make sure you can want to. bring factory starting march twenty fourth on g.w. . this is due to be news live from berlin and historic vote in china the country's parliament passes a constitutional amendment that scraps presidential term limits and hands president xi jinping free reign to rule indefinitely will this mean a return to dictatorship for the asian superpower we go live to our correspondent there jane also coming up japan marks seven years since

a tsunami devastated the country's northeast and triggered the worst nuclear disaster since your noble but amid the commemorations are protests we'll hear why. and we've got going to school or in the bundesliga as buyer munich hosted their favorite whipping boys have heard the reigning champions were in no mood to slow down on their way to a record six league title in a row. on michelle henery welcome to the program. there are concerns china could be returning to a one man rule today the country's lawmakers have just passed a series of constitutional amendments that scrap the presidential term limits and allow for president xi jinping to remain in office indefinitely the presidency had previously been limited to two five year terms. the changes also permit she's

personal political philosophy to be engraved in the constitution the amenities pass with two no votes and three of sentients among almost three thousand delegates. d.w. corresponded with ts berlinger is in beijing following the congress and new developments mathias we've had a press statement a short while ago can you tell us what was said yeah there is a press conference going on at the moment sham and off the legal affairs committee of parliament justifying the amendments made to the constitution saying that it was strengthen the fish and feel free of the rule of law it will strengthen the efficiency of government it will strengthen also the role of the potty in this in this state one of the amendment is the scrapping off the two term limits that's the one that caused got most attention but there were

a few others that strike strengthened the party's role in the government. it took for the first time the leadership of the party has been included in the body of the constitution and that's the other thing that we are seeing there the party is getting more powerful the state institutions are getting weaker or are getting closer to the party. the amendment allows president xi jinping to punch day in office for life why this cold around she. well he has been very clever in strengthening of his power by creating this cult of personality at the time time and on to corruption campaign has allowed him to get rid of his opponent oco image within the party. allowing him a lot of the most power and he'd had in the past forty years

i think this cause of course nies here around him that we might many people off mullets of don't is his way to ensure his is position them his leadership with his fold small included in the constitution that's another major amendment anybody who criticizes him criticizes the party so his position is now very very strong. and these decisions that since i've been taken today to strengthen the government that strengthen the party what do they say about the direction that china is taking. what i think anybody was expecting met with growing whether china would become more liberal should live on the standby knowledge base hope is over that's very clear we are seeing we are going to be seeing more also retire in rule we are seeing more pollak concentrated in the hands of one man and we have little little reason to believe that he is going to to

soften his grip on the country anytime in the next few years. mathias brenner the correspondent beijing thank you you thank. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at a meeting in brussels top trade officials in the european union and japan have pressed the u.s. to exempt them from upcoming steel and aluminum tariffs the e.u. has said if it can't secure an exemption it will consider tariffs of its own japan call for calm headed behavior as a dispute threatens to spiral. the german cardinal car lehmann has died at age eighty one lehmann chaired the german bishops conference for more than two decades until two thousand and eight he was considered a relatively liberal program for voice within the catholic church as well as a strong supporter of interfaith dialogue the president of the german parliament called lehmann a dedicated pastoral minister and

a major scholar. former donald trump advisor steve benen has told the french far right fought nasional party they are part of a global movement benon who crafted trump's america first campaign address the party's animal conference in lille this year's gathering is aimed at rebranding the party after a series of bruising electoral defeats. and at the same party congress in leo the front desk now has voted to strip john marie le pen of his role as honorary president this ends his last formal connection to the far right party for nesta now has fought for several years to remove le pen's title after he made repeated comments downplaying the holocaust police in england have identified more than two hundred witnesses in the investigation into the poisoning of a russian double agent and his daughter circuit and are in a critical but stable condition after they were found slumped on a bench in the city of solsbury last weekend police are said to have found traces

of nerve agent in the restaurant where the pair ate before they collapsed in broad daylight. forensic teams examine the cemetery unsolved barry where sergei script paul's wife and son are buried it's one of several sites in the city where authorities are looking for clues they include the restaurant where st paul and his daughter yulia had lunch before heading to a pub for a drink after an emergency meeting of senior ministers british home secretary amber rudd said it was too early to speculate on who was responsible. there are over two hundred fifty counterterrorism police from eight out of all eleven counterterrorism units involved there's over two hundred witnesses involved and there's over two hundred forty pieces of evidence so we need to give the police and all the investigative parts around them the space to get on with that sergei script paul revealed the names of dozens of russian agents to british intelligence

prior to his arrest in moscow in two thousand and four six years later he was given refuge in britain as part of an exchange for russian spies the brazen attack on script parts been likened to the two thousand and six killing of former k.g.b. agent alexander litvinenko who died after drinking tea laced with radioactive polonium two ten a recent investigation by the website but it's feed described fourteen deaths of people linked to russia that may have involved foul play besides the go they include russian businessman boris berezovsky speculation is mounting that the kremlin could also be behind the latest attack. of agents are not usually used by non-state actors so i gives a pretty good indication of where it's come from british officials are already talking about coordinating retaliation with their u.s. and european allies if the investigation confirms russian involvement.

seven years ago today a magnitude nine earthquake struck off the coast of japan it triggered a tsunami that led to the worst nuclear disaster since or noble within an hour of the quake water came rushing in like japan's more eastern coastline the tsunami overwhelmed entire towns and left over eight hundred thousand people dead or missing at a commemoration ceremony in tokyo prime minister shinzo obvious edge of ten was dedicated to continued reconstruction the government is still working to contain radioactive materials felice by the damaged nuclear reactors in fukushima. alongside commemoration ceremonies in japan protests have been taking place earlier i spoke with sophie jackman a journalist from today news in tokyo and asked her about them well people are opposed to the government's plan to try to bring back nuclear power plants as a big part of japan's energy mix there are about forty five by reactors around the country but only three are online at the moment and they were brought back online

after meeting new strict to safety rules imposed after this disaster but protesters say these rules don't go far enough and many of them say japan should never go back to nuclear power again they don't trust the nuclear industry to get it right they don't trust the government to get it right and they point out that if we where in japan at any time is vulnerable to natural disasters like the one that happens if it's ago. can you tell us what is the situation in fukushima like today have decontamination efforts been successful well the government has put a great deal of money and time into decontaminating people's houses the area around their houses and roadways but these areas are still surrounded by thick forest which can't really be contaminated decontaminated effectively and then there's the issue of the plant itself the inside of the pond is still so radioactive it's hard to get in there and know what is happening to the radioactive debris inside there have been if it's just stopped radioactive water from seeping out underneath the

plant but those effects have have struck difficulties recently as well and the local governments it should take about forty years to fully decommission the plant so this is so many complex issues going on at the plant and the radiation in the surrounding areas has only been contaminated to a certain degree. and to the people of japan feel that they've had enough support from the government. many do not the governments if it's in recent years have been focused on getting people to move back to the areas from which the evacuation but many people feel that they that is still not safe even though the scenery is a meeting the government's targets for radiation. although evacuation orders have been lifted in many areas around the plant there are still about fifty thousand people who choose to stay outside the fiction because they don't feel safe so the jackman journalism news in tokyo thank you. thank you.

time for a bundle sleeker wrap and when byron holds hamburg it's normally a very one sided affair however have not won there for years and they usually lose by a big margin now they're fighting to escape relegation for the first time in their history but byron we're about to show them any mercy. hamburg had been boss by byron for nearly a decade last year in munich they can see the eight goals this match started off looking bad for the visitors frank robbery hurdle and finish at the eight minute mark showing he still got the goods considering his tour and they commit earlier this season the freshman still hasn't spring minutes later robert levin dusty put his head to work by in the assist coming from yahshua kimmage camber work camp lead caught off guard here to sit. not even ten minutes later another defensive blunder for hamburg eleven dusky another goal the wonderful pass came from jerome

bowen tank catching the hamburg defense on their heels. the game already looked over at the break it's the first time this season byron scored three in the first forty five iron romney picked up the score and after the break. byron made hamburg's defense look like swiss cheese and they still weren't done. river his contract insists season but it looks like he's not ready to hang them up beating three to make it five nil his first brace since december twenty thirty. eleven dusty from the penalty spot missing his first shot at a hat trick. but not the next with the twenty third goal of the season for the pole giving him five more didn't the entire hamburg team. is. very sorry

for the fans who came here to see hamburg if defeated like that. hamburg impossible mission and as expected a landslide defeat. so let's take a. look at all of saturday's results there the leverkusen and byron wins hoffenheim both berg lin and freiburg and that scoreless and albert big hanover on sunday should take on rb life sick and dortmund face frankfurt with bremen back in cologne on monday and friday night's game shock a bit minds now let's look at what all those results being for the bundesliga table leverkusen moved up to third behind me that and shell come and then the bottom half things are tight from stood guard down hamburg could end up bottom of cologne with on monday. and just a reminder of the top stories we're following for you china's parliament has approved and historic constitutional amendment that removes presidential term

limits to change paves the way for president xi jinping to stay in office indefinitely previously the presidency had been limited to two five year terms. you're watching news from berlin more coming at the top of the hour and don't forget you can get all the latest news and headlines on our website that dot com and for watching news. moving off to fight in full detail to be taken seriously in the war of one here's what's coming up women's. super heroes. more times more state religion are increasingly dangerous time. for mine.