for future. w. t w news live from berlin german prosecutors applied to have former catalan president carlos extradited to spain the separatist leader is currently in prison here in northern germany he's accused of rebellion in spain over catalonia campaign for independence also coming up an about face from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the country's leader cancels the deal with the united nations on the

relocation of tens of thousands of african migrants. and france's plunged into travel chaos thousands of commuters are stranded as rail workers start a series of strikes set to last for several months it's part of growing resistance for president emanuel mccall's plans to modernize the economy. i'm sumi so much going to good to have you with us a german prosecutor as i ask the court to order the extradition of former catalan president carlos pushed him on to spain pushable is currently jailed here in germany after being arrested as he crossed into the country from denmark last month he faces charges of rebellion in spain over catalonia failed bid for independence it is unclear when the german court courts will rule on whether to buy should be extradited this is what a court spokeswoman had to say. ticked with the statutory offenses

listed in the european arrest warrant namely rebellion and misuse of public funds correspond to the offenses under german law of high treason and misappropriation. we came to the conclusion that there is a correspondence. the decision about what happens next in particular whether to issue an extradition warrant is now down to the swiss because don't hire regional coolant or german prosecutors say there are equivalent charges of rebellion and misuse of public funds here in germany but carl's push to moms legal team contests that i spoke to have both gone schonberg his german lawyer a short while ago and i ask him what grounds he has for contesting push the most extradition to spain. in jim along we we have a similar. norm but. the hurdle is extremely high

that the perpetrator must exercise violence oss ratan was weiland and there is not the slightest proof. cautiously as a prosecutor has said yes he himself is peaceful. that there was some boylan's and this was foreseeable that's enough not enough for german law and about the embezzlement. they claim at times it's a corruption. there is no fact in the arrest warrant. of spain at all it's only saying that the referendum was eight period you're saying that there are no there are no facts in that arrest warrant doesn't germany have to respect the right of a european arrest warrant that you member states have put in place to make sure that the rule of law is abate across europe. absolutely but that's our third step the first two steps is there is no double criminality it's not punishable in

germany and therefore it's going to be expedited second step. game and it's a political. case and therefore he sought for police to kill reasons because of his political opinion this is no go strictly forbidden german law and this also under the european arrest warrant question but i want to ask you about the question of the violence that was involved in the protests in catalonia because the spanish case is partly based on the idea that mr push him out was warned that there would be violence before he called for this referendum he decided to go ahead with it anyway isn't there a point there that mr bustamante pushed this region or was part of pushing this region to break. so i did. a regional called. living in

a virtual. office is that important what really happens we have not told the truth but you have to see what is written in the arrest warrant i don't think that's enough. because the german prosecutor more or less. by omission. in germany and that was volved berg lawyer for carlos pushed him on talking to us a little bit earlier now to some other stories making news around the world the malaysian coast guard has intercepted a boat carrying more than fifty were fleeing violence in me and maher authorities say the asylum seekers will be allowed to enter malaysia on humanitarian grounds some seven hundred thousand range of muslims have fled me and maher since last august after the military launched a crackdown in saudi arabia does not recognize israel but ties between the two countries have improved in recent years. a truck driver in the u.s. state of georgia made a lucky escape just moments before his vehicle was struck by an oncoming train.

a passer by capture the moment of impact on his phone both the truck driver and the train crew are said to be ok. israel has canceled a deal with the un to relocate african migrants to western nations that comes just hours after the israeli government unveiled the agreement some hardliners had attacked the deal because it allowed some migrants to stay in israel under the agreement with the un about sixteen thousand of them were to be sent to western countries. some of these migrants mostly from eritrea and sudan have been living in israel for a decade there are around thirty five thousand of them they say they have fled danger and persecution at home in israel they work illegally but the government wants them gone and offer them a stark choice leave the country voluntarily go to prison or be deported to an african country such as rwanda. if that's the choice i'd rather go to jail at least

i'd be safe there but many israelis and many supporters abroad condemns the plan unethical must deportation so prime minister benjamin netanyahu turned to the united nations refugee agency for help. sixteen thousand two hundred fifty migrants will be sent to countries like canada or germany or italy or some of the world's most developed countries that's the commitment of the u.n. high commissioner. but that plan has also run into trouble hardliners say it allows too many migrants to stay in israel. that seems to be what has driven netanyahu to suspend the deal just hours after announcing it but it also remains unclear exactly how the u.s. deal would work. germany and italy both mentioned as possible destinations for the deported migrants were taken by surprise they had not been consulted although the german interior ministry said berlin always respected its humanitarian obligations

. and we can speak to william spengler he's a spokesperson for the united nations refugee agency that brokered the deal with israel that's just fine with thank you for joining us on our program as we just heard the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he's canceling this deal did his government communicate that to you. no we have just learned about this decision a few minutes ago but we are still hopeful that a solution will be found for this asylum seekers who are in a very precarious situation in israel it's estimated that there's about thirty nine thousand of them most of them come from eritrea and sudan. they are not able to return to this country because the persecution human rights violations or areas they come from are in conflict just hours after the deal was announced benjamin

netanyahu first suspended and then cancel that what gives you hope that there is still a chance for this agreement to go forward well this is a very good that grim and we think that. it provides a solution for these people it also is in the interest of israel because it will be able to fulfill its international obligations but it will receive help from other countries and also the international community will play a very important role in showing solidarity with israel by taking some sixteen thousand of these. refugees and asylum seekers through resettlement but also through family reunification through sponsorship schemes through work and so on the same time. very important aspect of these agreement was that. asylum seekers would not be sent back to places in africa where they would not be safe and where they would have to continue taking long binh to his journeys to find

safety especially say this is a good agreement also for israel but part of what has been controversial for the hardliners and benjamin netanyahu is government is the provision that some migrants will get the right to stay in israel is it possible to make amendments on that front. well we are very sensitive to the concerns of the residents of neighborhoods for instance in south tel aviv where many of these refugees and asylum seekers have been congregating these areas are congested there's so many social and economic issues that need to be addressed so we understand why there are some things in between the residents of this that neighborhoods on the side of seekers and that's why the agreement also provides for encouraging. mechanisms to encourage asylum seekers to move out of this neighborhood store the parts of east where not to bleed through the means of

trading schemes where they would be. getting some skills that are in high demand in this royal reese areas for instance agriculture irrigation solar power and so on where israel has a lot of expertise and knowledge and where there is a need for workers so some of these asylum seekers could be trained to work in these serious. william spengler spokespersons the united nations refugee agency thank you very much for joining us on our program now the u.n. has called it the world's worst humanitarian crisis and today hopes to raise three billion dollars to fund its humanitarian plan for war torn yemen the u.n. says more than twenty million people are in urgent need of aid at the fundraising conference in geneva u.n. secretary general antonio terrace has urged the warring sides to strike a peace deal we must see action and the conflicts this war is

causing you know most human suffering to some of the poorest and most vulnerable people in dili. and there are no humanitarian solutions to humanitarian crisis. a negotiated political settlement so we believe in free yemeni dialogue is the only solution. well yemen's foreign minister has echoed about call for a political settlement and said that his internationally recognized government is working to open ports and airports to receive aid three years of fighting in yemen have claimed around ten thousand lives a proxy war between the saudi backed government and a rainy and back to the rebels as also driven an estimated two million people from their homes the un has been revising up for the number of your many's the need of assistance to twenty two million that's three point four million more people since last year who depend on outside help for survival. is mother to five young children. and she's also alone in the world since her husband died she has to

track for two hours of her day just to fetch water from a well. she struggles to look after her family. had things what she had before the world even if you didn't have much money you could buy things but prices have skyrocketed i don't know how i'm going to buy food. years of conflict in yemen has devastated the country thousands are dead and millions driven from their homes two thirds of the population that's nineteen million yemenis need humanitarian assistance according to a u.n. report from last year half of the country has no access to clean running water that's caused a widespread cholera epidemic yemen's health care system is under extreme strain the young are worst hit. but i'm

a little bit what would even before the war more than one in five newborns died now the death rate can hit seventy percent because of the current situation in the country without a center. for i and her family the future looks bleak. with and i'm sorry i'm already critical situation could become desperate. here watching d.w. news still to come in champions league soccer byron munich are big favorites away at the via tonight but the germans have a poor recent record against banished sides will get a preview of the action. but first some travel chaos in france monika yes and it will not just be today sumi france is facing months off disruption as rail unions begin a strike to protest against president in malema calls plans to overhaul the economy

thousands of commuters a difficulties getting to work this morning after most trains cancelled international routes were also affected and rev unions say this is just the beginning. tuesday morning at the godly on a major train station in paris. it's the first day of rolling strikes which are likely to continue for months. for most economists is catastrophic something needs to be done we're victims we haven't done anything wrong we need to get to work like everyone else this is normal. france's national rail operator s.n.c.f. says the strike will halt eighty five percent of france's high speed trains and three out of four regional trains. said i don't think we started every train station no direct trains a commuter was unwell and here i am heading to work and needing to rush away yesterday that. the walk out as a serious test for french president to manuel maccollins reform agenda to protest

these plans the country's four main rail unions are planning to strike two days a week through june. i am reminding travelers to postpone their trips if possible if they didn't receive a text message confirming their train is running for more than the fifty doubt he'll. come and it's not just train workers electricity gas and sanitation workers in france are also taking part. in standing by for us outside the gap in the or in paris is lisa louise good to see you lisa. this strike has been going on since monday even the how much disruption does it cause. a lot of disruption really is very common at many train stations across france we now have official figures from the s.n.c. death about a third of the company's workers are on strike and more than three quarters of its

train drivers now here in the morning there was a situation where many people were waiting for a train the train was cancelled it was a packed platform and these people got down to the tracks as you as you can tell not all the situations are under control for fully under control by the us and seth there is chaos at certain places across the country but overall the situation is staying rather calm many people seem to have taken the car or maybe the bus instead so they're making trying to do to make the best of that situation but how much support is there for the rail workers and their course. it looks like half the population is supporting the re workers and the other half are saying you know really do we have to bear the consequences of this obviously we have to look at this in the long run this strike will go on for about three months two days of strike and three days without

a strike with people working normally and then two days a strike and that for three months that really put a strain on the system on the transport system but also on people's nerves so we have to see how they will react in a few weeks time now this is the first big strike to president mark calls reform plans and as you said it's set to go on for several months what's at stake here. a lot is at stake really could be this strike could be compared to the miners' strike in the eighty's in the u.k. where was really important for former prime minister margaret thatcher to crack down on the unions because she knew that these unions were kind of controlling a large part of the economy here in france the s.n.c.f. is really crucial the essence here is obviously you know the racism is across the whole country these workers can block the whole country from for weeks on end months on end so it's really important for him and i call the president to show

that he is in charge that he's able to push through his reforms nonetheless and that he can't be stopped by any unions obviously he also wants to show to his european partners that he is able to reform this country and that would give him some leverage to push through his reforms on the european level. some tension still ahead there no doubt they say lawyers in paris thank you so much. moving on to an interesting i.p.o. spotify the world's biggest music streaming service is going public in new york later today spotify was founded twelve years ago but the swedish company has yet to make a profit in twenty seventeen it sales rose almost thirty nine percent to over four billion euros but the dazzling growth came at a cost losses also amounted from five hundred thirty nine million euros to almost one and a quarter billion spotify as revenues come from users who pay to listen to music

streams directly from its internet platform the company has a catalog of thirty five million songs to choose from and seventy one million subscribers for more let's cross over now to our market correspondent who is standing by for us hopefully in frankfurt there you are only given the market turmoil right now thanks to the u.s. china trade dispute with talked about so much in the past few days is this a good time for spotify to go public. no it's a really bad time the market is improving just slightly as we speak it's not as negative anymore as it was at the start of trading here in europe but it's still negative those concerns are still weighing on the mood and will continue to do so on wall street even though it looks like wall street will open a little bit more relieved as well and of course there are doubts on business model

of spotify you mentioned never made a profit and it doesn't seem to have the kind of comeback power that companies like facebook had or others who also were not seen as being that pristine when they first came to the stock market but with spotify it's a little different because people don't see much room for improvement there it's not selling its own content it will always be depended on other people's content to make money and at the moment it's finding that very difficult to do well this is if you like an interesting twist also to this i.p.o. spotify has chosen the so-called direct listing approach this will flow to it chez asked what exactly does that mean and why would spotify choose that. that means that it's saving millions in fees to investment banks which normally make sure the shares get placed the head of an i.p.o. and that also gives other investors an idea of how much the shares could be worth so much the market is estimating these things are worth and it makes for

a little bit more dependable income situation when the shares at the market this way there's money saved but it's totally up in the air what they will trade at the beginning of trading yes there is a reference price but who knows what investors will be ready to pay for that chair i talk to a trader on this and he's interested as most of the other people here are as well but he says that even if there's torm all at the beginning probably a fair price will develop sometime later on down the road how long that'll take no one knows that well but you will keep an eye on it for us in frankfurt thank you so much i will. all right sumi scott something on the champions league quarter finals which kicks off today abilities that's right monica and kicking off with some juicy matches up byron munich is visiting severe in the first leg of their quarterfinal this evening byron are on the verge of winning their sixth straight bundesliga title but it's been five years since they won the champions league and

recent season spanish sides have always been the someone walk. by and haven't won the champions league since twenty thirteen every season since they've crashed out against spanish sides but coach he opined case is keen to point out that things were very different when he was last in charge. when i was here in two thousand and twelve and twenty thirteen we be two spanish teams to reach the final. the two best teams in the history of spanish football barcelona and real madrid. so for me the last four years aren't relevant. severe may not have as impressive a record in europe as spain's top two sides but they have won the europa league three of the last four seasons. they're also on a high after knocking manchester united out in the last round severe someone tele says the key to success is taking the game to buy and. used to scoring lots

of goals in every game they used to having control of the ball we have to do the same and keep the ball for as long as possible that way you force them to do something they're not used to. but shutting down by and will be no easy task they scored eight goals against us in the last round and six against dortmund at the weekend the scene is set for a classic champions league encounter. that many across south africa are in mourning today following the death of winnie mandela the ex-wife of former president nelson mandela she was a towering figure in the fight against apartheid but she was also in a number of controversies in more recent years she died peacefully at a hospital in johannesburg at the age of eighty one. a couple united in their fight for freedom winnie mandela's battle against apartheid would dominate her life with

husband nelson mandela. just two years into their marriage and nelson began serving a life sentence on charges of sabotage and plotting to overthrow the government when he has given name nom samuel means one who strives became a leading figure in the anti-apartheid movement. mine has been passed been fighting for the liberation of the african people for their work in how morning spirit or aggression in this country was there but harmony was not to become a part of winnie's doctrine after years of mistreatment by white police including solitary confinement and torture winnie became radicalized she endorsed violent methods including necklacing the burning a life of police informants was my plan to have. been on the earth we could. go on to cool the was one of our lives the result of the founding.

was when he was implicated in the kidnapping and killing of a fourteen year old accused of being a spy and showed little remorse for his death she was also convicted of fraud. when nelson mandela was released from prison after twenty seven years winnie was a hardened woman whose extreme views clashed with her husband's pacifism their marriage wouldn't survive his freedom she later described it as a sham. as though when he remains a contentious figure south africa's president calls her a gallant leader. she's one person who'll the ruler went through a lot of tribulation. both anyone will suffer a guy who's suffered as much as both some of them a good share of the outside president bush's crawford with bones. but to bridge the departure is

a real loss. for many in south africa winnie mandela will be remembered as mother of the nation she will be laid to rest at a state funeral on april fourteenth. for minder now the top story that we're following for you here. german prosecutors applied to have former callen president carlos push the march extradited to spain the separatist leader is currently imprisoned in northern germany he's accused of rebellion in spain over the campaign for independence for the region of catalonia. thank you for watching it everywhere back in about thirty minutes.

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