written word to stand up for women's rights. no woman so going to force a future. on t w. this is d w news live from berlin and russia ratchets up the tensions on foreign ambassadors arrive at the foreign ministry in moscow to hear that twenty three countries must now send diplomats home the latest escalation in the standoff over the poisoning of a former russian double agents. also coming up clashes between the israeli military and palestinians erupted in gaza as thousands protest gaza officials say at least

fifteen palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured. sierra leone prepares to vote d.w. talks to both sides in the delayed a presidential runoff due to that to due to take place on saturday. and coming up who is flying this thing and all the chinese space station is on a collision course with the earth analysts have only a rough idea of where it might land but don't worry science to the rescue will ask an expert should we be taking cover. played. by my ash waiter welcome to the program. russia has announced more diplomatic expulsions in the rout over the poisoning of a former russian spy today moscow told twenty three countries they have to send

fifty nine staff members home that's in addition to the sixty american diplomats already expelled on thursday it's the latest escalation in the standoff over the former double agent sergei scrape all who was poisoned along with his daughter yulia in the u.k. . there's been a constant stream of ambassadors at moscow's foreign ministry several e.u. countries were told some of their diplomats were being sent home in response to russian diplomats being expelled the german ambassador stressed the importance of bilateral relations. in view of the diary vention solsbury the russian government has called on to do everything it can to create clarity and transparency and answer justified on resolved questions from the. board german embassy staff have to leave russia the same number of diplomats berlin has expelled. the united kingdom is being hit harder the crisis began on british

soil by the poisoning of sergei screwball and his daughter in salisbury britain holds russia accountable for that and has convinced more than twenty five western nations to expel a total of one hundred fifty russian diplomats out of solidarity with its position . is the use of a chemical weapon on the streets of the united kingdom that has threatened the lives of a number of people in my country we also questions of the russian state and we would still not receive adequate answer as to those questions russia has emphatically denied any involvement and is demanding evidence from british authorities. for more on this we're going to constantine agate constitute what i got in moscow and constantine both sides have now expelled diplomats is this the end game or are we seeing more moves strategized i think is a polls and judging by the statements of the u.s. administration for example they consider they rather reserve the right to. to to to

reply to to russian expulsions because they think they're completely just go they they say they think they're completely unjustified i think it's a pause although i think from now on the will see a bit of a. different sort of track. on sort of on the continental european side germany france united germany france its on the other other countries probably want to to limit the damage and stop awhile it seems that the u.k. and the u.s. are really sort of aiming at jacking up the volume containing the confrontation because my feeling especially after boris johnson was speech yesterday in london the feeling is that you know we need to stop listening to russia we need to stop believing anything the kremlin says so i think it will continue because the kremlin little reprise of the kremlin will hit haga if it's hit again and now we've heard

a lot of comparisons to the cold war tactics cold war era do you think that either sides have an appetite to escalate this conflict. well it seems that at least in london in washington there is an effort to go on and as for complete comparisons risk with the cold war well look i do remember it's and i think that there is a very significant difference here. called what was essentially an ideological confrontation at its core and this one is it but cold war also had its rulebook and i think that and during the cold war both sides would have known where to stop i don't think that anyone knows how it's going to pan out in the answer i think the rule book is out of the window and this makes the situation quite different and probably significantly more dangerous then then the usual cold war

stuff and certainly some unpredictable players on the scene here very quickly last question what do you make of moscow's demand to have access to yulia sickly possum's when is she a pawn in any of this i think that moscow will stick to the very bitter end with this story that it has nothing to do with the poisoning and because russian citizen isn't bold they have to have consular access to your list leapai at the same time question is whether you disagree father wants to see russian crossover officials and i don't think that the british authorities would like to see russian diplomats visiting this creep balls anytime soon but i think that russia will stick with the story well for quite a forseeable future right cousin when i got in moscow for us thank you very much for your insights israel's military has clashed with thousands of demonstrators on the border of the gaza strip the palestinian health ministry says at least fifteen palestinians have been killed and hundreds injured the militant

group hamas has called for six weeks of protests and this was just day one. clashes erupted soon after thousands of palestinians started building tent cities on the gaza side of the border to israel. they're marking a number of historic events the expulsion of palestinians in one thousand nine hundred eighty eight which helped create the israeli state the deaths of six arab israelis in demonstrations in one thousand nine hundred eighty six and the scheduled opening of the us embassy in jerusalem in may so i'm going in for the palestinian nation assures today that we will never accept all the conspiracies targeting jerusalem and blocking the right of return. israel has doubled its military presence on the border similar protests in recent months have led to clashes that cost multiple deaths israel called the protests a dangerous provocation and said that hamas will bear responsibility for any violence. the first casualty came even before the protests got underway israel's

military said soldiers opened fire on two men who approached the border and acted suspiciously during the night one man was killed and another wounded the slain man's brother said he was a farmer. he went there every day to pick pursley in the morning. since that means haven't seen him so he's been working there for six or seven years. but nothing ever happened to him when the jews started shooting. what happened this time i do not know. how mosque has dubbed the protests the great march of return and says they will culminate on may fifteenth with a march across the border to break the siege and end the gas a blockade israel has warned that it will defend the border more bloodshed and sorow seem almost inevitable. as middle east correspondent tanya kramer is

in israel for us tanya let's start with just what's happened today several people have died how mosque leader is male honey honey has said that these protests are supposed to be part of a new peaceful strategy what went wrong. well what we've seen today as you've heard in the report is that tens of thousands of palestinians came to the border some of them stayed actually about eight hundred meters away as it was called for by the organizers you know where they built a tent city to it to remind the world of the refugees. palestinian refugees many from nine hundred forty eight with those tens and those tens as opposed to stay there for the next couple of weeks at the same time really seen. groups of protesters breaking away coming close to the border fence in israel over the past as has already made it very clear that they would not tolerate any attempt as they

say to preach the border or come close to the border fence now there is a buffer zone there any way anybody who approaches this fence could be shocked and what you seem to day is that according to the ministry in gaza is that fifteen people have been killed and thousand people at least have been injured there has been the use of life in the mission but also rubber bullets and tear gas being fired at those protesters. that tanya these demand that we're seeing from hamas aside anything new they're saying things like we were well accept nothing less than the entirety of our land back but what's at stake here politically. i think for most it's very important to keep this momentum to keep you know those protests going to special because they have not much to show at the moment in gaza and also they re consultation with the rival fatah party has not really materialized to be consultation has failed so far but one has to say is that these

protests have the support of all the political factions there also grassroots organizations that are part of this of this martyr returned and what they want to highlight the plight of palestinian refugees. especially now and the mayor of april and may we have a lot of menorahs coming up on the one hand this is about celebrating its seventy years the founding of that state on the other hand you have palestinians commemorating the naacp or the catastrophe when they had to flee their land and at the same time of course they also want to highlight that gaza has been closed off for the past ten years and that is also important to many gazans as well tanya kramer we will certainly be talking here a lot i'm sure in the next six weeks leading up to the anniversary of israel's founding thank you very much. and now to some other stories making news around the

world pope francis has led the lord's passion's ceremony in the st peter's basilica thousands of worshippers watched the solemn procession and prayers commemorating the suffering and death of jesus christ later on good friday francis will lead the way of the cross procession reenacting the crucifixion. drinkers and ireland's pubs are raising a glass to good friday for the first time in ninety years a recent change in legislation overturned a ban on pubs opening on this religious holiday most welcomed the opportunity to make more cells or more sales but some stuck with tradition and kept their doors closed. a space x. falcon nine rocket carrying satellites for a communications company has blasted off from a launch site in california iridium communications will use the ten new satellites to support its mobile voice and data communications services as it read news its

entire global satellite network settings or been going now to sierra leone where voters head to the polls on saturday for a closely watched presidential runoff the vote in the west african nation was pushed back after a court challenge fraud allegations after a court challenge over fraud allegations in the first round the devastating a bowl outbreak in two thousand and fourteen severely tested the country's fragile return to democracy after civil war our west african correspondent adrian creech reports from the capital freetown. for the past four weeks into three children have become used to makeshift outdoor lessons like this one is a series of elections run offs and have meant that many of freetown schools are currently closed schools. all. well it's very annoying. because for the second

time to have paid. fees on the at the all you wait for school one on how flutes so it's cause them. to fall yes time that we have full you did not. do with a used fix said on tuesday the national electoral commission announced voting would now have to wait until saturday the delay has taken its toll on businesses too in freetown many have shut up shop for the election despite all criticism off the electoral process and the delays in sierra leone the majority of registered voters is expected to go to the polls on saturday and the country can look forward to a neck and neck race the opposition candidate. came in slightly ahead in the first round of voting and his supporters remain optimistic.

that we're. going through something because he's the right man in this country. just look at the will of the real briefly took power during a military coup back in the one nine hundred ninety s. now as a democratically elected president he wants to kick start the economy as well as fight corruption there would be. this fund want to know the laws of corruption first. of the laws of this country to adopt to different political we have to make sure that people are prosecutors irrespective of. the party of president ernest koroma has been at the helm for ten years as a second term in office comes to an end he has selected former foreign minister. as his successor come are rejects any accusation of widespread corruption in the country even though the nation's auditory. general announced millions of dollars

had disappeared during the abel outbreak. only it's. improper and i think. it was not clear where the money is going i mean we're not talking about a little romance it's fourteen million it was a lot of money while i was killing people. and therefore that's where. it was difficult to get to of course because. it is a it's have to was the fight against. meanwhile is hoping that the elections go peacefully and despite all her feelings of frustration she's determined to vote on saturday after all this is about her children's future . you're watching news still to come a chinese space station is on its way back to earth in a shall we say rather uncontrolled fashion if you crash land somewhere in the next

few days but no one knows exactly where so how worried should we be. right daniels' here on a big shift in the netherlands energy policy and more worried about that space ship falling out of my head at the moment always hear about that the netherlands was hit by the strongest earthquake in years in january the government has put the blame on the groningen gas field now that's europe's largest and now authorities will slash production that's easier said than done not only does holland hold lucrative contracts to supply neighbors but ninety percent of dutch homes use groningen gas. the groningen gas field is going going gone. or at least on its way out the plan for now is to scale down current production of twenty one point five billion cubic meters to twelve billion but the long term goal is to shut it down entirely by twenty thirty. but the ordeal of us after the judgment was that it's really not

thiers even at the level of twelve billion cubic metres so that means action had to be taken with your payment not a fluid game and although the majority of dutch households use gas from the field burning and residents have called for the end to production there as the low level tremors that caused damage upon homes schools and farms the gas field has been operating for more than five decades its closure will involve major efforts to keep supply covered this includes a five hundred million euro gas generation plant as well as a campaign to promote more electricity use in dutch households. tesla is recalling one hundred twenty three thousand vehicles worldwide making it the company's biggest ever recall affected our model s. cars built before april twenty sixth seen behind the recall rusting bolts in the power steering unit which the company says need to be replaced in a one hour retrofit tesla shares dropped three and

a half percent in after hours trading on thursday that's compounding an already disastrous month for the comic which is now lost a quarter of its value. today marks the two hundredth birthday of fleet to the home of half isn't the german who founded the rural co-operative movement of credit unions. co-op banking model has since spread to many other countries and is still in use today. these two families are members of germany's oldest co-operative in one thousand nine hundred eight their forefathers banded together and started a cooperative that built and operated a flour mill one farmer could not have done it alone. in the grain from our region the old mountains is very coarse it was difficult to sell to nearby dresden there was very little profit so they said we need our own mill so we can process the grain and then we can make the bread as well. as for. the mill and the bakery have

ensured a thriving business for the farmers for many years now some seventeen businesses are now part of this successful cooperative. the idea of the cooperative goes back to frege reached vilhelm high. in the mid nineteenth century he promoted it as a way of overcoming the poverty faced by farmers in his region best of. since then the idea has spread to other parts of the economy new industries like sustainable energy have also adopted the model most corporative work on a majority rule and spaces all members can have this say regardless of their stake . in the cantante vote is a small when decisions have to be made everyone's opinion has equal weight. that applies to the world's largest co-operative gone in spain it has around seventy five thousand members eighty percent of whom it joint owners as with any

business cooperatives like mordor gone can suffer in times of crisis but because all members have an equal say they usually avoid mass layoffs this is. still a private company it has to be profitable but the number one goal is always to support the members so there are always two sets of objectives to consider economic objectives and social ones. to co-ops it's not just about the bottom line. and maybe that's why they often outlast private companies that are generally profit driven. but co-ops and always having it easy the co-operative bank of cyprus the nation's most popular deposit taken has been put up for private sale the institution is being away down by bad loans it's been some of the seven percent state owned following a bailout exactly five years ago today both foreign and local investors have shown interest in the bank according to the cypriot government but critics accuse the

government of putting public wealth. and that's all the business for now but next story i guess a bit of a mind to head yes we're going to go way back into that satellite story that was leaving us all hanging china's defunct spacelab a tiangong one will drop back to earth this weekend after being in orbit sense two thousand and eleven the ten metre long space station is out of control and no one is exactly sure where it will land china's space agency says most of it will burn up on reentry and it probably won't cause any damage chris scott is a professor in the department of meteorology at the university of reading in england thank you so much for joining us so this thing is falling back to earth and it's out of control i'm assuming it was a shot of the sky by cling on or anything like that why is this happening well with any spacecraft this is

a little bit like the spacecraft currently at around one hundred eighty nine kilometers that's still with well within the earth's atmosphere and even though the is thin up there it will gradually slow the spacecraft down a little bit and once you slow a spacecraft out enough it will fall to earth and that's what's about to happen to this particular space station right so it's ten meters long it weighs nearly eight tons it's falling towards the earth who should be worrying. well we have a thick atmosphere we should we should be thankful for that and most of the spacecraft will burn up into the atmosphere and it will certainly be fragmented into many small pieces and the flight path of this particular spacecraft is mostly over the oceans so the chances of it actually hitting anyone a quite remote but it does go over land it's all bits between about forty two degrees north and forty two degrees south which takes it over south america and southern europe and africa and india and western australia so there is

a small chance that it could actually end up landing on land once on one of those continents small chance but still a chance so what was going wrong doing up there. it was the chinese space agency's first space station so we have the international space station now which is the largest. manmade object or overseeing around the earth this is china the chinese space authorities attempts to have our own space station and six astronauts travels to it and they spent time living on it and it's a very useful first step when your space agency is moving towards manned space flight to have the space station in all bit like this that you can practice docking maneuvers and understand how you keep people alive in such a hostile environment all right chris scott for us at the university of reading thank you so much for a sharing asked that no one is in danger very few people. and let's just all be

sure to watch our heads a little bit this weekend it's always a special occasion ever buy in munich and square off this time all the more so as byron have a chance to secure the bundesliga title if results elsewhere in the league go their way the game known as deck classico has been billed as a clash of the titans but as buy and pile up the titles is becoming less and less of a fair fight. do it once. since two thousand and ten it's been an either or proposition the two clubs have kept the bundesliga title between themselves the last five seasons though it's been advantaged by her as even the black and yellow hat for the rivalry will concede. byron see it as a requirement to be the best team and they've delivered our goal at the moment is to be the second best team and we're not there yet but. in other words dortmund still have their work cut out for them while for buyers clinching

the title is only a matter of time. as a service is secondary if we win the title this week or next week or the week after next i'm taking a relaxed attitude. the defending champs might be tempted to go into this edition of their classic or at less than full throttle they've got the first leg of a champions league quarter final on tuesday to contend with. i see this game is the beginning of a crucial phase for us one where we're going to be playing at midweek and on the weekend virtually every week getting wins on saturday we get that run off to a very good start so it would be more mental in the musique district. and with a little bit of luck a win would earn byron the bundesliga title even to be a shower come may. and a reminder of the top stories we're following for you foreign ambassadors were summoned to the russian foreign ministry as moscow announced the expulsion of fifty

nine diplomats from twenty three countries as the latest round in the standoff over the course of a former russian double agent and of. clashes between the israeli military and palestinians have erupted in gaza after thousands of demonstrators supporting the militant group hamas were met but there's really gunfire at the border at least fifteen palestinians are said to have been killed. at the washington w. news the day is coming up next and don't forget you can get all the latest news and information are around the clock on our web site t w dot com thanks for joining us .

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