political upheaval in armenia as the prime minister who was president is forced to step down tens of thousands of anti-government protesters marched for days to demand his resignation so what's next this is inside story. and i welcome to the program i'm jane dokken nellie two weeks of political drama in armenia have ended with the downfall of the prime minister who was president so. abruptly resigned just a few days after being appointed by parliament he became prime minister off to ending ten years in power as president protesters accused him of a political power grab and marched on the streets of the capital yet of on for days as news of his resignation spread protests is cheered opposition leader nicol russian yohn of you was detained and later released said powell is with the people in his resignation letter there's a cigarette it's a good and said nicole passion young was right i was wrong the create a situation has some solutions but i will not go to any of them that's not mine i leave the post of the country to. the movement of the streets as against my office i fulfill your c

is always with the people of armenia she stated armenia russia and europe close relations regardless they have strong ties strong economic military and political ties no matter who is going to be in already had found that it unlikely to change. not exist yet about thank you thank you now to some of the other stories making news around the world nicholai us president daniel ortega he still faces things for his resignation despite backing away from a controversial pension scheme that spock's days of violent protests students say they will continue to demonstrate until he resigns or is removed after his claim more than twenty people killed in protests that began last week. this crime u.n. war crimes tribunal is here in appeals against the twenty sixteen genocide conviction of bosnian serb wartime leader of one kind of judge he's asking for a new trial prosecutors will just acquittal on a separate charge dismissed and he's forty year prison term increased to life. a court in belgium has sentence the last surviving suspects from the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks to twenty years in p

swift action in armenia. could elect a new prime minister next week. the close sun goes up on a popular holiday spot in the philippines putting thirty six thousand jobs at risk . a record breaking number of journalists are at the border between the two koreas ahead of historic talks two thousand eight hundred thirty three have registered to cover north korea's leader kim jong un meeting south korea's president moon j. and at the village of panmunjom there from one hundred sixty eight south korean and a hundred one thousand foreign news outlets a wide range of issues expected to be discussed including pyongyang's nuclear weapons program diplomatic editor james brains has more from across the board in project. the final rehearsal took place in the south after noon body doubles playing the role of supreme leader kim and president moon both sides very keen but the choreography is just right because of the camera angles and the images but also because of the important question of security this is quite a remarkable event when you think what has happened on

keep our eyes wide open to the new risks right in front of us protesters are back on the streets of armenia's capital after the acting prime minister cancelled crisis talks with the opposition protest leader nichol passion ian says that he's ready to lead until new elections are held his movement forced the former leader serge sachs to resign on monday. police in california have charged a former policeman that they suspect is the so-called golden state killer a serial rapist and murderer in the one nine hundred seventy s. and eighty's seventy two year old joseph james to angelo was held after d.n.a. from his home matched crime scene evidence south korea has released more details about its meeting on friday with the north president will jay and will greet kim jong un at the border as he steps across the military demarcation line kim will be accompanied by his sister during talks in poundland john the two leaders are expected to announce a joint agreement after the meeting the first in more than a decade international donors have raised four point four billion dollars in emergency aid for syria

the transcaucasian george or armenia was. the tra nscaucasian trailed is george or armenia was. the transcaucasian trailed is a young project, to build 3000 kilometres of network of new purpose—built hiking trail in the caucasus, which is on the border of europe and asia. half of the volunteers are typically internationals, you have to be local armenians —— half would be local armenians —— half would be local armenians and georgians. it will go into the future, the next ten years, to finish. in the caucasus, there is a massive range of ecosystems, up north you have these massive alpine mountains, 5000 metres, but down to the middle and the south, is that he much everything else you can imagine. you can walk for days and not see people, not see buildings, be completely alone. the last time the caucus was mapped was in the 19705 by the soviet union. and so i had a chance to really contribute to the design of the trail by finding different potential routes to connect the known sections of trail with the unknown sections of trail. i was hiking by myself for eight weeks and

police in armenia have detained the opposition politician. and two of his colleagues who have been leading anti-government protests was arrested shortly after an unsuccessful meeting with the newly appointed prime minister. he's demanding the lead to step down accusing him of a power grab a former military officer who backs moscow sarkozy and was elected president in two thousand and eight and served two five yet terms on the his watch the constitution was changed in two thousand and fifteen shifting most state house to the prime minister and making the presidency a largely ceremonial post on tuesday parliament approved sarkozy on as prime minister under the new parliamentary system but to say this effectively makes our christiane armenia's leader for life sunny gago has more. the tenth day of mass demonstrations in the capital yerevan and there's no sign of them slowing down they are large as protests seen in armenia figure is tens of thousands of protesters blocked roads in the city center. police arrested three opposition leaders provoking

could this be the man to change the political timing to in armenia. the demonstration will continue on to the call question. came the prime minister and i think the media demonstrations can continue even further as long. as long as the. color of people will not be interpreted. by the. truth. for through our next government to be a success and we want nicole question in it on the. book it is those people leave us alone and let us live freely in a free country so that's what. she did. after the weeklong protests led by pushing into oust the former pm armenia's ruling republican party seems to be listening to the masses they will not be present to your candidate a fast in almost two decades. but they still hold a majority in parliament session yet may have the backing of other leading groups but will also need the support of the republicans he hopes that recent talk to the country's president will also republican corruption that i do. hope people people. with. changes we need a new rule. if it's the issue for. people. an opportunity for unity from all si

we have to keep all eyes wide open to the new risks right in front of us protests are continuing in armenia's capital as a political crisis unfolds thousands of people took to the streets answering a call from the opposition leader who accuses the government of refusing to negotiate a trance or hour there were celebrations too after the acting prime minister announced fresh elections to break the impasse but critics say they don't trust the current government to oversee the electoral process. large scale strikes have been held in cities across south africa the federation of trade unions is staging the shutdown to protest against changes to the minimum wage it's demanding action to end what the union calls a crisis of unemployment poverty and inequality. and israeli soldier has been sentenced to nine months in prison for killing a palestinian teenager in twenty fourteen they didn't know wara was shot during a lull in protests marking the day israel came into existence and when jarius president has vowed to hunt down gunmen who opened fire on a catholic church killing at least nineteen people t

that i will not be involved with the justice department now armenia could have a new prime minister by next week this parliament is expected to hold a special session on tuesday to debate and possibly elect a new leader the opposition wants its leader. to be the head of a new government palestinian journalist ahmed abu hussein will be laid to rest in gaza he died on wednesday from injuries sustained while covering the protests at gaza's border with israel two weeks ago abu hussein rashard when israeli forces use live fire against unarmed palestinians the un security council is discussing the dispute between israel and palestine the u.n. special coordinator for the middle east peace process says the humanitarian situation for palestinians is worsening nicholai mladin always says civilian should not be targeted like there have been during protests at the border and it's day one philippine president regurgitate his order to close a popular holiday destination for six months he says tourists have turned into a cesspool the beach attracts about two million tourists a year with a billion dol

was used this summer, for armenia was produced this summer, and is now on sale in armenia, so locals are using it. and i think that is a massive benefit to the country itself, being able to contribute in that way was really cool. and finally, i am back in egypt's capital, cairo, on the banks of the nile. today 95% of egyptians live along the nile. it has always been essential to life here. central to life here. the ancient pharaohs built elaborate vessels to travel along the river and these boats became some of their most prized possessions. in the scorching desert heat, an extraordinary operation is under way. i am going to a unique laboratory specially construct of next i am going to a unique laboratory specially constructed next to the great pyramid of pharaoh khufu. inside, archaeologists and scientists face a daunting task. they are trying to excavate an ancient wooden boat which was buried nearly 5000 years ago. what can we see here? this is khufu's second boat, built in bc, before christian, 2700 years. this is one of the oldest wooden ships in the world. these scientists are

authority in armenia has come into the hands of the people. under the glare of the media they're meeting lasted just several minutes prime minister circassian abruptly ended the encounter. looking. just hours later. was detained as he led a demonstration in the armenian competition. that . this past week parliament in the former soviet republic of just three million people voted to allow circassian to transition from the largely ceremonial post of president which he served two terms to that of prime minister. public anger has grown on what the opposition perceives as a power grab claiming so. is becoming a leader for life. even. the prime minister's team is not popular amongst the people neither are social and economic policies. resentment has been slowly growing for years. and now it's turned into this huge dissatisfaction. dissatisfaction that the opposition has called the start of a peaceful velvet revolution one they'll continue till their demands are met. we've got merrick's a ferry and on the line with us he's an independent researcher a

this is from an old change in armenia as the prime minister steps down after days of protests this after soldiers join a demonstration demanding his resignation we'll take you live to amin his capital got to find out what is likely to happen next in this former soviet state also on the program. belgian court sentences the only surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris attacks. gets twenty years for his role in the police shootout that led to his arrest. and sold agrees to switch off the giant speakers a broadcast music and news and propaganda to the north part of a change of tone ahead of friday's historic summit between the two koreas. until gail welcome to the program i mean his prime minister. has resigned following eleven days of mass protests against him and a statement posted online he referred to the opposition the day when he said he called pushing on was rights and that he was wrong protesters accused tried to stay in power for life and today they were joined by groups of soldiers in the capital over the weekend authorities arrested more than two hundred people including nic

also on this program, all change in armenia. the countries prime minister steps down after days of protest. a group of soldiers joined the demonstration demanding his resignation after a power grab triggered an antigovernment movement. britain's duchess of cambridge shows off her third child with prince william. the boy's hasn't been revealed yet. he has already had his first public parents. ♪ >> welcome. my name is christopher. christopher: we begin with breaking news out of toronto, canada. a van has run over a number of pedestrians near one of toronto's major intersections, young street and finch avenue in the northern part of the city. there are unconfirmed reports that at least two people have been killed. police have tweeted they cannot get confirmed fatalities or explore the extent of the injuries during authorities also same may have arrested the driver following reports he fled the scene on it. we are also giving early eyewitness reports from the scene. one man describing the scene after he saw the van slam into busy

translation: power belongs to the people in the republic of armenia. the people are the masters of their country. he says the only way out of the current crisis is for him to be elected prime minister next week. on the 1st of may at 8:00am we will take to the streets, we will fill the streets and squares of yerevan. the mass protests have been peaceful so far. in a bbc interview, the country's president praised the people's democratic will. armenia has shown an example that shows that society exists and that people are courageous and proud to express their opinion. that is a fantastic achievement for a country that has decided to go towards the path of democracy. the ruling republican party has an acting prime minister in place, but it is now says it will not put up its own candidate on tuesday. it has not indicated who it will back. and it still holds a majority of seats in parliament.

so this is t w news live from a in a deepening political crisis in armenia the country's new prime minister walks out of talks with the man adding the opposition against him demonstrators have been protesting for days demanding a change in leadership they refuse to accept the former president as the new prime minister also on the program. in the correct euro the families of those killed during days of protests against government reforms bury their dead and now the president says he's considering a u. turn. and the female future for germany's social democrats the s.p.d. is electing a new leader today it's likely to be rising star andrea now this she'll be the first woman to take charge of germany's over this particular can she still years of decline. hello and welcome my name is chris to the spring a good to have you with this. is facing a deepening political crisis after its new prime minister seven shots can see on walked out of talks with the opposition earlier today the country has seen ten consecutive days of protest since because john became prime minister after serving ten years as pr

could this be the man to change the political timing to in armenia. the demonstration will continue on to the call question i came to the prime minister and i think you need it demonstrations can continue even further as long. as long. color of people will you know it's be interpreted. by the. choice. for three put our next government to be a success and we want nicko passion in it. it is those people leave us alone and let us live freely in a free country so that's what we're. after the week long protests led by pushing into the former pm armenia's ruling republican party seems to be listening to the masses they will not be presenting a candidate a fust in almost two decades. but they do still hold a majority in parliament question yet may have the backing of other leading groups but will also need the support of the republicans he hopes that recent talks with the country's president also a republican could craft and that i do. hope people people. people. with. change. we need to know. if they. can. people. an opportunity for unity from all sides of

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protesters are back in the streets of armenia as tensions mount between the government and the opposition this new round of demonstrations comes as talks between both sides appear to have broken down on monday protests to celebrations after the country's prime minister has surged to kusiak agreed to resign the movement against the ruling republican party is largely led by the opposition leader nicole passion who is now calling for snap elections so joining us to discuss this from. she is the director of the institute of armenian studies at the university of southern california she's also co-founder of the civil that's house and its new site civil and that. we also have our member he's an activist and protest organizer came to gori and he's an economist whose work focuses on growth and development in armenia and he's been participating in the protests richard get a go c.n.n. he's the director of the regional study center that's an independent political think tank hello everybody it's good to have you right in the middle of history being made if you will very you are participating i want to

news line from early tensions rise in armenia and soldiers join an illegal demonstration against the government the defense ministry threatens to punish those involved protesters want the prime minister to resign. also coming up guilty as charged the only surviving suspect of the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks salam to slog is sentenced to twenty years in prison in belgium for his role in a police shootout. to switch off the giant speakers that black music news and propaganda to the north it's all part of a change of tone ahead of historic summit between the two koreas this friday. thanks for joining us i'm marrying a evanston groups of soldiers in armenia have joined anti-government protests in the capital yet have on the demonstrations have been deemed illegal by the authorities and the defense ministry says the troops will be punished police arrested over two hundred demonstrators over the weekend including three prominent opposition politicians the whereabouts of the main opposition leader is unknown the protesters want the prime minister sara sarcastic and to resign big to

at the time i could not point on the map where georgia or armenia was. half of the volunteers are typically internationals, half would be local armenians and local georgians. it will go into the future, the next ten years, to finish. in the caucasus, there is a massive range of ecosystems, up north you have these massive alpine mountains, 5000 metres, but down to the middle and the south, is pretty much everything else you can imagine. you can walk for days and not see people, not see buildings, be completely alone. the last time the caucasus was mapped was in the 19705 by the soviets. and so i had a chance to really contribute to the design of the trail by finding different potential routes to connect the known sections of trail with the unknown sections of trail. i was hiking by myself for eight weeks and there are no hostels along the way, there are no places you meet other travellers. so that sometimes makes it really difficult to just carry on. and at that point, when i was struggling the most, shepherds would be living up in the mountains, they don

this is to doubling use my from earlier in a deepening political crisis in armenia the country's new prime minister sarah's sarkozy on walks out of negotiations with the man ending protests against him in the streets of the capital europe on have seen ten consecutive days of unrest this protest is refusing to accept the former president is that new program in istanbul . also on the program a decisive move to protect induced children in central covered government approves a plan to introduce the death penalty for child rapists this after a string of crucial attacks that have caused outrage throughout the nation. and a female future for germany's social democrats the s.p.d. is electing a new leader today it's likely to be rising star and trillion dollars she'll be the first woman to take charge of germany's oldest party but can she stop years of decline. and. hello and welcome my name is christopher spring a good to have you with us armenia is facing a deepening political crisis today after its new prime minister said a shot at sea on walked out of talks with the opposition earlier tod

admitted he was in the wrong he'd become armenia's president in two thousand and eight and served ten years earlier this month he was elected prime minister by the country's parliament but this enraged many armenians who felt this latest move would secure his hold on power over the country indefinitely. the former soviet republic which is in the caucasus region was plunged into political crisis. many of armenians three million citizens are also struggling with economic turmoil. and there's been disquiet about some close ties to russian president vladimir putin. back on the streets of the main opposition leader. has received a hero's welcome. armenians are hoping it's the start of a new era. in the studio with me now political scientists adore might a man who spent decades analyzing russian and eurasian offense and of thanks for coming in to talk to us i just want to go back to sunday the situation looking very very different to what it has just turned out to be sad because walking out of talks with the leader of the opposition demonstrably doing that making a bleak references to the p

is that this is very much armenia's internal issue of their internal of. they want. all. this conflict this these protests within the constitution they will certainly be watching the situation going on here closely they don't really like how the popular uprising in their sphere of influence and i'm going to show and. this is. still to come the united states is room for compromise they steal an entire of supposed all these european union but cost. us we'll have more business news which is up next. more world news at the top of the hour going to a better. learn german with. any time any place. with or with jo jo and her friends. it's going to give. you specifics first.

more mass demonstrations in armenia. the ruling party says it won't put forward a candidate for a new prime minister, to try to ease the crisis. saving the tasmanian devil, scientists discover a family of marsupials free of a disease threatening their extinction. hello. we saw the handshakes and the warm words, now it seems some concrete steps are being made to bring peace to north korea. president donald trump says he's only three or four weeks away from meeting kim jong—un. and now south korea says the north has promised to close its only known nuclear test site. according to seoul, pyongyang will shut the punggye—ri facility some time next month. crucially, they will invite foreign security experts — including some from the us — to witness the closure. in another development, north korea says it will adjust its time zone to match south korea. let's speak to our correspondent laura bicker in the south korean capital seoul. we were expecting a quiet sunday morning, but now we get this? and this has all come from

in armenia police have arrested three prominent opposition politicians including nichol oppression in and he's been leading the anti-government demonstrations in the capital yet of on his arrest came just hours after prime minister says circassian walked out of a televised talk with him armenia has seen ten consecutive days of protest since circassian became prime minister just after ten year term as president protests this is the morning he stepped down police in yet of an all currently moving to calm demonstrations while on the line now we can speak to and not a fairy an independent researcher in yet a van the capital of armenia nerika several opposition leaders have now been arrested on what grounds and what will this mean for the protests. the opposition leaders were first taken into custody and after a while the police issued a statement alleging that they are organizers of illegal protests that happened deemed illegal before but until today the police was showcasing much more restraint but today they have all been formally arrested and there is a legal question surrounding this

more demonstrations in armenia, as the ruling party says it doesn't always have to be in power — we hear from the country's president. also in the programme, as part of the bbc‘s crossing divides season... we meet a sheep farmer in the yorkshire dales who's offering asylum seekers a taste of countryside life. north korea has hailed its summit with the south as an "historic meeting" which paves the way for the start of a new era. the two leaders — the north's kim jong—un and the south's moonjae—in — agreed to work to rid the peninsula of nuclear weapons. and the momentous meeting has further cemented president trump's summit with kimjong un later this year. caroline davies has this report. welcomed with a handshake, the smiles of the north and south korea leaders beaming around the world, but the north korean state—run tv station called the visit a turning point, it was hailed as the start of a new era. in the south the visit showed the north korean ruler kim jong—unin showed the north korean ruler kim jong—un ina showed the north korean ruler kim jong—un in a new light.

we celebrated today, we created a new armenia today. translation: we recognise the new leader and he will do everything for our people do not live in poverty. the dramatic events on monday on folded after the release of the project leader who was detained the day before. despite his arrest, but demonstrations continued, even the soldiers in unit terms took part in the protest. —— in uniforms. after his release, he made it straight back to the republic square and was greeted like a hero. but this was only the beginning. shortly after, prime minister serzh sargsyan announced his resignation. people couldn't hold back theirjoy. the is a street party in the square tonight. there is a unifying feeling among all these people will stop of course, they feel the joy, among all these people will stop of course, they feel thejoy, but among all these people will stop of course, they feel the joy, but they also feel that people's power, because for the first time in armenia's history, these people have managed to bring about change through peace

russia is always with the people or armenia she stated armenia russia and europe close relations regardless they have strong. strong economic military and political ties no matter who is going to be in are in the end and that is unlikely to change. not exit fired in yet about thank you thank you. now let's take a look at something other stories making news around the world because u.s. president done hotel is facing for the calls to resign despite backing away from a controversial pension scheme that spoke days of violent protest students said that they will keep demonstrating until he is removed it's a missing plane more than twenty people have been killed in the protests began last week. the u.n. war crimes tribunal is hearing appeals against the twenty sixteen genocide conviction of bosnian serb wartime leader radovan cottage which he's asking for a new trial prosecutors want his acquittal on a separate charges dismissed and he's forty year prison term increased to life. health officials in yemen say at least twenty people were killed by a saudi led coalition air strike on sunday night i

protesters show their support for armenia's main opposition leader days before a new prime minister will be chosen. and a group of migrants who've been travelling through mexico stage a demonstration at the border with america. the british home secretary, amber rudd, has resigned after weeks of pressure over the government's treatment of long—term migrants from the caribbean. ms rudd had denied knowing about targets for the number of illegal immigrants to be deported, but leaked documents showed that she herself set a target for officials to increase the number of deportations. our political correspondent, alex forsyth, has more on amber rudd's resignation. it was the windrush scandal that marked the start of the end for the home secretary. days of damning headlines about the treatment of migrants who'd lived and worked in britain for decades. when will the government get a grip on the windrush crisis? good morning. amber rudd under increasing pressure for her handling of the story. home secretary, will you resign over windrush? but in the end, it wasn't windrush directly that led to h

still ahead here on al-jazeera more rallies in armenia a day before the crucial vote in parliament for a new prime minister. seven years in prison for insulting the king it's freedom now for journalists in thailand. hello the wet and windy weather is finally blowing out from iraq it's come across the border into iran are still showers left in this very sharp edged cold front to susan g. and c. but it's on its way so it's not going to do too much more damage is lost the impetus of any warm water so it's just a few scattered showers are trying to get to monday it's left behind residual rain pockets there over in western iran just east of baghdad and running up to the caucasus and eastern turkey much quieter afterwards the baghdad if everything is warming up to the low thirty's i think by the time we get to tuesday the cloud building again in jordan southern israel for example and northern egypt and like my producer sheryl to even a thunderstorm to similar sort of things happening to the south where we've seen it's clear skies i think about time we get to monday with the exception down he

and protesters returns of the streets of armenia's capital euro bond they got rid of the prime minister and now they want to house the governing party they say it goes completely corrupt. i'm brian thomas thanks so much for being with us at the white house the american and the french presidents have made a public display of friendship at a state dinner but behind all the camaraderie president trump offered few concessions to his french guests so where does that for example leave the iran nuclear deal we're talking about that after this report. pomp and ceremony at the white house french president emmanuel macro is on the first state visit by a foreign leader under the presidency of donald trump. please don't mess out proclaimed friendship was on full display time. and time again. but we do have a very special relationship in fact i'll get that peace and then. there is no peace we have to make them perfect is perfect situations and that's with many friendships opinions on several key issues deferred simply on iran hundred deal signed in twenty fifteen tehran agreed to limit its nuclear p

place in armenia have detained the opposition politician nicole. and two of his colleagues have been leading them to government protests passion nam was arrested shortly after an unsuccessful meeting with the newly appointed prime minister sergey c.m. he's demanding really to step down accusing him of a power grab. france's president has urged donald trump to stand by the iran nuclear deal on a visit to the u.s. about well my colleague said abandoning the agreement could lead to a north korea style standoff. what do you have at the bit there are options i don't see it what is a what if scenario all your plan b. i don't have any plan b. for nuclear against against iran so that's a question we will discuss but that's why i just want to see on nuclear let's preserve the framework because it's better than the sort of north korean type of situation so i'm i'm not satisfied with the situation was that iran i want to fight against ballastic may find i want to contain their influence in the region so my point is to see don't leave now as a g.c. pewee as lo

i'm sure that is there live from doha also coming up the leader of mass anti government protests in armenia is arrested and charged shortly after the prime minister stormed out of talks with him all say. these people killed. and destroyed their lives. the legacy of a murder case of exposed institutional racism inside london's police force twenty five years ago plus. the crucial told me between. on the record. in afghanistan fifty four people are dead and more than one hundred others are injured after attacks on voter registration centers forty eight people were killed in kabul where a suicide bomber detonated experiences outside the entrance of the center there then to the north in badland province an explosive was placed near another voting center six people were killed in that incident all from the same family the violence follows a week of targeted attacks on voters on friday armed men hit a voter registration center in bad disprove its killing a police officer a day earlier armed men killed two police officers in jalalabad city who were guarding a voter registration center and on tuesda

to armenia. and this is really unusual, a politician, accused of a power grab, facing huge protests, and he turns round and says, i was wrong, you are right. this is serge, he'd already been president for two terms, and now was lined himself up to be prime minister, a manoeuvre we can call ‘a putin'. but there has been day after day of protests. and he listened. armenia is between europe and asia in the caucasus region. it's a small landlocked country which was part of the former ussr. and the political drama of thepast two weeks has been playing out in the capital yerevan. just look at these pictures from today. it's thought tens of thousands of people turned out for an eleventh day of protests. importa ntly those soldiers in uniform are there in support, in fact they ended up leading the marchers, that was despite the defence ministry threatening legal action against them. this is how the crowd reacted when news of the prime minister's resignation came through. a lot of horns, this in error a

celebrations on the streets of armenia's capital yeah of on. off to ten days of mass protests they got what they wanted the former president to became prime minister just days earlier was quitting. even serving soldiers had joined the demonstration against their prime minister. now they too were in jubilant mood. in a statement surge song c.n.n. admitted he'd got it wrong he became armenia's president in two thousand and eight and served ten years earlier this month he was elected prime minister by the country's parliament but this enraged many armenians who felt this latest move would secure his hold over the country indefinitely. the former soviet republic which is in the caucasus region was plunged into political crisis many of armenia's three million citizens are also struggling with economic turmoil . and there's been disquiet about zonks ian's close ties to russian president vladimir putin. back on the streets of yera van and it's the main opposition leader nicole passion he and he's received a hero's welcome medians are hoping it's the s

armenia's prime ministers serve sark c.n.n. has resigned following more than a week of mass protests against him in a statement posted online he said the protest leader was right and he was wrong groups of soldiers had joined those demonstrations today in the capital here of on protestors have accused stark's down of trying to remain in power for life authorities had arrested more than two hundred people over the weekend including the leader of the opposition but federal lawmaker nichol passion yen was released earlier today. well for the latest from armenia we're joined now by joshua co-chairing he's a freelance journalist in your van joshua we understand you are out on the streets of the capital how are people reacting to the prime minister's sudden resignation. well it's complete jubilation and you can probably hear the car cars honking behind me there's already tens of thousands of people on republic square which has been kind of the focal point of the protests people are dancing they're hugging one another. people are stil

welcome to the program good to have you with us it's been a tumultuous day in armenia after eleven consecutive days of anti-government protest prime minister says south of seattle has bowed to popular pressure and resigned the opposition has been accusing the veteran leader of clinging to power after making veiled threats of a security crackdown on sunday he's now suddenly stepped down much to the joy of thousands of demonstrators. celebrations on the streets of the armenian capital yet of on. after ten days of mass protests the people got what they wanted the former president who became prime minister just days earlier resigned. and even soldiers had joined a demonstration against their prime minister. now they too were in a jubilant mood. in a statement says admitted he was in the wrong he'd become armenians president in two thousand and eight and served ten years earlier this month he was elected prime minister by the country's parliament but this enraged many armenians who felt this latest move would secure his hold on power over the country indefinitely. the former soviet republic which i

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w news live from berlin and armenia releases a key opposition leader comes amid rising tensions as soldiers join in the illegal demonstrations against the government the defense ministry threatens to punish those involved the protesters want the prime minister to resign but. also coming up guilty as charged the only surviving suspect in the twenty fifteen paris terror attacks are locked islam is sentenced to twenty years in prison in belgium for his role in a police shootout. so agrees to switch off the giant speakers that blast music music and propaganda to the north it's all part of a change of tone that head of the historic summit between the two koreas this friday. thanks for joining us i'm mary and i haven't seen the leader of mass protests gripping the armenian capital has been released by authorities. have been detained over the weekend after a failed talks with the embattled prime minister well meanwhile groups of soldiers in armenia have now joined anti-government protests in the camp. the demonstrations have been deemed illegal by the authorities and the defense ministry says the