To bring you to. Come. This is deja vu news live from berlin Tens Of Thousands of people take to the streets across europe to protest against far right parties and show their support for the e. U. Recent polls show nationalist and Populist Parties are likely to make major gains in European Parliament elections which begin this coming thursday. Also coming up posterous president called Snap Elections after a Corruption Scandal forces the resignation of the countrys far right vice
chancellor. And the winner of this years euro vision song contest receives a warm welcome back home in the netherlands. Laurence is the 1st such friend to win the competition in nearly 5 decades. Thanks for joining us Tens Of Thousands of people have been rallying across europe ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections theyre protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger if you recent polls suggest anti e. U. Parties are likely to do well in the elections were to kick off on thursday in britain. A show of love for the European Union. But tough love. In cities across europe Tens Of Thousands joined protests. Even anti nationalist
rallies like here in germany urging people to not vote for nationalists but also urging europe to do much better many protesters worry that nationalist parties could make substantial gains across the continent. Just enormous i think you have to send a signal against nationalism you just have to make it public i dont know if theres anything to stop people from choosing an end to Democratic Party but we have to show that many are against it and there is dignity of i think through the European Parliament election a signal can already be sent about it breaks it and i think it will clearly be against rexs and yes i also hope that the election goes in the direction of centrist policies and to the left and that there isnt a populist advance hundreds of Civil Society organizations back the rallies calling for Better Climate change policy and a more humane stance towards migrants but as the 28. 00 you members prepare for next weekends votes polls suggest their fears are justified centrist set to lose far right nationalists and n. T. E. U. Parties are expected to gain. Austrias president
has called for new elections in Early September president aleksander father belen made the deal declaration after a Corruption Scandal brought down the Coalition Government of conservatives and the far right Freedom Party you know what followed release of Video Footage taken 2017 showing a Vice Chancellor Heights Christian apparently offering lucrative Government Contracts to a woman posing as a Russian Oligarchs nice in exchange for her back in his partys Election Campaign that year. Austrians will be voting for a new parliament but voters will have to wait until at least september transfer sebastien courts and president Alexander Fundable agreed to the general election roadmap during talks on sunday on the bill and said austrias reputation has been damaged by the actions of the countrys now resigned Vice Chancellor. The president said the government needs to regain the publics trust. Its more i just get found
we need to take all necessary steps to repair the reputation of our Public Officials and government representatives in difficult this this is an issue of National Interest as well as of Austria Standing in the European Union and the rest of the world unseen. In the region on your own. Very. Chance for kurds also said the government was examining the video and considering taking legal action he said the videos content required careful attention from Government Investigators and i live for the moment due to the issues raised by the video we need to answer all open questions to really determine the range from abuse of power to possible legal consequences. To their lives that question is said to be answered in the coming days during talks between coats funded ellen and the Freedom Partys designated leader norbert hoffa. Earlier i spoke to our correspondent bob
of israel who is on the ground in vienna and i asked her how people there are reacting to the government falling apart and the news of Snap Elections when we heard the president earlier talk about. People losing trust austrians losing trust in politics in their politicians and Political Institutions because this is just the end like with the bang Office String of scandals that has been plaguing this government and all these scandals came of the source of all these scandals was the right wing populist Freedom Party so talk there only had during the day when there was a pro europe and a Prague Democracy Demonstration also in vienna i asked some people what they thought about the situation some kind of resistance towards the Current Administration and the government is clearly completely corrupt and happy trust that we need a new face absolutely its an absolute disaster just so you know now we have the
chance to change it. All for the better in the space of thats the only for the. Many of very happy about 2 Terrible College ition stepping down. But that isnt enough even if the Freedom Party is removed from the government theyve had enough time to put their people into important positions. So this is far from over the. Course of this in the long the 3 out there we can see and we can hear obviously that people are quite concerned they do want change and some even fear that the rots in austria might be deeper than is even evident at the moment. And these people who we heard from they may be voting in the european elections coming up this week is this scandal going to affect the austrian vote in those elections. It will certainly affect the austrian vote because theres supposedly the Freedom Party will be reduced back to its core voters they will be there they will turn out
because they believe in their party and they are dyed in the rule dyed in the Wool Populist really and conspiracy theories about this. Are readies for rolling around however we dont know yet how its supposed in chords the Prime Minister the chancellor here will be fairing and by the Opposition Party for instance the weekend social democrats or greens or the liberals can sort of gain from the scandal that is yet to be seen but something that is very likely the outcome off the scandal in austria is that this is a warning to european conservatives against going into Coalition Getting even to close politically was right wing Populist Parties that had been one of the dreams of the Italian League material salvini he wanted to sort of get together was conservatives and sort of make this big get quasar
a coalition in the European Parliament and. They have been warnings from several European Countries from the netherlands from germanys from conservatives there who said dont do it see austria as a dire warning lot of fast moving developments thanks to bob levey still in vienna for following all of them for us and now well take a look at some of the other stories making news Around The World u. S. President on the trump has tweeted a stark warning to tehran writing if iran wants to fight that will be the official end of iran never threaten the United States again the remarks come in response to comments from Irans Revolutionary Guard saying it is not afraid of war. Voting in Indias National elections has ended and exit polls suggest indias Prime Minister Narendra Modi will increase his majority modi focus heavily on National Security during the campaign which helped to rally his v. J. The partys Hindu Nationalist base over 900000000 people were eligible to vote in
the Worlds Largest democratic election. A bomb blast has hit a tourist bus to egypt to Giza Pyramids at least 17 people were wounded but no deaths have been reported this is the latest blow to the countrys Tourism Industry which had been showing signs of recovery after years of political turmoil and sporadic violence. Around 2 thirds of voters have backed tighter gun control in a referendum the question was whether the country should restrict access to semiautomatic weapons and require more training for owners switzerland has one of the highest rates of Gun Ownership in the world. From t. V. President to real life president Ukrainian Comedian and actor of law to me is a lenski has never held any Political Office but he did play a president on t. V. And now hes set to actually take office on monday after scoring a Landslide Victory in last months proto president ial election our correspondent Nick Connelly has this report on what ukrainians are expecting from him. As
a result that even. Let alone run for office. For incumbent Petro Poroshenko it was a stinging defeat losing to zelinsky in ukraines region his pitch to the nation as Commander In Chief as the man who had kept ukraine in its only together in the face of russian aggression had fallen on deaf ears. In the weeks since his sensational Victory Selenski is kept out of the Limelight Making a handful of appearances most of them on social media as ukraines Parliament Squabbled over the timing of the inauguration but what is it the ukrainians are really expecting a new president to do. I dont really know what to expect but im hoping for the best ive had enough of all the old fights and politics. Behind me defeats corruption in our country is thats the main thang. There. Is a limit theres always the put Selenski Lets See what to expect from him as
president hasnt made an official appearance yet told us what to expect. In his fictional inauguration as president and the series 70 people zelinsky charms his audience by throwing stuff the protocol of a ball and refusing to speak or behave like a politician. Whether the real presence alinsky will manage to pull off the same feat only time will tell but one thing is already clear hes captured the countrys imagination and he wont be the last showbusiness star weighing in on ukraines politics as the countrys most Famous Rock Musician says he too plans to launch a new party. In tennis rafael nadal has defended his a tally in open title defeating his big rival Novak Djokovic in 3 sets the standard proves hes still the man to beat on clay with the 2nd major of the year the french open coming up later this month. Rafael nadal and novak
djokovic 2 tennis gladiators doing battle on the clay of rome. Natal attack from the off dominating a one sided for a set with some big hitting joke of it you need to see. The spaniard set 6 love the 1st time thats happened between the past into the 2nd session joke of each ducking trying to force his way back into the match and to stop an opponent. Was eventually rewarded for his efforts this hold at the end of the 2nd set paved the way for him to level the match. But that was the high point for the set set me at the 1st with more and more mistakes coming from the Djokovic Racquets down eventually piecing him into submission. Of the 6 last full 661 victory the
king of clay looking imperious ahead of the french open later this month. In Motorsports Mark Marquez has extended his championship lead by winning the french moto g. P. The spaniard started from full position on his honda and finished 2 seconds ahead of 2 copywriter under. The victory was marquez is 3rd in the last 4 races as well as mundus 300. 00 in moto g. P. It puts marquez 8 points ahead of at least in the championship standings. This year is your vision song contest winner has received a warm welcome back home in the netherlands duncan lawrence. Greeted by huge crowds at Amsterdams Schiphol airport a day after the event the 25 year old brought the netherlands its 1st victories in the contest since 1970 and his Ballad Arcade is sure to linger with us for a while. Thank. You. Thank you and a reminder of the top story were following for you Tens Of Thousands of people have been rallying across europe ahead of the upcoming European Parliament elections theyre protesting against nationalist and far right parties and showing their support for a stronger you feel actions kick off on thursday in britain. Austrian president aleksander Founder Beilin has several actions for Early September he announced the boat alongside chancellor Sebastian Kurtz it comes after a Corruption Scandal brought down creditors far right coalition partner. There watching g. W. News on my actuator will be back with more at the top of the hour for now stay tuned for that modestly with a look back at another winning season for byron you know all that and more coming up after the break
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