digital. storage warner. t.w.x. . this is d.w. news live from berlin and tens of thousands of algerians take to the streets to protest against president up jealousies to flee and his reelection bid dozens were injured in clashes between demonstrators and police but people seem determined to prevent a fifth term for the current president also coming up a space x. rocket advance caps old blast into the night from florida it's

a test flight designed to bring the private company one step closer to getting astronauts to mars. and more calls for greater press freedom in turkey several german journalists have been on the rise to report in the country media outlets and german afford to use an explanation. i'm married to evanston it's good to have you with us the u.s. aerospace company space x. has launched a rocket to the international space station the unmanned flight is being seen as a crucial test for resuming manned u.s. missions. three you right there is that. the falcon nine rocket an astronaut capsule blasted off from cape canaveral in florida it should reach the iowa says tomorrow and is scheduled to return to earth

on march eighth if successful two astronauts will be allowed on board for the next launch the space x. suffered a setback in twenty fifteen when a rocket bound for the international space station exploded. and for more on all this to a reporter and tilton joins me now in the studio hello to you aaron so tell us why this mission is so important for the u.s. space program well there's two aspects to it you have to remember the u.s. hasn't had the capacity of launching their own manned space missions the ais as since two thousand and eleven since they grounded the space shuttle program so this test is the first step towards actually returning that capacity to the united states that's the first aspect the second is that nasa is attempting to cut costs and really commercialize space they're trying to bet on smaller companies like space x. or also like boeing and. they want them to help them commercialize space so they

can make spaceflight cheaper and more available to smaller companies so if all goes well when can we expect to see actual real life astronauts being sent into space now from the united states well that could happen as early as july the next test mission is slated for july and assuming that everything goes well with the dragon crew capsule right though we could be seen in the next couple months now the whole point of all of this i think for the space x. founder iran musk you know he's been talking about sending people to mars for quite so some time now how does this launch actually fit into that wider goal well as you said you know one must doesn't actually make too big a secret out of it he wants to see. space x. rockets taking the first astronauts to mars by its earliest twenty thirty you know he says his long term goal is to give humanity the tools it needs to actually establish a mars colony to give us kind of a plan b.

in case things here on earth go wrong now of course that is the wider goal this is just a first step but it's one of the most crucial ones you know given his company the capacity to bring astronauts to lower the orbit so we're talking still about astronauts aaron but what about just regular folks like what about space tourism is that also kind of something that's increasingly becoming a realistic possibility well i mean we are already starting to see space tourism i mean virgin galactic is also really critically involved in that and the whole idea behind nasa supporting these smaller companies is they want to actually create a plurality of possibilities i mean in the past it's only been large nations that afford space programs but nasa says by betting on these smaller companies and working with them and helping working in partnership to develop these new type of technologies it could open the doors to space tourism because nasa says the more people going into space the easier and cheaper it's going to become for them which is actually a win for humanity in general you know aaron i still wouldn't do it even even if i

could space travel not for me if i do it in a heartbeat really oh yeah of course we'll have to see whether you'll get a chance at some point i had to do erin tell tim thank you thank you. now turning to algeria where police have fired tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators marching through central algiers against president put a fico is the biggest protest of the algerian capital since the arab spring eight years ago which have been in power since one thousand nine hundred nine and despite suffering a stroke five years ago the eighty one year old announced he was running for a fifth term in office. it was the biggest turnout of demonstrators so far after a week of nationwide protests the demonstration in algiers started peacefully with thousands marching in the streets after friday prayers they chanted bye bye beautiful and peaceful peaceful many carried signs with slogans and drink themselves in national symbols large crowds also gathered in other cities according

to residents and local media the protesters are against incumbent president up to less respect for the seeking a fifth tear of an upcoming elections in april they say he is no longer fit to lead and are fed up with his iron fisted rule. it's simple we just want to change for our country we want out but there are. twenty years around over. we the people here . we want change and for you. later in the day things got violent police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and scuffled with protesters near the presidential palace and the elderly man reportedly died after being caught in a stampede of protesters earlier algerian prime minister ahmed who yes he gave a chilling warning after noticing that some demonstrators gave roses to police officers. but we should recall. that in

syria it also began with roses. but flicka who will turn eighty two on saturday is reportedly in geneva getting medical treatment he suffered a stroke in twenty thirteen and has really been seen in public since authorities secret flicka does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents however claim he's not fit enough to leave the country and that it is being drilled in his name by advisers. now to some of the other stories making news around the world canada says it will allow the u.s. extradition case against wall ways chief executive man joe to proceed canadian authorities arrested the chinese technology companies c.f.o. last december at the request of washington mag is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to violate u.s. sanctions on iran. heavy fighting is reportedly under way in the last may an enclave of the so-called islamic state u.s. backed syrian defense forces say they've moved in on the last pocket controlled by

the militant group in the village of but guus suspected i as fighters and their families have been surrendering to s.d. of forces outside the town. north korean leader kim jong un has departed vietnam following his state visit and the breakdown of his summit with u.s. president donald trump who spent his last day in hanoi griefs at a war memorial and mausoleum kim's journey home by armored train is expected to take more than sixty hours. now to turkey where foreign journalists are finding it increasingly difficult to work many of them are having to wait longer than usual to get accreditation without which they can't do their jobs and two german journalists have been denied work permit extensions without any justification being offered. they only wanted to work as foreign correspondents in turkey but on thursday afternoon in istanbul several german

reporters were thrown out of a regular news conference about turkey's economic ties to the e.u. that sparked protests in berlin in that meeting to even close contacts with the turkish authorities over this because it's clear that press freedom is of paramount importance and it's essential that journalists are allowed to do the job freely. kernan the german foreign minister who's traveling in africa appealed to his turkish counterpart but without success. but early evening the press accreditation for your cause or a reporter for german public television stations e.d.f. was revoked no reason was given you took a n.c.t. this means turkey is preventing z d f from reporting from there even though we've been in istanbul for decades we have no idea why this happened c.d.f. will appeal this we hope the talk shows dorothy's will reconsider that decision. eventually i don't know if. without press accreditation the journalists including

your plaza are required to leave turkey within ten days that also affects thomas i bet who writes for the berlin daily newspaper. big enough and this is a further restriction of press freedoms is no coincidence that this is happening right before the local elections that's yet we've seen cases of journalists being deported we've seen cases of even criminal prosecutions against international media into so denying press accreditation both for journalists local journalists in turkey and also for international journalists is you know a small part of a very big picture of oppression it's still unclear what lies behind this decision and what happens next. tensions remain high between india and pakistan a day after islamabad freed a captured indian pilot the pilot was shot down as he chased pakistani jets over the disputed region of kashmir the so-called line of control acts as the de facto

border there. pakistan has called his release of peace gesture and an effort to deescalate the situation between the two nuclear armed neighbors. a hero's homecoming. queen command. time on walking across the border into india two days off to pakistan shut down his fighter jet over its territory. locals gathered for the day at the vaga atari border crossing as anticipation mounted across the country ahead of the pilot's release. mr brando you didn't say i'm a yes and i ever since i heard the pilot was captured by pakistan i've been praying for his return to india that's all i wanted to happen and watch. i'm so happy now what he called yeah as

a captive in pakistan i've been undone became the face of such an tensions between the rivals the disputed kashmir region once again edging the nuclear neighbors to the brink of war the latest escalation began two weeks ago when forty indian troops were killed by pakistan based militants in kashmir news of i've been released described as a gesture of peace by the pakistani prime minister was also welcomed in pakistan. on humanitarian grounds and under the geneva convention pakistan had to hand them over to india we did so quickly to show the world we respect human rights. does hope now on both sides of the kashmir conflict that the pilots released will be enough to calm tensions. joining us now from delhi is d.w. correspondent michelle just fall so in the show we just heard in that report that there is a lot of hope that with pakistan fraying the indian pilot the crisis in kashmir

could be eased a bit do you have a sense that that's happening. well when we talk about the immediate escalation over the last few weeks that has been happening yes this release of being commander up in of the wild man is expected to deescalate tensions but will a pilot studies ease the tensions also all of the problem the question going to show between india and pakistan that would be a hard sell there is firing going on constantly along the line of control which as we heard is the de facto border between india administers bushmeat and pakistan administered kashmir so firing are along that line has continued from last evening and last evening it is for more security personnel lost their lives in the cold water district in kashmir not free as as was mentioned the whole conflict this recent escalation started with the loss of life all forty security personnel in a terror attack so tensions between the two countries do continue india and

pakistan have both a sort of gets to be that they are prepared for any eventuality india claims that pakistan is not doing enough on terror and pakistan says it's doing enough but india is unwilling to accept its guess gesture of peace. reporting from delhi thank you for that update. some german soccer news now and bonus legal leaders barossa dortmund have suffered a major setback fourth bottom handed dortmund a shock to one defeat two down one once on the books of boardman's reserve side scored after twenty four minutes after a woeful defending from the visitors the south korean forward stunned his former team with his second goal after sixty eight minutes a look at that ballpark oh coffers eighty first minute strike was sadly to know.

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