this is. from berlin catalonia separatist leader is behind bars in germany. on a european arrest warrant on the country from denmark back home to take to the streets in the capital capital also known as. and during the congo route in a single call the first direct commercial flight between australia and new rope touches down in london after seventeen people. in the formula one season

kicks off with a surprise at the australian grand prix. world champion lewis hamilton to a dramatic victory. welcome to the program form. has been arrested in germany on a european arrest warrant. was detained by police after he crossed into germany by car from denmark the former president had left finland to avoid arrest on friday a spanish court reactivates had warrants for the arrest of a number of the last supper to see it as an advisor to push said he was returning to belgium where he planned to cooperate with authorities bushnell went into exile last year in the wake of an independence referendum.

i'm now joined by a correspondent alexander doctor who is standing outside the prison where callous for tomorrow is being held and in studio by our correspondent public folly and here thank you both for joining me so let's start with you alexander here just outside the prison as we mention what's been happening there today. well today. called the sports among arrested approximately twenty minutes after eleven and he was arrested. so the next was a motorway the a seven so we learned and it was not a routine police control because the prosecutor in charge told us that he gets information by how to route german police and so the german police officers waited for columns among the eighty seven because they know that he will you they know the

he would travel coming from finland going back to belgium and coming through germany and so he was arrested at the motorway a seven of the northern part of germany and then was brought to a small police station in the village of school b. and afterwards he is now in the prison here right behind me in norman stuff all right pablo here in studio just had from alexander that germany made a very deliberate effort to detain him but why is his detention coming now this is a man who has been traveling across europe for the last couple of months yeah you're absolutely right and let's not forget the catalyst was a man has been out of spain for the past five months originally there was an arrest warrant for him but this is where we get into legal matters now belgium among the charges in spain is rebellion and i belgium doesn't have that in its statute books in its penal code so there was a fear that if he were arrested in belgium on the lesser charges because there are several charges against cottons put him on the if he were arrested in belgium on

those charged. he would be extradited to spain but he could only actually go to trial on the charges that he was in or arrested in belgium for ali the charges of rebellion which are the most serious in spain don't exist in belgium so if he were back in spain he couldn't be actually tried for those charges which are what the spanish government and the spanish legal system considers the most serious so the arrest warrant was then essentially canceled or put on hold and now on friday we've seen that the judge investigating this just got into it reactivated the arrest warrant now we can jump to conclusions we can say that we know that in the german legal system a very similar charge which is high treason which is similar to this rebellion charge that we've seen in spain could mean that if he's arrested in germany and charged he could essentially be extradited back to spain and then the charges the serious charges could actually perceive the legal system could proceed with what

the spanish government really wants to go ahead with right but at the moment he is still very much in germany and i looked around i just want to come back to you what can we expect for pushing one now. while it's most likely that he will spend the night here on sunday coming from sunday to monday in the prison and afterwards on monday be transferred to the courts. and over the prosecutor's job will prove and decide if he will bring to spain to the spanish authorities but it's not most likely that this decision will. take place tomorrow. right so we have to wait to see what is clear though we've actually just seen people walking by with a band of they're saying calling for the free of putsch demo we're seeing protests does as well in boss i don't know what are the reactions from madrid as well well from the from madrid at the moment we don't have any official reaction from the

government just yet and normally the government of prime minister money. they tend to be quite cautious with these things so we haven't heard anything yet we have heard from the opposition who have welcomed this arrest or detention will stay in germany. and the other side in the catalan pro independence movement they've condemned this and like we're seeing here in the images we're already beginning to see clashes in barcelona and there are also protests across scotland times in cities i was watching the catalan regional news channel before going on air and i saw that there were many many people out on the streets protesting against this detention you know it hasn't been in the international news perhaps at the forefront of news over the past few months but in spain this is very much at the forefront of discussion amongst people across the spanish territory and that particular in catalonia it hasn't gone away the problem of this independence movement according to the government in madrid is still very much present and you

know we're seeing here the tensions are still very high and you know there is a lot of anger amongst particularly people in favor of this independence movement in catalonia and that this is. they don't just sense you respect it they don't respect what is happening in madrid with regard to the government had they're proceeding with this issue and there's been a lot of criticism particularly against the government of money well we continue to watch these developments closely thank you to you alex. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least four people are dead after a car bomb exploded in the somali capital mogadishu the explosion took place near the parliament building and police say the bomb was detonated at a checkpoint after soldiers intercepted and stopped a suspicious vehicle. german defense minister wants a lion has told german troops stationed in afghanistan to prepare for

a prolonged day that's after lawmakers agreed to extend their mission visiting the country's north she said afghanistan was not ready to take on responsibility for its own security german forces have been there for sixteen years. authorities in belize have arrested dozens of protesters ahead of a band opposition march in the capital the attempted demonstration was meant to commemorate delarue says nineteen eighteen proclamation of independence from russia early zero authorities detained two opposition politicians and several of the march organizers. germany's new foreign minister has embarked on his first trip outside europe to israel on his first official visit to the country ma stopped off at the yad vashem holocaust memorial in jerusalem says solidarity with israel is central to german foreign policy is set to meet the israeli prime minister benjamin

netanyahu and will also visit the palestinian territories for talks with president mahmoud abbas. right when i crossed over to our correspondent tanger kramer who is in jerusalem for more time here thanks for joining us what's the high command expecting from this visit. one in hi can you foreign minister of germany has said that he wants to come to early to function as a point minister you hospital yesterday as justice minister and he said it's very important when he went into politics he used this very strong statement saying that's because of the holocaust that's because. it's now you can see that also it's you know. he went to visit all the officials coming here at the holocaust memorial. but you wrote also in the book that it's still a miracle for him and that's very important seven years since of hyundai sion of

the state of israel that is here he told the german israeli relations america but of course he also has he will meet with holocaust survivors here as well but you also has political meetings here in israel but also with the palestinian president mahmoud abbas and so very care gender from the german foreign minister but what about israel what does the netanyahu government expect from this visit. one thing on top of the agenda for both sides is the nuclear deal with iran because we understand that u.s. president will decide by mid may. that's also a line that we hear a lot here israel for prime minister netanyahu that's a very important topic the nuclear deal was seen by him as a as a political failure that this happened so you will tell also the foreign minister that israel sees it with much concern what's going on in syria right now that iran

is. strengthening their its base in syria close to the israeli border near the occupied it is really golan heights and that is a very much concern to. two netanyahu tanya came out joining us from jerusalem thank you the first direct commercial flight between australia and europe has landed in london increased fuel efficiency of a new generation of an alliance has made ultra long haul routes possible but it also reflects a shift in the aviation market away from stop overs in favor of direct connections . when the australian flag carrier qantas first flew the so-called congo route to britain after the second world war it took four days and seven stopovers 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 as historic day for western

australia a historic day for aviation a historic day i want to talk today believe the first thing the train australia europe has ever heard 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 hour new york making link flying boeing's archrival bus passengers seem to like the convenience. really good price big difference going all the way stop the fights back with the. spirit of the plane. playing the best. fantastic it was great not to have this. was very. conscious is now eyeing the even bigger prize of london to sydney non-stock 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 where there's been a surprise in the opening race of the season in australia there are is german drive us about that's all there he is the feel very proud of to see him in a dramatic victory because he got the better while champion notice hamilton who had been the clear favorite of the race. lewis hamilton started out on pole and led into the first corner in the season opener in melbourne leaving f one fans to sit back and expect another easy victory for the defending world champion. but that all changed midway through the race when sebastian vettel pitted jurga virtual safety car face those on track were forced to slow down because of a broken down car but vettel was not affected by the restriction in the pits and emerged in front of hamilton's mercedes. the german then pushed his ferrari

a managed to fight off the britain for the rest of the race to seal a forty eight group three win and one hundred podium in his two hundred f one race . settles euphoria at the surprise triumph was visible for all to see. but harmless and was left to look on the bright side we still have great pace of course i was great at things in the race i was able to apply some pressure at the end vettel admitted he didn't looking i was praying for save and then when i saw it obviously you know it was really full of adrenaline even though you know the race is frozen but still to come into the pits everything limit trying to get back out because they told me it's really close with lewis there are investable look to build on the victory next month in bahrain. well down by one roger federer suffered a shock defeat in the second round of the miami open by world number one seventy five. this last means he will lose his top spot in the world rankings and once more

the swiss player announced that he won't compete at any kick or tournaments for a second here running that includes the french open title that he last won almost a decade ago. here in berlin will be back in forty five minutes thanks for watching. where i come from we have to fight for a free press i was born and raised in a military dictatorship with just one t.v. shadow and if you newspapers with official information as a journalist i have worked at all the streets of many cantors and their problems are almost the same courtroom social inequality a lack of the freedom of the press and corruption we can't afford to stay silent.