post. play. the but. this is d. w. news live from berlin and tens of thousands of algerians take to the streets to protest against president abdullah see his book leader and his reelection bid dozens were injured in clashes between demonstrators and police the people seem determined to prevent a fifth term for the current president also coming up a space x. rocket an unmanned capsule blasted into the night from florida it's a test flight designed to bring the private companies one step closer to getting astronauts to mars. and more calls for greater press freedom in turkey

several german journalists have been denied the right to report in the country media outlets and german authorities want an explanation. welcome to the program i'm married i haven't seen. in algeria police have fired tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators marching through central algiers against president go to flicka is the biggest protest in the algerian capital says the arab spring eight years ago but if the guy has been in power since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine 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 terror in 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 transfer a country we want out but there are doing. twenty years i don't know. for sure we the people here. we want change and freedom later in the day things got violent police used tear gas to disperse the crowds and scuffled with protestors knew the presidential palace and they'll surely man reportedly died after being caught in

a stampede of protesters earlier algerian prime minister ahmed to yet give a chilling warning after noticing that some demonstrators gave roses to police officers. but we should recall. that in syria and also it 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 say beautifully cut 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. let's get more on the story now and for that i'm joined in the studio by bashir a room from d.w. arabic thanks for joining us bashir so do these protests actually pose a serious threat to the beautifully regime well of course they do with the biggest

the most freshens and since the the early ninety's ninety's and that time the regime reacted with a massive crackdown which resulted in the civil war with over a quarter million of that and more than twenty thousand missings until today and as the anger grows these days you can see member. important members of the regime like prime minister. trying to threaten the people. drawing parallels between the civil war and what's happening today also parallels drawn to the civil war in syria so the regime is frightened there is a serious possibility that the situation could develop to a struggle for survival for the algerian regime well talking about those arab spring protests of twenty eleven we know that back then social media played a very important role what about this time around how are the current protests being organized or i personally i'm not sure if the social media played the biggest

throw than. twenty eleven because there were also arab news broadcast as with or who played a very big role but what we can agree on now is the evidence evidence that the protests are organized through facebook for instance the initiative called to the demonstration is be reported to have spread through facebook so even so even though we cannot see we cannot identify the initial source of it we can say what i can say with certainty is. the video shout over you. tube and facebook. the power and enthusiasm of the demonstrations and take them into the even the smallest columns throughout everywhere and. all right so it's clear that these protesters don't want which of seeka to run again but what about algeria is

opposition like is there anyone who is a credible figure that people could unite behind to replace them frankly there is no real organized opposition inside the regime managed in the last twenty years to destroy every genuine opposition of party. also novis civil society so the so-called opposition of parties inside. patronage. that have that sort of links to the vision and enjoy no public confidence at all i think my personal opinion is that. in the case the protests are successful and also the regime we have to put up. everything new from the ground that nigeria i had to share a room from d.w. arabic we really appreciate your insights thank you thank you for having 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 used 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. by early evening the press accreditation for your gaza a reporter for german public television stations e.d.f.

was revoked no reason was given good to see you this means turkey is preventing z d f from reporting from that 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 think. without press accreditation the journalists including your gaza are required to leave turkey within ten days but that also affects thomas i bet who writes for the berlin daily newspaper. begin different this is a further restriction of press freedom it's no coincidence that this is happening right before the local elections yet we've seen cases of journalists being deported we've seen cases of even criminal prosecutions against the international media in turkey so denying press occurred attention both for journalists local journalists in turkey and also for instructions and this is you know a small part of

a very big picture of repression it's still unclear what lies behind this decision and what happens next. now a quick look at some of the other stories making news around the world canada says it will allow the u.s. extradition case against huawei is chief executive man one joe to proceed canadian authorities arrested the take chinese technology companies c.f.o. last december at the request of washington is wanted in the u.s. for allegedly conspiring to violate u.s. sanctions on iran. in syria heavy fighting is reportedly underway in the last main 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. suspected i is fighters and their families have been surrendering to s.t.'s forces outside the town. now tensions remain high between india and pakistan

a day after islamabad extended what it called a peace gesture by freeing a counter of indian pilot wing commander don via time on crossed the border just before nine pm local time he was shot down days earlier as he chased pakistani jets over the disputed region of kashmir the so-called line of control acts as a de facto border the. there now the flare up began on february fourteenth when militants killed at least forty indian troops in indian administered kashmir earlier i spoke to correspondent jim baal and asked her if the pilot's release could deescalate the conflict well when we talk about the immediate escalation over the last few weeks that has been happening yes this release off going from mondavi to the wild man is expected to d.s. believe those 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 fighting going on constantly along the line of control which as we heard is the de facto border between india and pakistan oddness to push me so firing are along that line has continued from last evening and last evening it used for more security personnel lost their lives in the water district. as was mentioned the whole conflict this recent escalation started with the loss of life all forty security personnel in the dark so tensions between the two countries do continue indent pakistan have both the 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 guys just sort of puts. now 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 mandie race missions you right here is that.

the south and nine rocket and astronaut capsule blasted off from cape canaveral in florida it should reach the eye it says tomorrow and a 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 the 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 eye is 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 space flight 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 now we could be seen in the next couple months now the whole point of all of this i think for the space x. founder 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 ellen must doesn't actually make the biggest secret out of it he wants to see space x. rockets taking the first astronauts to mars by its early is 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 you know 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 erin but what about just regular folks like what about space tourism is that also kind of so. i think that's increasingly becoming a realistic possibility well i mean we already are just 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 window for humanity in general and i 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 well we'll have to see whether you'll get a chance at some point i had to do tell him thank you thank you you're up to date now on the news out the next reporter thanks for watching. raring to bring. if there is any erotic benefits remember you have to find it between the lines. the streets.