changing ready. to. launch march be on double. play. this is d w news live from berlin tens of thousands of algerians take to the streets to protest against president says we just need to end 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 on manned capsule locked 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 denied their right to report on the country's media outlets and germany forwarding is we want an explanation. thanks for joining us i'm marrying a s d. in algeria police have fired tear gas to disperse tens of thousands of demonstrators marching through central algiers and other cities against president hu to flee now the demonstrations are the country's largest anti-government protest since the arab spring eight years ago which of leader has been in power since one nine hundred ninety 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 beautifully 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 protestors are against incumbent president abdullah see script 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 that but arguing. twenty years around. we the people here. only we want change and for you. later in the day things got violent police used

tear gas to disperse the crowds and scuffled with protestors knew the presidential palace and elderly 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 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 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 advisors. 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 the biggest the most treasurers and since the early one nine hundred ninety s. in 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 allawi. 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 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. in twelve twenty eleven because there were also arab news broadcasts as would or who played a very big develop 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 videos out over you. tube and facebook. it's the power and suzy as in all of the demonstrations and takes them into the

even the smallest columns throughout everywhere and. all right so it's clear that these protesters don't want which if he could 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 well frankly there is no real organized opposition inside the regime managed in the last twenty years to destroy a very genuine opposition of party there are also no real civil society so the so-called opposition of parties inside. patronage. that have patronage links to the regime 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 of everything new from the ground that nigeria.

share a room from arabic we really appreciate your insights thank you thank you for having 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 manned u.s. missions three to look you right here it's hard. to tell can nine rocket an asteroid capsule blasted off from cape canaveral florida it should reach the eye assess tomorrow and is scheduled to return to earth on march eighth if successful two astronauts will be allowed on board for the next launch space x. suffered a setback at 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 ai 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 helping they want them to help them commercialize space so they can make space flight cheaper and more available to smaller companies all right 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 tax 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 on musk you know he's been talking about sending people to mars for 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 to because 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 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 earth 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 something that's increasingly becoming a realistic possibility well i mean we already 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 occur for 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 you know air and 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 w s n tell tim thank you thank you let's get you a quick look now at some of the other stories making news around the world an official in southern nigeria says more than fifty people are missing after a leaky oil pipeline exploded and triggered a stampede the blast caused a massive oil spill in by a state of friday near the heavily polluted niger delta and inside

a forest reserve the country is one of the world's largest oil producers. canada says it will allow the u.s. extradition case against huawei its chief executive mangan one joe to proceed canadian authorities arrested the chinese technology companies c.f.o. last december at the request of washington manga 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 bug suspected i is fighters and their families have been surrendering to s.d. of forces outside the town. at least five civilians have been killed in violence in the disputed kashmir region between india and pakistan this comes less than one day

after pakistan released a captured indian pilot in a so-called peace gesture that nuclear arms countries are embroiled in a heated standoff. now to turkey where foreign journalists are fighting an 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 a 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 it 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 their 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 to see 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 think 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 freedom 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. german soccer news now and the bundesliga leaders have suffered a major setback fourth bottom spork handed or punt a shock to one defeat to don juan was on the books of dortmund's reserve side scored after twenty four minutes after a brutal defending from the visitors the south korean forward stunned his former team with his second goal after sixty eight minutes of a look at that well meanwhile pago out castors eighty first minute strike was sadly to no avail. in tennis roger federer is just one win away from his one hundredth career title setter cruise past her ration board of porridge in the

semifinal of the divide championships winning in straight sets six two six two this was player could become only the second man ever to reach the one hundred titles mark after u.s. legend jimmy connors federer will reach the milestone today if he beats stefanos to keep us the greek cruise past frenchman gaveled cease to reach the final. you're up to date now on d.w. news omarion evans dean for me and the entire team thanks for watching.

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