The quarterfinals at the womens world cup in france an impressive performance against nigeria confirms the Team Standing as one of the tournaments favorite. Im not good to have you with us. Polls have closed in istanbul and a controversial rerun of the citys Mayoral Election the polls are widely regarded as a test for a president who was governing a. K. Party which allege foul play after suffering a narrow defeat in the 1st vote in march the opposition has called the rerun a battle for democracy saying the and moment of their victory was a desperate attempt by the a. K. P. To hold on to power and turkeys largest city. Its a may oral contest that could redefine turkish politics histon role is deciding between 2 main candidates been out a year from president wretch of thai apparent ruling a k party. And a mom of 2 from the opposition who had already won a tight race but the courts at the request of the aka party agreed that there were voting irregularities and called a do over. That has some voters worried. For the ok everybody opposed the election boards decision to rerun the election. Nobody thought it was normal. Hopefully this election will be holding a cording to the law of the year for taking part in this election but with reservations the company denied its a fact we hope to be no irregularities show me just the new owners this election is a big deal because what happens in istanbul sends political ripples across turkey. Has long been tightening his grip on power and critics say hes tipping turkey into authoritarianism. Before the new vote polls show to mama lou ahead. Pedro was a turkish citizen and as a Young University student i support him because i believe his projects or projects good at solving real problems. In your. Party he still has a lot of support among a lot of the keyboard but im an individual who suffered during the times when those were the heads covered for religious reasons were able to pursue an education for 20 years and 20 years later i was able to get an education and become a teacher. Who was to be a cool for this our president was the reason for this shit in the old. If the opposition wins there will be renewed questions as to how long and can dominate turkish politics. And more on this lets bring in dave hahn who is following the election for us youre welcome the polls have now closed what can you tell us about the outcome at this point. Well so far i can tell you much there are no official figures yet and there is in fact a broadcast ban here in turkey so until the Election Authority lift that ban media are not allowed to share any details about the counting crows says any figures so well have to wait for a couple of hours more maybe but ill update you later on this turnout it seems is quite high you have to know this vote is taking place in the middle of the some of the cases that when thats when many assemble residents are usually on the caisson but many of them have returned to cast their votes weve seen crowds at a central bus terminal here in istanbul reportedly there have been crowds at the. As well and i spoke to a travel agent who told me that 500000 istanbul residents have in fact changed or canceled their travel ban their travel plans excuse me to be here in the city and to cast their vote so this shows you just how important this election is great interest and this controversial election can you just remind our viewers of why the election was annoyed and the 1st place. Well the vote on march 31st was surprisingly won by the opposition candidate x. Of the secular leftist c. H. P. Turkeys Largest Opposition Party with a very narrow margin of 14000 votes but the ruling a. K. P. Then filed complains over irregularities and achieved a rerun of the elections so a crummy mom who had already received his mandate and served as the mayor of the city for 18 days was stripped of his men date at the request of the a k p now interesting lead both candidates. Are trying to present this election as a struggle a fight for democracy a mom who says injustice has been done to him it was unfair to strip him off his mandate and yet are among the other hand says votes have been stolen so there has to be a repeat election and thats why we are here today now and watching the selection very closely early on himself has said repeatedly he who wins istanbul wins turkey just how important is this election for the k. Party and for aung. Well 1st you have to know how important it is stumble is its turkeys cultural and economic hub it makes up about a 3rd of the countrys economy but its also the place where prison adam was born when he became mayor in 1994 and then rose to power so for him and the a. K. P. This city means power and prestige and losing it a 2nd time thats what many analysts say would be a huge blow to president and once personal reputation as an unbeatable Political Force it would send signals across turkey that the a k p who is ruling this country for 17 years now is maybe no longer invincible thank you yohan in istanbul following felix. Massive demonstrations are underway and Progress Thousands of czechs call for embattled Prime Minister under a bobbish to step down as a wealthy businessman who leaves the populist and opara he is under investigation for corruption and conflicts of interests organizers estimate hundreds of thousands of people could show up the biggest crowds sends the countrys 989 revolution. Correspondent money is and prague for us in money all we can say huge crowds gathering behind you whats going on where you are. But i think the images and sounds really do speak for themselves were witnessing here his story today for the Czech Republic the 1000000 moments for democracy Civic Movement which started this wave of protests around the country was hoping for just this amount of people here on lets not park today in prague lets not back a highly symbolic play place for to check people this is where all the protests are doing in 1089 and this is where today people are gathering and coming from all causes of live bait students pensioners active people theyre gathering here. To demand the resignation of foreign minister andrei poppies what exactly do they accuse bobbish of. Collusion of interest in the us a corruption comes not only far from an e. U. Commission leaked reports of 2 weeks ago but also from the Czech Criminal Police which conducted an investigation into alleged corruption and alleged subsidies thats bad babesia would have from the European Union more than a decade ago and for which hes he has to answer for if not up to justice but instead of answering to. Accusations by you simply said that he would stay i remain Prime Minister and he fired of former Justice Minister and nominated someone he redid trusted and not retreat at the end go off to check people you see every night to hear how big of a problem is corruption in the Czech Republic in general. Where does exactly what the people here want to get rid of it is still very present in the check in a society but the check people dont want any longer that corruption hes part of their politics and our total people earlier on today and they told me they wanted to come just as their parents don and 30 years ago because they wanted a more democratic country something that im very bobbies had promised before his election but hasnt delivered and munoz chavez many thanks. Thank you but then take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world former general mohammad goes done me and has declared himself the winner of mauritanias president ial election but opposition candidates say they could contest the results former president Mohammad Aziz is preparing to step aside after serving to find here elected terms 1500000 people in the west african state are eligible to vote. If the o. P. s government says it has foiled a coup attempt in the northern of horror province Prime Minister be on meant to said the failed coup was led by a senior military officer and left the regional president and at least 2 other officials dead in a separate related incident the countrys military chief was killed by his own bodyguard. Arounds president Hassan Rouhani has demanded an International Response for what he says was a violation of iranian airspace by an american drone terran has announced it will present a quote inconvertible evidence to the u. N. To support its claims the u. S. Special envoy for iran has called on the International Community to diplomatically urge iran to deescalate but with us president obama trump reportedly authorizing a cyber attack on arabian targets and fresh thanks and against the Islamic Republic looming for now the brinkmanship carries on. Strike against irans Missile Systems that was washingtons response launched on thursday to irans downing of a u. S. Drone though it reportedly crippled irans military command and control systems the cyber attack did not involve a loss of life. Unlike conventional military strikes which president trub said he called off on thursday because they would not be proportionate in israel Trumps National security adviser john bolton warned iran against misinterpretations. Nor any other. State proves and. For weeks. No one has granted hunting license in the middle east trump took a different approach trying the carrot instead of the stick. The back would not have a run on their weapons and what they agreed to that they are going to have a wealthy country theyre going to be so happy and im going to be their best friend i hope that happens but i hope that happens. Tensions in the gulf began spiraling 2 weeks ago when oil tankers were attacked while crossing the strait of hormuz a chill point along irans shores that a 3rd of the worlds crude oil passes through the u. S. Blamed iran and with washington due to officially announce fresh sanctions against iran on monday its unlikely the standoff will be over anytime soon stay tuned. Germany has reached the quarter finals of the womens world cup latina lim book side pulled off their 4th when of the tournament confidently taking down 90 area 3 nil but not all the attention was on the players as once again the video assistant referee or ray are played a huge role in deciding the outcome. Alexander pope was making 100 appearance in a germany cape town she mulched the occasion by scoring to open up. In from a corner to claim her 2nd goal of the tournament. For the next 8 minutes the boat was barely kicked off 1st confirms that the nigerian keeper hadnt had her vision impeded by an offside player and was then promptly consulted once more to examine this foul on the number who. Play finally resumed from the penalty spot which saw a different smoking code to make it to. Nigeria found in the 1st or the 2nd time off and it fell today i should to finally confirm germanys place in the pool to find those with this mini strike in the 82nd minute. Its 4 wins out of 4 for germany still yet to concede and only appears to be getting stronger. Lewis hamilton has sealed his 6th formula one when the season breezing through the french crown prince of beit Mercedes Team malveaux terry bought us to the top of the podium at once and was largely untraveled as he started from pole position and held the lead for the entire race he said at the top of the overall championship standings 36 points ahead of us has leading into next weeks austrian crown free. Youre watching dalian is live from berlin up next as the documentary got the devil and rocknroll ill be back at the top of the hour with more headlines thanks for joining us. To achieve have to get through the plane to sneak a break without a simple fix can. 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