the, the, this is the, the, the news coming to live from berlin, turkey's main opposition party sweeps to unexpected victory and local elections a blow for turkey's president, the other one as his rivals make huge gains across the country. it's the biggest victory since that are the one came to power 2 decades ago. also coming up israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejects calls from tens of thousands of protesters for him to resign. he says pearly elections would only benefit from us. high time says new cannabis laws come into effect here in germany as marijuana

smokers celebrate, we look at what the partial legalization means and why so far against the hello and jerry larson, good heavy with his turkey is president richard type air, the one and his conservative a k party have suffered a major blow in local elections, turkeys, main opposition party, the secular c h p claimed victory and key cities, including this double and the capital anchor a at one called the set back a loss of altitude and said his party would analyze the message the people had given him, the votes are seen as a bell, whether of support for the president and his increasingly authoritarian rule. of position supporters is done booth or painting the town read. reading the main

opposition c h. b, 's spectacular victories in local elections across the ot, the secular bodies use it as a sign that it still stands. the jones at the national level, against the ruling e k. parking these election results have been response to the a k t regimes repression to what they've done to the economy and the social structure of this contract. and that's why i'm very happy now for my country was under kim, with the not to. we were very disillusioned of the last 2 years to know where the electrons but now being here celebrating with people being able to tear. we really miss these kind of feelings. we are very happy. and so is the mind of the hour. just on the mirror, efram in my model. this is his 2nd victory, and doki is mega city. he, my model has achieve superstar status and douglas politics. putting him on the bottom nation of our many see him as president other ones. chief rival,

he stumbled on was on the nation itself, gives the order and the instructions to not just one person. the officials receive instructions from the nation that to the period of one man rule is over. as of today, it is done because there's the republic and democracy can go full speed ahead from now on how you set a jack, who's the developed mom the was defeat for or the one, and it's a k party in more than 2 decades in power. i just thought the president had thrown everything at winning is done by talk easily can all make and politically the bible house. he conceded the loss at his body's headquarters and, and got a whole year mistake. this might be a sort of that we will not disrespect

a nation's decision under any circumstances. meaning that we will stay away from being stopping with the nation, the acting against the nation's will. in questioning the nation's discretion. as we have done since today, you know, like through all those do not march 31st is not the end for us. these days it is actually a turning point to the just on but it was wet or the one launched has bothered to go. courier as me or 2 years ago. know many of these potentially challenger following in his footsteps of more. and this was the talk to sent him. i didn't get she's a professor of international relations at his temples a bunch, a university, an expert on turkish politics. thanks for being with us. now. one of the big winters in the selection professor is the symbol and they're at crim him a mug blue. what does this victory mean for present at one as

well? this means that the most probably has a major challenge of the him for the next presidential rains, which will most likely take place in 2028. it also means that in his family, he has lost to the opposition to him. i'm only impressed and for the 3rd time now, you know, rose after the 2 consecutive defeats in 2019 i. it also shows that here you have a ton to the, to can have both of not just the core may not position constituency, but also the function segment from the current to the democrats to the lift road to the center, right? so he cannot see that this is a very good segment of the song talk to us about what voters were concerned about in this election. what topics did the opposition do,

particularly well with in the selection as well? i think the economy was the number one concern because the economy has been doing much was even before the elections of past year. that is the presidential impala into race of 2023. so of the economy. because that sophie couldn't make prices with felt much more strongly across the technical publics. the inflation rates have been very high. unemployment had been rising. so this is of course, an important i would say the primary concern. but also you had, of course, bad management by the a t p, right both at the center, but also in the local level. and it's not just the failings of the a t p, but i believe that the main acquisition was particularly successful in terms of putting out the right candidates in the right places. and also in performing wells, in places where they were actually the incumbents, when they were office at the office, isn't assembled and you know, cut out in particular built these were local elections,

but do they tell us something about the political landscape of turkey as a whole to yes, they do pass the full, they show that you can never take victory for granted and tacky. that things can change very, very quickly when you are perhaps the least expecting it. and also the goal to show that this is the message of the electra to avalon, that they are not happy with the way in which the country is being governor. and i think he made it very clear and exceed yesterday that he got this message. and that's why he's not going to have it on the elections that you will work at $42.00 when the next general election, which is to come in 4 years time. but it's basically, i would say also to show that the tufty show position hand is still succeed even given the very on the nature of the election landscape. so i think

this is very, very important. i mean, we should not assume that these elections were fair. in fact, the people who playing field was trying to skews in favor of the incumbent. and yet still the opposition made it. and i think that's also an important important finding or as result. professor, thank you very much for your analysis. that was professor sent i'm, i didn't get from this a bunch of university and it's simple. thank you. sketchup, on a few other stories making headlines around the world today. former taiwanese president, my young jew is heading to china for an 11 day trip at the time of height intentions between beijing and type a why there's news agency reports he's likely to meet with the chinese president sheet. he's in ping, they last met the summit in singapore, in 2058 people have been killed in a shooting in ecuador,

no group is claimed responsibility for the attack. the 2nd mass killing and this many days. on friday, 5 tourists were killed by an armed group. police said drug traffickers mistook them for a rival gang. israel's military says its troops of withdrawn from causes el cheapo hospital was released video footage, claiming to show weapons found within the facility. describing the 2 week rate is one of the most successful operations of the nearly 6 month war. they say scores of hamas and other militant fighters have been killed, one and valuable intelligence. secure. meanwhile, inside israel demands or growling for the resignation of the countries prime minister after more protests on sunday, demonstrators clash with police during march has called him for benjamin. that's in yahoo to go. they also demanded for that more be done to secure the release of hostages still being held in ga so huge crowds blocked roads and lit byers's day

march towards these rarely part. prime minister netanyahu has rejected any criticism of his handling of ceasefire negotiations and israel's war against a months the 10s of thousands gathered in jerusalem for the beginning of a, for the rally. it's the largest anti government demonstration since the october 7 terrorist attack many are fed up with the failure to secure the release of hostages, held by him off among other things, and are calling for an early election. so what i'm doing here is trying to change the government because this government is a complete and utter failure. and the only way they will do this into the abyss that will never come out though faced with increasing pressure to resign. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu standing his ground a cuz you have to pay

a lot of calls for elections now during the war right before our victory would paralyze israel for at least a half a year. it would paralyze the negotiation for the release of our hostages and it would end the war before its objectives are completed. the 1st one to benefit from this would be home us. yeah, i'm us keeping up the military pressure, coupled with quote, flexibility in the negotiations is netanyahu's plan to secure the hostages release . a key part of that plan is ralph of israel's planned operation. there has sparked international concerns warning of the humanitarian catastrophe. but and then yeah, who insist israel will go ahead but it's plan that's what it is. we will go into rough uh and eliminate the homeless battalions there. there will be no victory without the operation and rough uh and there will be no victory without the elimination of the homeless battalions there. as the fighting goes on,

israel's delegation has arrived in egypt for fresh cease fire talks that both sides have cast out on whether there will be break through this time. they say the gap between their positions is still too wide or, or corresponding interest alone. rebecca rivers has more on what's driving the mass protest against prime minister netanyahu. well, there's a huge division of a net, benjamin netanyahu and the government in israel. terry, many people, a majority of people want to see the government stepped down. i want to say benjamin netanyahu step down and take responsibility. largely, many people blame him for the events that led out to october 7. they blame him for a poor handling of in the immediate aftermath of the attack on october 7. and they sent me a blame him for the way that he's carried out these hostage negotiations and for a lack of progress on them. still more than a 100,

and so he hosted inside counselor and no sign of a hostage do eminence. they say that he's putting his own personal political survival in front of the security and the safety of bringing home the hostages. we're seeing the tensions rise. there was already a great division of prior to october 7, and prior to this more breaking out, we see those tensions rise even with most of and now when you talk about people who, who have families and loved ones in side gaza, they're saying that, you know, this government just isn't putting that as a top priority, and they want to see a change in the government. now, benjamin netanyahu coming out saying that, well, let me play in the hands to have mass, but the protest is, and many people on the street saying that, you know, the country is already in paralysis. and as long as the hostages of the nothing is being done about it, we need to do something and elections could be one way of breaking that deadlock. okay, there's concerned about the war itself, but i also understand there's another issue military service for ultra orthodox man

that potentially has the has the ability to bring down the to know who's government tell us more about the of the well, this is a complex issue that again has been a long standing one in israel for decades, or since the countries since the country was found. the ultra orthodox man has had a tacit exemption from a military service. all the, you know, men and women have a compulsory conscription to the army for 2 to 3 years when they finish high school . now as long as ultra orthodox men a go to you shave of these um religious colleges that are exempt from that, but that hasn't been in move the letter of the movie that has been tested. exemption that has been extended by successive is riley governments. now that a licensed extension expired last night meeting theoretically that from today ultra orthodox man will need to join the army will become scripted. that's unlikely to

happen, of course today. but there was a, a bill passed last week or i'm sorry, the, the high court room last week that funding to these you shavers would be held if these, if there are many there that adult during the draft. so that could start coming into play from today. and this is a hugely contentious issue here, as i say, particularly with what's happening and hundreds of thousands of as of as being cooled off. and the fact that so many religious men are exempt from that. so inside the government, we're seeing both 2 sides. you go to all the adults policies with in benjamin netanyahu is a government that is saying that they will potentially pull out of the government if this exemption is not extended. we have all the members of the government saying now potentially pull out should the exemptions be extended? so a very tenuous political situation for benjamin netanyahu at a very, very tense time making. thank you very much. that was our correspond to rebecca

rivers in jerusalem. a spell to southern africa where droughts mean that millions of people are increased risk of going hungry. this comes just a year after devastating floods hit the region. zambia and malawi have already declared national disasters now. conditions in zimbabwe have also become critical. first came the storms in the fonts and now extreme heat and drought. here's what's left of the season's crops. when our food situation is difficult and we only eat once a day because we have nothing in the fields, not a single grain. every thing has dried up, not mine. we also have problems with sourcing water. we'd like to request if they could assist us with water. maybe they could build a bar hole for us. in the meantime, many come to this distribution center to get assistance. february has been the

driest and cimbawe point in a lifetime, according to the well food program i just spoke with some of the elders from the community. and the last time they can remember this type of child is 9047. and so it's, this is not a normal circumstance and they say this drives now with this type of heat, the day of experience is it has not happened before. just a year ago, much of southern africa was hit by deputy tropical storms and floods. these climate extremes, scientists say, are becoming more frequent and more damaging. in neighboring zambia and malawi, drunk has reached critical levels. both countries have declared national disorders and seem bob, we could be on the brink of doing the same agency as one that nearly 20000000 people across southern africa are facing hung up and will need assistance in the coming months. steering germany, a new law,

partially legalizing cannibals has come into effect at midnight. hundreds gathered in central berlin to celebrate the moment until the legislation over eighteens can now possess up to 25 grams in public for personal use and cultivate up to 3 plants at home. but the legislation has its critics who point to health and law and order concerns. germany's conservative opposition says they revoke the law if they get back into power. we smokers in germany are lighting up legally for the 1st time from april. first, many are celebrating kenzie, you know the pictures when carol's out loud out to pester for the 1st time after winter. they jump with joy and of course that will be us at the beginning of april . but the new cannabis measures are only a partial legalization. so what do they mean exactly? adults over 18 in germany are now allowed to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis on

them. they can smoke weed in public, but not within 100 meters of schools, sports facilities, or playgrounds. people can also grow up to 3 plants at home and store up to 50 grams of cannabis for personal use. for now, there won't be any shops selling it directly to customers. the only way to buy we'd legally will be through a so called kind of a social club membership, but only from july 1st sorts itself. and the social clubs can have up to 500 members. and they all actively participate in that kind of bas production. for each individual member and then the club can grow up to a suite plans and conducts produce the members monthly supply, which is a maximum of 50 grams. and then give it to the vendor for the unit on site. in berlin, people hope of the new law will reduce the legal market for the drug. make an assertion is a good idea and all because it decreases the black markets,

which is essentially the problem because people are finding stuff that they don't know it's in it's, it's better to regulate, regulate as the whole whole process then just have a huge black margin while many in germany are celebrating, some have raise concerns about the legalize ation. while police union say it will be hard to enforce regulations checks and penalties. doctors are worried that the new law sends the wrong message and plays down the dangers of kind of issues. and the diction christine looked uh, is the addiction and drug policy spokes person in parliament for the liberal f d. b party, which is part of germany's governing coalition. i asked her why her party back this law was oh yes, good morning with the canada as low we finally and the policy of prohibition and repression of the last decades. we have seen that this kind of policy doesn't burn costs we have,

i'm still arising numbers on kind of as consumers. so we want to try another way. and we think that the criminalization and the united vision the organization is the right way. well, there's someone argue that opens the gates instead of stops people from using it. this gets long. been argued that kind of as is a gateway to harder drugs, is that not the case? you know, that is actually not the case. there are new studies that confirmed that throughout the the international studies don't show that. so we think that the problem is the elicit market, the blank markets consumers of kind of is up to now to buy the cannabis on the listed market. and they don't know what kind of kind of as they have there, we see high t h t levels, we see contaminated categories, which of which causes really bad health problems. so we open up with the cannabis

bill. we open up to legal ways to get cannabis, which is the whole growing part of the growing together in canada as left, which will take place from july 1st this year. now growing and consuming kind of as legally will be possible only for people 18 and older. you yourself have said that young people should not consume kind of, as i saw this on your website. but what kind of message do you think this law sends to children? and young people as well, where's the bill that is in excess now we do have prevention measures. we do have prevention campaigns and we open up the talking about cannabis right now. talking about candidates and the risks of cannabis consumption is kind of a taboo. and we want to break with that to do and yeah, open up for ways to help. also young people to seek for help to seek

counseling and uh to seek uh, prevention metro. so i think we passed a good bill which combines the more modern kenneth this policy with a higher you, consumer and health pro. i'm health protection. so your party supported this, this law that is now been passed. your party wants to go further. the with legal ization, the ftp wants to legalize commercial pop production and the sale of it in licensed shops in germany. how soon do you think that might become reality? it is to that the bill because now is just the 1st step we're aiming to do with the 2nd step, which will be similar to the way we see in, in canada, with a controlled production and a selling throughout shops. we are still working on that. the minister of health promise that you will well, a, give us

a draft or at least some bullet points right after the passing of the kind of boost law. so we are still working on that and waiting for the minister of help to bring in the bullet points. christine looked good, addiction and drug policy spokesperson for the free democrats here in germany. thank you very much for talking with us. thank you. a modern day scotland is famous for stark rocky landscapes. what many people to know is that it was once rich and porous. now across the country, steps being taken to bring back the woodlands and wildlife of previous centuries, dw is begging mazda reports. now from the south of scotland, not a 3, not the bush grows and these baron hills and south in scotland, at least not yet. so you only to grab a fun thing. so yeah, they want to change that the 25 for the tiers from the scottish board as far as

trust one to help loan to forest check about, you know, right. on top of a boat, that's a sticky spear and that's fine. yeah. so that's the soft ground and denise not to give you a whole the right size for the tree. which in our vision is to make this into night to put and so ok. the chaise all around. holly latrice pieces you'd expect and the ground is good ground and the trees will do well here. it's supposed to look like it did thousands of years ago before people cut down the forest for firewood and to gain past you. when i bought it, i feel like i get the feeling of the a mother. i need to get arrived twice for her and then wish it could grow out very strongly and have a heavy lies sort about. so i'm, it really, it's just this punting traces the i think is the best thing. ordinary people can do

. it's so easy to do. and it's just isn't investments in the future. really, a flaunting many thousands of saplings where she passed for centuries, munched up everything. but take some physical outfit. this makes sense of purpose here, so this land won't be sold to the highest bidder in 20 years time. it will stay as it is in the neighboring valley. the boat, as far as charles has already planted around 750000 trees. since then, 20 species of the us have recycled as of many wide plants and hubs. an eco power dies, and the scottish shoes, the volunteers hope it comes up as a model to regenerate many other valleys. you're watching dw news, just reminder of our top story, this our turkeys main opposition party is celebrating as it has towards major victories and nationwide. the local elections, partial results show the ruling

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