lou. this is deja vu news live from berlin police have detained a russian opposition leader alexina irani the outspoken kremlin critic was arrested after making a short appearance i didn't anti-pollution rally earlier today police also raided not funny office also coming up. the sights and sounds of carnival in venice as millions of revelers come out to party among the city's storied canal. and a seven and gold thriller in the fullness they got between table toppers fire munich and often time could the various bogey sides bring another upset.

my ass waiter welcome to the program russian authorities have detained opposition leader and outspoken kremlin critic alexina vonnie according to news reports he is expected to be charged with a public order violation that could mean up to twenty days in jail police arrested of any after he made a brief appearance at a moscow protest one of more than one hundred rallies planned across the country and the opposition is calling for a boycott of the march eighteenth presidential election which is certain to extend lattimer putin's eighteen year grip on power the vani has been barred from running against putin due to a previous fraud conviction that he says was trumped up. public sign of valmy violence councils as his supporters try in vain to pull him free from

police who will risk the opposition leader and president vladimir putin's most prominent rival hurdled into a bus and taken away from protests that he called. i was several thousand turned out in moscow one of dozens of rallies being held across russia authorities say the demonstrations are illegal the protesters want to boycott of what will be rigged presidential elections peace march expected to extend president putin's grip on power and a volley he's barred from standing. at the bottom is that right it's a lawlessness that they're not allowing the valley to run in the elections there's no democracy here putin makes me sick. to the thin police raided the headquarters and t.v. studios belonging to alexina valmy interrupting a live program the saying they were looking for

a bomb police also detained some of the valley stuff jurong the ride. though it's unlikely sunday's protests will stop president putin being regulated alexina valmy supporters won at least two just scary drosh ins from voting so the pollies undermined by turnout. well turkey now says it has assurances from washington that the us will no longer arm the kurdish y.p. to militia in syria ankara has also reiterated demands of the us pull troops out of the northern keys syrian town of man being turkish and my p. g. forces clashed again on saturday pushing ahead with a military operation aimed at clearing the kurdish militia from the turkish border area. other activists say saturday's fighting concentrated in the northwest of the afrin region in this video could these fighters target took with small arms fire activists say turkey is

making slow progress on the ground. president richard sipe added one brother just supporters just over a week into the campaign he claims turkey has inflicted heavy casualties on the attorneys. three hundred ninety four terrorists have been neutralized. and we have twenty martyrs from the free syrian army and our military. the figures are disputed and cannot be verified independently to journalists close to the front line in syria on saturday here protest this militia watch over territory they've controlled for the past two years overlooked by y p g positions on a nearby hill chickasha to the re continues to show why p.g. forces with support from the turkish air force more and more turkish tanks are

heading into the region the offensive fences a second week to he looks set for the long haul. african heads of state are gathering in ethiopia's capital addis ababa for the annual african union summit fighting corruption and reforming the union our top goals of the two day meeting headed by ever wanted president paul kagame who is taking over as the union's chairman african leaders are also expected to make a joint statement condemning u.s. president donald trump for port reported slower on the state of their nations. and like many african countries ethiopia is struggling to keep up with a growing population at a staggering wealth gap our correspondent catherine wanda sent us this report. this sleek train could be in a wealthy country like germany but it's actually in a discover ethiopia local journalists and takes us on a tour of the city states the spot hundred seventy five million dollar light railway was built with the help of china it began operations in twenty fifteen and

could not come at a better time. for. that of us played a big role in reducing. fuel for the tax year for us and we could reduce the you within the transportation. speeding through the city you notice the numerous construction sites with a g.d.p. of seventy two billion dollars. especially its capital city is growing rapidly. but this week on the role of the last two or fifty years are still as you can see that out or dosis. waiting to be replaced with the new. or the growth that will be growing fast. it takes about fifteen minutes to get from the central station to mentally x. where the old adage about. as we make our way through the area you can't help but

notice the traditional ethiopian as hire all hand-made ethiopia hopes to build its cotton and textile industry and increase exports by one billion dollars and this is slowly becoming africa's textile industry hub. if european has over the recent years opened up its text out industry to foreign investors but if you look you'll find factories like these where people are still using traditional methods to make textiles. it is a practice dating back centuries and a skill hundred down from generation generation to. twenty eight year old a yellow rope bell hopes the government keeps young people like him in mind as they expand modernize the industry the end result is impressive and the men here take pride in their handiwork ethiopia is determined to spur economic growth however the gap between the rich and the poor is still warning citizens when the government to make sure the growth is inclusive. now to some of the other stories making news

around the world afghan officials say the death toll from saturday's bomb attack in kabul could still rise more than one hundred people are reported killed so far at least two hundred thirty five were injured but some in critical condition the taliban has claimed responsibility for the attack. german president. has praised jordan for taking in hundreds of thousands of syrian refugees during a state visit he told the jordanian king abdullah that germany had quote huge respect and admiration for the country's cooperation in the refugee crisis germany recently moved troops from turkey to jordan following a diplomatic route and has stepped up military and development aid to the kingdom in recent years. swedish ikea founder. has died at ninety one he turned a small scale mail order business into a global furniture empire he has first department store opened in one thousand nine hundred fifty eight today the company has more than three hundred shops that also

sort of delicious meatballs across the world and hundreds of thousands of revelers have lined the narrow alleys and bridges the venice on saturday at the start of the conner vol two weeks of fun before the rigors of lent the forty days of fasting that precede easter the venice carnival is one of the oldest in the world the feasts massed balls and concerts go on until february thirteenth. the circus was the theme of this year's opening parade so of course there were plenty of animals. on the tightrope walker who monies to avoid an early bus in the canal venice is carnival madness first began one hundred years ago but it was bound at the end of the eighteenth century the modern revival only dates from one nine hundred seventy nine i love i like the poser like the giraffe the light so far so good when jade hang on we had a great time. the face musk's in the parade are

a relatively cheap way to enjoy the carnival but doing a full round of pulses must bulls and concerts requires deep pockets when each ticket can cost hundreds of euros the us around three million headedness descend on venice every year to join in the fun it's something to remember joining the samba self-denial of lens that follows straight afterwards. and onward to sports now in tennis roger federer has won the australian open after defeating marion challenge in a five set thriller in mellberg the swiss ace secured his twentieth grand slam singles title after a nail biting showdown which saw croatia's chelates fight back twice to even the score federer held his nerve in the decider however to secure a comfortable six one a final set when federer is the first man to win twenty grand slam titles. and some bundesliga news now has parted ways with coach harness volved following their

two loss to shock on saturday the thirty six year old took it from the second division up to the bundesliga last season but the club has struggled for consistency back in the top flight have lost six of their last seven matches costing ball his job. and elsewhere in the bundesliga run away league leaders byron munich hosted it recent unlucky hoffenheim the guests were unbeaten against by and their last three meetings could coach mastermind another upset. hoffenheim know a thing or two about beating by and you need not go as many sided one two of the last three encounter this including earlier this season but then the man forty two years now has been senior pine case was in town the opposite day. in case must defeat the worst as hoffenheim came during out of the playoffs they were just two minutes on the clock when his searching surged gnabry was fouled in the box no doubts about the penalty that's not respected his pool that's a leak

a division has mocked it was on hand to finish the job. lead awakening for by and in the right back yards and things were about to get worse mabrey online to hoffenheim from by sharing his parent club what they're missing to nail just miles minutes. off a no even a two goal head started since enough to beat by an especially big drop it never just me leading the line with the whole heart attack decision is a team this season. by it were rocking and starting to smell blood poets hang with referees a shock around the box he has it in his first league only four years old square is a match barely a cool stripped away three. stage level until the break but after that by and feeding frenzy can see time and put the champions and sons for the first

time and then moments later the terrific dowd made it for. by a sports star now all but forgotten and there's still time for sounder about it's about souls in the rams yet still sometimes strike i think his accounts of his new top. dog as men left to think well to buy and finally get the better of that team. now for a look at things a little further down the table second bottom hamburg travel to life on the back of a winless run which stretched back to months could new coach bad hollaback turn things around against fourth place like this. a familiar scene at hamburg in recent years a new coach in the spotlights and on the pitch is the same old story. number give away the ball and lights make them pay. myself up it's found bruma on months of the bumps and lights to delete. and hunt stumbled with the ball and was too slow for

kevin campos comeback defense were ripped apart and the visitors were a goal down to just nine minutes. i. the new coach looked on and saw a very nervous hamburg side. another mistake this time from papadopoulos almost gifted leipzig a second goal jump kevin august on sale to hit the target. number got back in the game on the half hour mark young with a perfect pass to flick hostage rounded the keeper and slotted the ball home. one nail at half time. the goal gave hamburg the boost they needed and hostage almost got the winner late in the game. one of the final results not a bad return for the new coach. and one of the reason why the team showed amazing spirits and really battled hard so it was good. a glimmer of hope for hamburg fans

but coach hollaback still has his work cut out for him to save hamburg from the drop. it was i did have a news from berlin more coming up at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest information around the clock on our website dot com thanks for watching. a. game a. week. feel.