Well you and all morning. This is deja vu news live from berlin a comedian takes the lead in ukraines president ial election its a poll showing t. V. Star and political talent is for lodging to be as alinsky has won the first round of voting placing boiling it up incumbent Petro Poroshenko we will get the latest from here. And its also pushing day in turkey with people paying costing ballots in municipal elections why do you see it as a test score president wants occupation is a posse is leading in many cities but the contest for the capital im told that is
close to. Im christine window while coming to the program and ukraines first round of president ial elections its of polls show a clear Comedian Phonology me as an unskilled with just over thirty percent off the push now incumbent president Petro Poroshenko whos led the country since winning fourteen trail significantly behind selenski is a political novice but after todays results the funnyman says hes serious about winning in the runoff three weeks from now. Linsky the comedian candid joking at the ballot box asking if you can cast more than one vote for the camera. Selenski comes to the can to deceive by way of a hit ukrainian t. V. Show called servant of the people where he plays an outsider elevated to the
presidency. So does playing a president on t. V. Teach you how to do it in real life supporters and analysts have different views. I dont know if there is such a person as the protagonist in the series but id like to believe in that. Movie zelinsky is new he is not part of the system hes against the system and there are demands for change in this country. Zelinsky may not be entirely outside the system many say hes in the pocket of an oligarch who owns the t. V. Channels alinsky program appears on and who opposes present president Petro Poroshenko. People dont support because they just want to show. Poroshenko is the president ukrainians have now the Chocolate Billionaire who rode
his Confectionery Fortune to the presidency in the last election demanding he represents everything that is wrong about ukraine now corruption and low Living Standards he made his name as a Pro European Anti Russian candidate though and hes sticking to it. The british leave this we have passed the test for our european ways and it means everything we do to head in the european direction is absolutely right. The other major alternative is Yulia Tymoshenko shes got experience as a former Prime Minister and instant Name Recognition as a heroine of the countrys Pro Western Movement but she spent years in jail on what her supporters say were politically motivated charges. So an Outsider Comedian and Table Tennis Player who may not be an outsider versus the status quo president versus a compromised Freedom Fighter from the past no matter what the result ukrainians cant say they didnt have
a choice. Right now the Japanese Cars on an economy joins us now from kiev hynix over not to me is a landscape has been speaking in kid whats he said. Whoa christine well hes come out with some Fighting Talk against the incumbent Petro Poroshenko reminding people here of recent Corruption Scandals and pushing those in a most circle he refuted pushing his allegations that he is a puppet of the ego of the only got ego. And this had come off. Pretty loud intervention for shanker just a few hours ago when he said tomorrow first of april is april fools day but essentially ukrainians he said should get a grip and decide who to vote for to protect the interest of the country stand up to russia and basically say that only he had the experience and the know how to do that. Ok so the incumbent president Petro Poroshenko is trading him and former
Prime MinisterYulia 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 its a machine with a second place thats 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 such a pushing could the incumbent the president will go into a second round with him as an escape. Ok nic so weve heard that theyve been about Sixteen Hundred complaints about electoral violations whats going on there. Workers in there have been lots and lots and lots of observers out into ukrainian
observers because International Observers and they have been very active in telling the authorities about things they think all going well most of these complaints as we said or of a technical nature so this is situations where they have had enough ballots or people have been in the list because they were registered in their place of origin rob the place they happen to be now they have been small a number of complaints about come paining campaigning isnt allowed for two days before the election or cases where candidates have to find a transport for their voters to get to the Polling Stations weve had very little in the way of complaints about fake voters or people voting several times so for now it seems like no one is doubting the overall legitimacy of this vote all right devaneys correspondent nic carney joining us from here thank you. Now to some of the other stories making news Around The World lawyer and government critic susanna. Has one slovakias president ial election the wind makes the countrys first Female Hit Offstage help resolve is
a political novice who ran on an Anti Corruption platform she beat the government backed candidate. Which. And brazil has announced its opening a new trade mission in israel in jerusalem that comes as brazils president is visiting the country to bolster ties but he appears to have backed away from plans to follow the u. S. By moving Brazils Embassy to the contested city. Police in bangladesh have arrested two off the onus of a High Rise Office building that quarter by in last week he say the Twenty Two Story Structure In The Capital Dhaka lacked educates via safety features and was extended illegally the planes. Killed twenty six people and injured seventeen. In turkey local elections initial results suggest that president. Party is leading
across the country but that the crucial mayoral races will istanbul and. Tonight say that it was clear that his team had lost some cities and that he would now focus on a new Economic Program the elections are being seen as a test of edel once leadership since our situational reform gave him sweeping powers tricky is currently in a recession and experiencing high inflation. And joining us now from istanbul is. Dorian. Dorian it looks like it is a very close race in istanbul what more can you tell us. All absolutely theres less than two temps of one percent between the ruling a. K. P. Banal Yield Room Head of the c. H. P. And there are still around two percent more votes to be counted its simply too close to call and the margin is getting less and less as we speak this comes as. The opposition a few hours ago charlie the way the voting with counted he said there was a disparity between what was being broadcast on the figures that they were receiving he said that they were expecting a comfortable victory following those comments Turkeys Supreme Alecto Board which ministers the Election Cutoff its results speak to all the Opposition Parties for fourteen minutes claiming it was Operating System this is cause of brawl with all the Opposition Parties and senior officials to the electoral vault or to the mother the explanation of this is really a moment of high tension given the importance of istanbul. To earth one would be a crushing blow this is the most important city for the president on top of that. Also appear to be also leaving the hands of the k. P. Party although that vote is now being contested by the new Voting Irregularities this controversy is expected to go on for many possibly days. All right dorian in
ankara the capital the opposition is leading the opposition gaining support juta the economic crisis. I think this was the key factor behind these heavy losses the ruling a. K. P. Have suffered soaring inflation rising unemployment and a country in recession and the tanking currency there is anger on the streets much of that anger i think was exercised and people have been giving. Im going to the opposition and president heard one speaking to reporters has acknowledged that he said that there resign go we have failed and hes promising to address this it was a very concerted Speech Braille Consoler three speech by old one who usually very victrola kind of tracking the opposition this time it just seemed like he was trying to reach out and no possible acknowledgment of the house almost certainly lost on korea possibly as well all right that story and jones on turkeys local elections from istanbul thank you. So was the saudi government
involved in hacking the phone of the worlds richest men. Thats the allegation thats been made by the amazon c. E. O. Security advisor Gavin De Becker hes been investigating how a u. S. Tabloids the National Enquirer access to intimate texts and photos from his phone with more on this story im joined by deja vu is alex forrest wising alex so this reads like an International Thriller remind us again of the background here it was back in january that this whole story made headlines off to Text Messages between jeff bezos and Lauren Sanchez whos a u. S. T. V. Anchor. Published in the National Enquirer now that is a tabloid a u. S. Tabloid and they claim that the two were having an affair even though they were married now back in february base of accuse the newspapers owner of trying to
blackmail him after threatening to publish more intimate photos and less he said the papers reporting on him was not politically motivated and he refused. To do that ok and if so what has bases a Situation Visors save this weekend where Gavin De Becker whos worked for the amazon owner for more than twenty years has written a piece in another on another u. S. Website the daily beast and he claims that his own investigation proves that the Saudi Arabian government had gained access to bases over his phone but he asked that hes unsure to what degree of any the Parent Company of the National InquirerAmerican Media inc was aware of the details but what he does say is that both he and bezos were demobbed were asked to say publicly that the original story had not relied on Electronic Eavesdropping or on hucking and again both men refused to do that so why with the saudis be interested in whats on shift. Or this is where it
really does become a bit of a spy thriller because jeff bezos not only owns amazon but he also owns the Washington Post and who work for the Washington Post but the saudi journalists come out and you will remember that almost six months ago he was murdered in the saudi consulate in turkey and now the Washington Post covered that story extensively and did d. W. A bit they made that many reports linking the sound crown Prince Mohammed bin solomon to the killing now saudi arabia has always denied that there was any link a bit american officials have said that mr shop shoes murder would have needed prints mohammeds support for that to happen now so far has been no comment from either the saudi authorities or from the national in inquiry Gavin De Becker says he has handed in all the information that he has gathered in his investigation to u. S. Federal officials so well see what happens next in something sure you will have
been next hour i do alex forrest watching thriller of a story thank you. And for me you know when Lewis Hamilton has won the ball rained grand prix to tame his first victory off the season but he enjoyed a big slice off luck along the way the miss a days drive it took advantage in the dying stages when Engine Trouble denied ferraris shell to a first ever formula one victory the reigning champion hamilton finished it off teammate vault us in second with occur in. It washing up in years to leave you now with some images off cities Around The World turned off the lights on famous landmarks in a call for Global Action on Climate Change im christine one thanks for your company see you next hour