this is news lines from berlin catalonia separatist leader is behind bars in germany police detained qantas puts them on bond a european arrest warrant after he entered the country from denmark to get the details from our political correspondent. and doing the kind of route and single the first direct airline flights between australia and europe touches down in london opening the way for other ultra long routes to follow.

the money welcome to the program for markets and then lead to one has been arrested in germany which one was detained by highway police after he crossed into germany by car from denmark the former president had left finland to avoid arrest one of his advisors said he was returning to belgium where he had planned to cooperate with authorities regarding spain's attempt to extradite him pushed him or went into exile last year in the wake of an independence referendum. when i'm not joined in studio by a political correspondent thomas paro who give us the very latest on this thanks for joining us tell us a pleasure so we do know that has been detained but one of the circumstances behind which the most attention he was detained in the german state of shock as we call shine that's in the northern part of germany where. was trying to cross from

denmark he had previously been in finland and the latest information that we have got the information that was confirmed by our newsroom team here in but it is that he was indeed at the police station and has the cost on as of now and is now on his way to the public prosecutor's office in the city of because so in the northern part of germany as you mentioned the details are still trickling in but we know he has been detained of course the spanish government would rather have him extradited what happened to him in that case if you look at spanish media outlets they've been saying that they followed pushed him on all the way from finland now to germany where he has been detained the information that has been revealed is that he's being charged in spain for rebellion and sedition and that if you were to be sent back to spain he could face up to twenty five years in prison but again it is still unclear what will happen to him now we're waiting to hear more information from the from the public prosecutor's office in the city of. political correspondent thomas power with the very latest on this developing story thank you. the turkish

military says it now has complete control of the ethnic kurdish afrin region in north of syria now that's set to protest by kurdish groups around the world who accuse turkey of ethnic cleansing but ankara says it's only targeting the u.s. backed kurdish y p g which it calls a terrorist group. turkish and free syrian army flags fly side by side enough taken on sunday turkey no claims the two allies have rested complete control of the way to africa region from kurdish forces. no those lucky enough to be left alive on the streets. many of them formed queues desperate for the aid provided by the turkish red crescent. team on his job we think one hundred thousand people are present and on the road to freedom tone center we will step up humanitarian aid efforts to reach these people. some locals pronounce the relief at what they saw as

a liberation. we were treated unjustly that a.j. . but thank god a group of fighters came in there and we thank them. but no we are suffering because of a lack of food and water. and our women are out in the mountains and they're not being allowed to come home. yet they live here we hope that our women and children will come home at night a unit right now. but not everyone agrees with turkey's presence in a free and kurdish groups across europe gather to protest what they see as the an exception of territory that is rightfully kurdish and frankfurt demonstrators criticize germany's delivery of arms to turkey. must finally stop with the export of weapons and arms. must. be acceptance of the must murder in a free and raja in syria needs to cease all of the on the on the propaganda of the

turkish media in germany median and of supporters of the arab one regime must be stopped. in paris kurdish groups denotes to what they see as ethnic cleansing. simple deal it's just people around the world know what's going on. and they do not accept these. repeated attacks this genocide this ethnic cleansing of a people. it. french president emmanuel mccall has said that france and turkey will pursue quote deep and intense discussions about syria in the coming days. i'm now joined by vladimir. a journalist want to turn the situation in africa and he's also spent time on the ground in the kurdish part of syria to me a thank you for joining us so we've just heard in the report tekkie has taken complete control of afrin and there are reports that the turkish president wants to

send a governor there what would that mean. so this is not the first time to turkey to control the areas and northern syria in two thousand and sixteen they took control of a large part of northern ireland all taking cities like bobby audibles so what they've done there is like setting up councils so they want to do the same and after courts are worried that this council will be our own turkmen dominated law offering there's a majority kurdish reason and we've just also heard in our reports that kurdish groups are calling this ethnic cleansing are there any indications rather the this is happening lot just talk with some of my contacts in austrian and already there are some rumors that some are families who are settled in kurdish villages so this is what the kurds are afraid about and also there are unconfirmed reports there's also possible that fighters from going to others are fighting against a government that would be sent to

a free so that's why kurdish officials are very worried about turkey settling refugees from other areas of syria through lot of me what is the current humanitarian situation in africa right now what are you hearing. well there are still wrong hundred thousand on the two thousand people in our fleet and so on but also there's on the thousands or more than hundred fifty thousand that flood outside of finland they're living in very difficult conditions because there is no comes there are two shelters to look fool that are. you on is doing some some work to help those people but in general they live outside but thank god for the people . telling me thank god that it's spring so the situation is not as bad because it's not so cold like in the winter but they're suffering from the. conditions that they don't have shelter. to me a fun filled up book thank you for monitoring that situation for us.

time now to look at some of the other stories making news around the world hundreds of members of a rebel group are pulling out of the besieged enclave of eastern ghouta near the syrian capital damascus is also an agreement allowing lightly armed finds has to leave the city state television is reporting the syrian army is advancing into areas previously held by the insurgents. german defense minister orson of want to lie and has talked to german troops stationed in afghanistan to prepare for a prolonged stay after lawmakers agreed to extend their mission visiting the country's north she said if the understand was not ready to take on responsibility for its own security german forces have been there for sixteen years. large crowds have gathered in vatican city to mark palm sunday the day christians believe jesus made his triumphant entrance into jerusalem old francis lead the service in st peter's square there was also celebrations in jerusalem at the church of the

holy. a special roman catholic mass has been held in the french town of fair to commemorate the four victims of friday's deadly islamist attack the bishop said the police officer who died after trading places with the hostage who helped save the nation the first direct commercial flight between australia and britain has landed in london increased fuel efficiency of a new generation of airliners has made ultra long haul routes possible but it also reflects reflects a shift in the aviation market away from stop all those in favor of direct connections. when the australian flag carrier qantas first flew the so-called kangaroo route to britain after the second world war it took four days and seven stop overs taking off in perth the new nonstop service operated by a boeing seven eight seven dreamliner covered the nearly fifteen thousand

kilometers to london in just seventeen hours well it's historic day for western australia a historic day for aviation a historic day i want to talk today illegal for stealing the train australia europe that has ever occurred not stop in aviation qantas is not the only carrier pushing for ever longer flights qatar airways is already offering the world's longest commercial route between doha and oakland and later this year singapore airlines launches a nineteen now in new york megan link flying boeing's archrival air bus passengers seem to like the convenience. excellent really good i speak different screen all the way stop quite a few fights back with a. pair of applying that plane is the best ever fantastic it was great not to have this. was very couple qantas is now

eyeing the even bigger prize of london to sydney nonstop and the new ultra long hauls who pose a challenge to help stop over specialists in the middle east such as dubai. formula one now and there's been a surprise in the opening race of the season in australia would you believe that ferrari's german drive us about. has sealed a dramatic victory mark meadows from last night's test is here now we definitely were not expecting that well we know i would have put a lot of money on lewis hamilton winning the race but a vettel win makes the season more intriguing well let's have a look at some of the action from melbourne and then well fettle managed to come out in front of world champion lewis hamilton mid to raise after pit stop under safety car conditions that of then managed to hold off hamilton's charge leaving the briton to finish second that'll celebrated his forty eighth career win and ferrari's good start into the season was rounded off by two right going and who

finished there. so much can you please explain how federal managed to sneak this victory well i should explain what the virtual safety car is basically a car broke down on the track so therefore all the other cars had to slow down to avoid an accident for vettel by look or big very clever we're not sure was in the pits in time and the same the speed restrictions don't apply in the pits so he ended up coming out in front of hamilton an incredible stroke of luck really he did say afterwards i was very very lucky but he won't care that was his one hundredth podium in his two race the saves of said maybe we made a mistake here and could have gone a little bit quicker even behind the safety car the virtual safety car they said something went wrong with their software possibly so an intriguing first race of the season so lucky for fatso disappointing for hamilton can't hear bounce back oh yes i mean across the weekend one was still the quickest driver usually got pole position let's be honest if this issue have not happened with

a virtual safety car that hamilton would have won the race so if your mistake is found tonight don't be too upset all i will say is that maybe a little bit disappointed that they didn't manage to overtake vettel wants vettel took the lead but might suggest ferrari are a bit quicker than they were last season and might suggest we actually have a title race this year. so what does this result then mean for the future of the sport well it certainly makes it more competitive this year i think longer term it might help stop what could have been a huge schism in the sport because basically ferrari were frightening to for their toys and basically say we're not going to compete anymore we're going to go for a breakaway series because there was a plan that they were all going to have the same engines approach that no way that's a bad idea but maybe you know if this when the fact this season will be competitive anyway perhaps without needing to change anything in the future might mean this fred of a breakaway is stalled and we don't have it because let's be honest for me what is best the way it is we don't want ferrari have side racing in a driving series this won't work like way does with that fascinating result for

formula one thank you. and now the sport of cricket's which is famous for its traditions a spirit of fair play but that has all changed after a cheating scandal involving the australian team doing a test match in south africa cameron bancroft was caught on camera rubbing sticky tape covered with dirt on to the ball in an attempt to change how we move in the air the act is illegal in cricket captain steve smith admitted he helped the plan but refused to resign long term public after public outcry has stepped down as skipper for the remaining two days of the match as friendly as prime minister has apologised while james arthur and the head of cricket in australia has promised a far reaching investigation. from cricket to tennis where world number one roger federer suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the miami open by world number one seventy five and not kick. now this loss means he knows who his top spot in the

world rankings for them all this and also that it will compete at any click or tennis tournaments for a second year running that includes a french open grand slam title he last won almost a decade ago. that's a news wrap thank you for watching. you're ready with. the game seems. more than. a nuisance to the once a. shame.