this is d.w. news coming to you live from berlin convicted drug lord el chapo says the fight is not over a u.s. court finds you are guilty of ten charges he could spend the rest of his life behind bars but his lawyer says the verdicts were unfair also coming up could spain's prime minister to be facing his downfall his socialist government is trying to get its budget passed by parliament with catalan parties likely to torpedo.

the girl whose pain moved the world and helped and the vietnam war now you know scope goodwill ambassador and peace activist she's received the peace prize awarded by the german city of tristen. and we'll have the latest from the berlin film festival where fans have been finding out what it's like to grow up in a tough neighborhood of naples in the movie purana. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program the mexican drug lord known as el chapo is to appeal against the ten guilty verdicts handed down by a us jury the lawyer for you joaquin guzman said the trial was unfair and declared the fight isn't over this man was convicted of running a massive drug smuggling operation and other related crimes he could now spend the

rest of his life behind bars the verdicts came after a three month trial in which jurors heard what's been called an avalanche of evidence a gets goes beyond. joaquin guzman impassive even as he waited extradition to the u.s. seemingly snared for the final time after two audacious escapes and years eluding the authorities. the same stoicism was on display as the man known as el chapo was convicted of all ten counts related to decades of drug trafficking he gave his wife a thumbs up as he was led from the new york courtroom. the u.s. authorities meanwhile were in a triumphant mood. this conviction we expect will bring a sense of life without the possibility of parole is a sense from which there is no escape and no return. this conviction

is a victory for the american people who is suffered so long and so much good as one made billions pouring poison over our southern border. guzman will likely be housed at this supermax prison in florence colorado known as the alcatraz of the rockies authorities are confident guzman won't find it as amenable to escape as the two prisons he sensationally broke out of in his native mexico. those escapes including one down a tunnel dug from underneath his prison cell toilet and a subsequent rolling stone interview with star actor sean penn have contributed to guzman's almost mythological status in his home country. there was a hollywood element to guzman's recapture by mexican authorities as they stormed his hideout in two thousand and sixteen they said later that el chapo was meeting with pan had been instrumental in leading them to him. but some of the charges that

got guzman convicted are anything but myths conspiracy to commit murder money laundering and a legit use of violence against enemies of his powerful in a lower drug cartel. el chapo is set to be sentenced in june and will likely spend the rest of his life in jail his attorney says he will appeal the conviction . a washington correspondent helena humphrey has been following the trial and so has this assessment for the u.s. government this guilty verdict is a moment in history after a decades long cat and mouse like game between law enforcement and the world's most wanted drug trafficker walking grossman known as el chapo time simply seem to be above the law he was the mastermind behind a network of tunnels allowing for the trafficking of tons of class a drugs from mexico into the united states tunnels which also saw him escape from prison on two

occasions and in twenty seventeen mexico finally granted an extradition request from the united states fearing that if he continued to evade their clutches justice may never be served but as much as el chapo story seems reminiscent of a hollywood movie his crimes were serious at times very grisly they exposed corruption in many levels of mexican government and as head of the soon a low a cartel he pocketed fourteen billion dollars he's now due to be sentenced in june and it's expected that this time he will spend the rest of his life behind bars. now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world today australia is set to reopen a controversial offshore migrant detention camp on christmas island close to indonesia the government said it was expanding a new expecting rather a new wave of asylum seekers arriving by boat that's after it was defeated in

parliament when m.p.'s passed a law making it easier for sick refugees in other shore to be treated in mainland hospitals. u.s. president donald trump says he may extend his march first deadline for reaching a trade deal with china trump said he might do so if the two countries are close to reaching a deal if there's no agreement u.s. tariffs are set to more than double on two hundred billion dollars worth of chinese imports there would be no reason to do wildfires are raging in southern chile and authorities in the city of beyond have raised the highest level of alert in the region but they say people's homes are safe as the country's south battles the blaze the north is dealing with flooding and landslides that have left at least six people dead. and footage has emerged of the dramatic rescue of five hundred migrants from the rio grande the river at the ritz the river separating mexico from

the u.s. state of texas a one year old and a three year old were among those pulled to safety by u.s. border security agents. now to spain where there could be a snap election if the socialist government's budget plans don't get approved by parliament today prime minister pedro sanchez is reliant on the support of two catalan pro independence parties to get is budget passed but it's unlikely that he will succeed because the catalan parties have so far given the budget a blanket rejection they say they would be open to negotiate if the government promises them a dialogue on the right to self-determination in catalonia. self-determination however is prohibited by the spanish constitution but. for more on this vote let's cross now to journalist jaime. in madrid hi made the prime minister has been

criticized for his attempts to start a dialogue with the catalan national parties what do you be prepared to negotiate further with them in order to get their support on this budget deal. well business and it has been always open to negotiate with a cartel and by two thousand you said. minority government needs their support in parliament as a fantasy inside huddling trying to open a table to discuss a cotton question the spot of the negotiations for the twenty ninth in the capital invitees last minute decided to introduce their sell that i mean nation question in those negotiations and that is how we got here they decided to vote against the budget last week and there are signs and decided to remove his offer of dialogue but the prime minister has insisted he is always ready to talk with them but this on the one red line which is the south of their nation question well certainly the

president or the part of the prime minister or other is between a rock and a hard place there could the government all over this budget but it. is quite it's quite possible that the government will fall from early next week but there are signs that we call them the snap elections and right now it's just a matter of when the selection will take place. talking maybe at the end of april and then there's also the all the option. that would be in may this regional or local elections at the end of may and this and general election would be probably together with those all the elections in a super sunday as we call it here in spain. and there was home a quest there talking to me earlier from madrid well that crucial budget vote in

parliament is taking place just as the trial of twelve catalan separatist leaders gets underway in the spanish capital the tenants face charges of rebellion and sedition over the roles in the twenty seventeen independence referendum now that referendum was deemed illegal by spain supreme court if convicted the defendants could face decades in prison. first dawn in madrid spain trial of the century begins twelve catalan defendants formally regional government ministers now stand accused of rebellion and sedition by the spanish state. kim torah catalonians current president who is not facing charges talks to his colleagues before the trial because if you can track of all that it is being seen as a test of spain's unity and of its judicial system that is being televised to fend off potential accusations of not being fully transparent but. outside

protests some pro independence. and some anti here supporters of the far right vox party which is in a quirk of the spanish justice system actually part of the prosecution. they definitely could be in for a long time the separatists have been challenging the unity of spain the constitutional order they have been doing that due to the systematic ena action of several spanish governments got a lot of people really don't know this but. as the trial began in madrid in berlin colors pushed him on who spearheaded the catalan independence vote in two thousand and seventeen that was then declared illegal by the central spanish government spoke from self-imposed exile. but if you really are you sure came up with hellish but you know from today the spanish traditional system is being tested and we are going to hear it we're in a democracy in a rule of law government the judicial system is one of the fundamental pillars. in

all this is a stress test for spanish democracy. after work thousands of pro independent supporters congregate in barcelona spain's government may hope this trial draws a line under a constitutional and political crisis but for thousands of supporters of catalonia is independence the trial might not resolve anything it's all. health care workers in niger. syria have gone on strike just days before the country's general election on saturday it's highlighted the anger felt by many nigerians at the government's management of the public sector and the economy strike puts additional pressure on president mohamed who bihari who is expected to face and neck and neck race with the main opposition candidate our correspondent adrian crayfish reports from yola in northeastern nigeria. sophia philip and her colleagues at the federal hospital in yola may look happy but deep down

that angry in april and may last year they went on strike to demand higher pay but instead of a raise the government refused to pay them for the two months they didn't work nobody below us we need to get justice. he was dead then shot listlessness throughout the country federal health workers are on a three day warning strike that will end on wednesday. health walk as demand for their remaining salaries to be paid but the federal government insists that they didn't walk for these two months and this is why they will not be paid. union representatives accused the government of not focusing enough on the health care sector if it doesn't get what i wanted walk us now live was able to make about doctors which is about where we're going to say i'm going to get we do the same thing but i don't get bit. doesn't it quite what is it and some of the

members of his own about dozen of the. labor unions are threatening further strikes if the government doesn't pay them despite the hardship sophia philip mudd says she's prepared to keep on fighting. you're watching the news later this hour kristoff cover from our business desk will be here. with business news well the girl whose pain moved the world and helped end the vietnam war kim puk t.v. has just received a peace prize here in germany she'll be talking about talking about the impact that the famous photo to a head on her life. as better swale is humanitarian crisis deepens the standoff between the government and the opposition there over the liberty of u.s. aid is intensifying tuesday saul massive demonstrations take place across the country demanding humanitarian aid be let in and this will end migrants in colombia

also took to the streets in the border city of kuta where the aid is being stored demonstrators marched to protest against president nicolas maduro who claims the aid supplies are fake and blocking their entry into the square. will cheer when president ford. is visiting beddes with his neighbor colombia for talks with that country's leaders other country has seen massive influx of migrants due to the crisis across the border. and arrived in only a few weeks ago but already she's out on the streets from morning to evening selling sweets she's desperate to earn a little cash so she can feed her baby boy. one. i left because i couldn't buy anything that no food no diapers. story is typical for the many venezuelans who have fled hardship at home and who live

a hand to mouth existence in colombia. there are no migrant camps to shelter them off and the only help they receive comes from the generosity of the locals. the government can afford to offer only limited aid with so many colombians living in poverty themselves. the german president's visit comes at a critical time and colombians have shown compassion responding to the mass migration into their country. but they're worried the political crisis across the border will escalate into civil war. further swelling the number of new arrivals. frank walter steinmeier is keen to prevent that. is missing mid to long view good for. we have to find ways and means to avoid the bloodshed that many fear could ensue in venezuela. so that's why i hope that there will soon be a presidential election. on the presidential election which will give quite both

a legitimacy that he himself sees as necessary. dia as it is for fatherhood stine meyer and colombia's president even to k. agree that aid needs to get into venezuela as quickly as possible nope it would meet the to not let humanitarian aid into the country is a crime against humanity there. is if you think it was it has to happen fast. the international community cannot accept the current situation. the world can't stand by and do nothing as aid is prevented from entering. the duka believes everything must be done to get aid into venezuela he did not say if that should include military intervention. every year the people of the german city of dresden the remember its intense bombing during world war two as part of

that remembrance day ward the dressed in peace prize at this year's winter is peace activists kim phuc on t.v. a photo of her taken during the vietnam war became one of the most famous war photos of all time the w.'s going to catch those met her interest it. is to say that kumble to be the recipient of such a thing that this thing was no word. with so much meaning behind it can focus famous for being the subject of the photograph. a photograph of such power that it galvanized public opinion around the world about the war in vietnam and helped change the course of history. void. of void totally dilute my piss you know

my mouth my i guess my body is the worst moment of human mean. as a little go i felt so and there is why i was naked and my brothers make has ng was close on. i just do it right there and i turn my hat and i saw paul bombs and ing that that. fire was everywhere and the fire actually burned my clothes. i was nine you know and i remember i thought oh my goodness i got burned so i would be out. and so people always see me

a different way of course that moment that picture that day to end my life what i have. now i know i have a piece joe i am not. feeling embarrassed like before. but it is not much to get until the moment when i have a child i love my boy i never won the children suffer like that little girl. is me. and so from that point it's really touch me and that picture became so powerful give for me. if everyone can learn to live with love with hope and forgiveness absolutely we don't need war. he.

can do it so we do. and there was kim book speaking there the recipient of this year's dresden peace process. socceroos and the champions league round of sixteen is under way with two matches played last night the biggest draw saw a premier league side manchester united host french powerhouse probably sounds him out despite p.s.g. being without superstars neymar edinson cavani they outclassed their hosts after a scoreless opening half took the lead in the fifty third minute just seven minutes later football sensation. they made it to nail to add to manchester united's woes star paul hope bob was sent off in the dying minutes of the game and will miss the

return leg in paris next month. in tuesday's other champions league match hosts roma edged out portuguese side porto thanks to nineteen year old nicolo design yellow the teenage midfielder scored both goals for the italian side to seal a two one victory the result ended porto's five game winning streak in the champions league this season. to south africa now which is one of the world's surfing hot spots but it's not just the professionals who want to ride some of the best waves the locals do too course one school in cape town is helping to break down barriers for surfing enthusiasm with physical and mental disabilities. a feeling pamela hansford thought she'd never get back watching her riding the waves with a smile on her face it's hard to believe the seventy five year old suffered a broken neck a year ago a terrifying collision with

a freak wave on the shores of cape town left tetraplegic but now with the help of volunteers she's enjoying the waves once again and three of the war i feel very proud to. it's really special pamela is one of many disabled surface getting a helping hand from the surf in poor you have a school which aims to get people with disabilities into the water. kids are welcome to while parents can learn how to take care of them out in the surf. we felt like we were flying it was amazing they showed us how to handle him in the war how to actually hold the surf board and how to sit behind him and it was an amazing experience. making surfing possible and practical for disabled people is a growing trend across south africa pretty soon they'll be no excuses not to hit the way. out of the berlin international film

festival where the w.'s maya schwager caught a screening of parana as a film about growing up in a tough neighborhood of naples said falling foul of the law. you're young you have money. and guns. the world is your oyster. at least until someone kills you. piranhas tells the story of a group of young men from central working class naples they descend into crime as they pursue girls. shoes and complete control over their neighborhood. but it's not just a simple coming of age story it's based on reality the director and writers say the film's themes of youth powerlessness and crime are universal. i feel. the film is naples but it's really about adolescence so it's not a sociological film or at least we weren't trying to make a film about the sociology of the criminal underworld there it was simply a way to tell the story but at the heart of it it was

a story about adolescence and its relationship to a certain type of criminality you know and. for everyone involved this story was deeply personal hundreds of thousands of people leave italy every year it's the only way for a poor young italian to find a better life except that is to be seduced by money guns and glory and turn to organized crime. but a doctor francesco to napoli said he found it all too easy to identify with his character because he comes from as he put it a difficult area of naples. even though i've always worked and i've tried to avoid them and i know people like this who are gang members. everyone involved in this project clearly felt passionately about it these were non actors actually from the neighborhood that's portrayed in the film and the statement that the movie makes about life in southern italy makes it loki one of the most political films of

the festival roberto saviano famous for his two thousand and six book amara wrote the book on which promise is based and co-wrote the script. of course this is a political story in the highest sense it's the story of a generation and its destiny that is this the only money and power. around us is in competition for the golden bear at the berlin film festival. a local personal story whose sense of hopelessness mixed with aspiration can be felt the world over. and just a reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d w news the mexican drug cartel boss you walking guzman you notice el chapo is to appeal against the ten guilty verdicts handed down by a us jury if the verdicts stand he could spend the rest of his life behind bars. you're watching t w news to get all the latest news on our web site that's at dot

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