year. the questions continue to circulate around the events of march twenty eight. case continued insistence that moscow is to blame for the poisoning with the kremlin noting that the most basic questions on the incident remain unanswered from seoul sprit hotties polyploid to reports. i've been talking to some of the people here and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson. to teach each other so. little. and we can just go to. these two three four i mean we were to get in. front of you made people see so. i put my bike from there the every day of what's a mobile supporter with me so i just went straight back in for y. so i wouldn't pick anything up any more. or less than i'm sure the contamination is complete so. i do

which country would be dead if i russia and adopt yulia. russia however does not have the monopoly on doping every year worldwide three thousand athletes test positive for doping among the sports in which cheating has been found to be the most prevalent in recent years our bodybuilding athletics baseball american football weightlifting boxing wrestling cycling ice hockey rugby swimming and basketball power and insurance sports are not the only concerns. only on the overall is a specific nick book if you didn't. saw that it. would board put it in his pool and it's all of it is. more all now but the movies were that it's an exposure that he needs me all produce rather than his six it all but. much of skittishness of all don't do it thank him said look they stood it in. this book if they look at it. as a sport that relies on technique football would seem to be above doping scandals and yet it has been tainted by match rigging and corruption. is very true and over the during the two thousand and fourteen world cup in brazil seven hundred thirty

the story began the day that yulia met sergei portugal the head of the athletics federations medical department who prescribed a doping program. to go out again and claridge. that presented the doctor wasn't exquisite cutter but the spots me and i've got to get there it's border. to find out um you brought back to mother me a lot of us to. this point in time in that i just. need to stretch a hole in your. heart that's just what them the covert. how do. you not go there bill stuart you know. that the storm new governor your own go ideas don't save in the word of what it's must see that zone go just ones that he bore you lit up with. two of the gold medal winners of the london olympic games if you athletes tested positive it was because the anti doping agency in moscow were themselves corrupt. and that resignation a. bit about us the position of us and moved it is just an instant don't invite us year after machine you must be out there never to help the goal of only because. i guess it's bad luck with mobility still on your dog when you quote you boys at the process which. still don't

actually on a park bench on this green that on the fourth of march last year so gay and his daughter yulia scrip are were discovered slumped unconscious they were taken to hospital and pretty soon afterwards it became clear that this wasn't an ordinary medical incision that they were dealing with the script had been poisoned with military grade nerve agent a substance known as nova chalk that had been. juiced in the soviet union and pretty soon after that the prime minister to resign may pinned the finger of blame squarely on moscow and there were diplomatic expulsions and a war of words ensued over what really had taken place here london says the kremlin dispatched a hit squad to come here russian military agents arrived in seoul very they say shortly before the poisoning took place they were armed with a toxic nerve agent and this is something that moscow denies that and continues to press for information and access to the investigation saying that actually two russian nationals are involved here and we know nothing about what's happened to them take a listen to the russian foreign minis

solsbury a year after the poisoning of former russian double agents of the script ball and his daughter yulia twelve months on and the finger is still squarely point about moscow although it claims the u.k. is failing to provide answers to even the simplest of questions regarding the case . reports. well to reason may's commemorated the anniversary of the attack against the script files she's visited souls' bree and earlier she put out a statement saying that she commended the way of all those that took pot in the decontamination effets off transitions of souls who have had to enjoy a pretty eventful year i've been talking to some of the. people and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson. to teach each other so. little. and we can just go to. be great. you really get it it's part of you made people see so. i put my bike from there the everyday life what's a mobile supporter with me so i just went straight back in for i so i wouldn't pick anything up any more. or less than i'm true to contamination is complete so. i don't think me saying well one year ago you'd b

one year after the poisoning of former russian double agents are described by all and his daughter yulia twelve months on and the figure is still being pointed at moscow which claims it's being denied answers to even the simplest of questions regarding what happened for more a life now to our polly boy who's in salisbury what's the atmosphere like in the city one year on. well a year ago you'd be hard pressed to find many people outside of england who knew much about the the town of. all the height of it spire but the attack against the script files and the international saga that ensued changed all that and put this town firmly on the map and made it rather famous much to the lament of many of its residents take a listen. to two children. who were to get a. crowd of made people see so the whole saga started on the fourth of march last year when the former russian spy and his daughter were found slumped unconscious on one of the park benches here in the center of the city's shopping area the bench itself has since been removed as part of the investigation in the decontamination but this

screens and newspaper front pages the world over here is former double agent screw paul's daughter yulia making an appearance shortly after being discharged from hospital i should just post after twenty days in a coma i woke up to the news that we may have been poisoned i still find it difficult to come up to terms with the fact that both of us were attacked in such a way the accused made an appearance to investigators said their officers from russia's g.r.u. military foreign intel service whose travels around souls very had been meticulously traced by every news organization known to man but the men themselves claim to be well most professionals who wanted to see a famous spy or. to proceed but across the world is there. any of us aboard. somebody if this were but a whole year has gone by and where is sergei scrip all himself he was discharged from hospital not too long after his daughter and was understood to be alive and well where is he living now what is he up to. and doesn't he have anything at all to say to weigh in on this massive story that he's at the center of to some wanting

also in the running after two decades in politics and three years in prison is former prime minister yulia timoshenko many of her supporters at a final rally in central kiev were bussed in from the countryside drawn by a pledge to consume a gas prices the focus of this election is the economy with promises being made about the war that's the toxic question for all the candidates no one has also on the lot has. to take responsibility for five years of war after a people's rebellion against russian influence and corruption and ukraine is a country that seems stuck sure now which way to turn you don't know how. the weather is next and a new twist in the battle between the world's richest man and a u.s. tabloid magazine and how brazil's president is facing a backlash after trying to. hello again and welcome back we're here cross china we are still speaking of those spots of heavy rain across much of the area particularly here on monday we're going to be seeing the very heavy rain across parts of the southern and southwestern part of china as well into the northern vietnam so annoy it is going

criticism for failing to implement reforms and to fight corruption here is another face this is a yulia timoshenko and she's a two time prime minister who's also procure of and was part of the two thousand and four orange revolution against corruption. but the but the insurgents in this election the wild card who could turn ukrainian politics on its head is this man this is the law to me as a lens he's a comedian and actor and he's famous for playing the president in a popular t.v. show according to opinion polls he's got a good chance of becoming president for you. to stop our. versatile business elite petrovich all abroad do we were good morning mr president . an ordinary man taken by surprise catapulted into the top job by a string of coincidences that's the story of the hit ukrainian sitcom servant of the people now its lead. is poised to become ukraine's president the second time and this time it could be true real polls consistently put him ahead of both the incumbent president petro poroshenko and x. prime minister yulia timoshenko and there's the rub where both his closest rival

door to yulia reason may says that the city is recovering from the incident. there has been a tremendous effort here in salzburg the decontamination has now been completed that's a key moment for even twelve months on questions continue to circulate about the events of march twenty eighth russia refutes the u.k.'s continued insistence that moscow is to blame for the poisoning with the kremlin noting that the most basic questions on the incident are still unanswered from salisbury artie's police reports. i've been talking to some of the people here and many of them say they're still processing what happened take a lesson. to teach each other. just. good old. great war i mean you really get it it's part of you made people see so. i put my bike from there the every day of what's a mobile supporter with me so i just went straight back in for y. so i wouldn't pick anything up any more not less than i'm true to contamination is complete that's true i don't think so you're saying well one year ago you'd be hard pressed to find many people outside the u.k. that knew m

. —— yulia tymoshenko. 0n survivor but three. —— yulia tymoshenko.ch to qualify for a second round. it is quite a choice. let's brief you on some of the other stories making the news. president trump has used his first rally since the end of the investigation by the special counsel robert mueller to claim that his political opponents used the probe to try to illegally seize power. speaking to thousands of supporters in michigan, mr trump said what he called the the "collusion delusion" was over. the world meteorological 0rganization says that the physical and financial impacts of global warming are accelerating. their report comes in the same week as the international energy agency reported a surge in co2 in 2018. however, new data from the uk suggests britain is bucking the trend with emissions down by 3%. 300,000 women around the world — almost all of them in developing countries — are dying every year as a result of having caesarean sections. that's according to a new study in the lancet. researchers analysed data from twelve million pregnancies.

in the running after two decades in politics and three years in prison he's former prime minister yulia timoshenko many of her supporters at a final rally in central kiev were bussed in from the countryside drawn by a pledge to harvard consumer gas prices the focus of this election is the economy with few promises being made about the war that's the toxic question for all the candidates no one has and sort of the lot has. to take responsibility for five years of war after a people's rebellion against russian influence and corruption and ukraine is a country that seems stuck sure now which way to turn i don't know how. well counting is underway in slovakia what's expected to be a historic presidential runoff there the nation looks set to elect its first female president zeneca put over an environmental activist and a lawyer is ahead of her main rival modest suffolk of it too has the backing of the ruling party of the campaigned on a strong anticorruption slate and is a supporter of the european union to venezuela now where the security forces fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators in t

other candidates in the running including the incumbent petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko if not of the candidates gets more than fifty percent of the vote then there will be a runoff between the top two on april the twenty first so how has more from kiev. this is the unexpected front runner in the race to become ukraine's next president followed him is elin ski is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy act what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of ukraine that's territory where a. little doing it. is famous for one thing. young people see him as an anti establishment outsider figure which they like and respond. and i think that's why i like there's a personality but it seems even he isn't sure if he can be president or not we don't know if we just want to believe that he's a better option previous presidents with businessmen politicians and lawyers maybe a come

also in the running after two decades in politics and three years in prison is former prime minister yulia timoshenko many of her supporters at a final rally in central kiev were bussed in from the countryside drawn by a pledge to harvard consumer gas prices the focus of this election is the economy with few promises being made about the war that's the toxic question for all the candidates no one has also learned a lot has. to take responsibility for five years of war after a people's rebellion against russian influence and corruption and ukraine is a country that seems stuck i'm sure now which way to turn. the head on. a nineteen sixty four military coup by president believes it will bring unite the country and algeria's armed she says there's a campaign against the military after it calls for the removal of president. back in a moment. there welcome back to international weather forecast where we are going to be seeing quite a change here across europe over the next few days sunday though it's still going to be quite a nice day because we have been dominated by high pressure for the last

also in the running after two decades in politics and three years in prison is former prime minister yulia timoshenko many of her supporters at a final rally in central kiev were bussed in from the countryside drawn by a pledge to consume a gas prices the focus of this election is the economy. promises being made about the war that's the toxic question for all the candidates no one has the answer and a lot has. no one wants to take responsibility for five years of war after a people's rebellion against russian influence and corruption and ukraine is a country that seems stuck and sure now which way to turn. there are reports that could put her deal to a fourth vote the british prime minister's late his bid to get her e.u. withdrawal agreement through parliament was rejected by fifty eight votes in central london pro bricks of protesters have rallied for a second day there were numerous demonstrations by both sides in the british capital on friday the day the u.k. was meant to leave the european union well as the brics it wrangling continues there's growing concern about how it's affecting

in the opinion polls trailing him our current president petro poroshenko and former prime minister yulia timoshenko who are neck and neck in the race to make it to a runoff jonah hill has more from. this is the unexpected front runner in the race to become ukraine's next president mills alinsky is an actor and comedian his campaign appearances are stand up comedy act what he lacks in actual policy or political experience he makes up for with his on screen persona in a popular television series he's a teacher blows the whistle on corruption suddenly finding himself yes president of ukraine that's. great. he's famous for one thing young people see him as an anti establishment outsider figure which they like. i like was a personality but it seems even he isn't sure if you can be president or not we don't know either we just want to believe that he's a better option the previous presidents with businessmen politicians and lawyers maybe a comedian can make a difference for ukraine many feel the political zelinsky could hardly do worse than the current president petro poroshenko he came to pow