we're. ready. to do. stories march. on w. . this is d w news live from berlin a space x. rocket and an unmanned capsule blast off from florida if the test flight goes well the private company will be one step closer to launching astronauts into space from american soil for the first time in eight years also coming up. tens of thousands of algerians take to the streets calling for the president to step down one man has

died and dozens have been injured in the country's biggest anti-government demonstrations since the arab spring. and more calls for greater press freedom in turkey several german journalist have been denied the right to report in the country media outlets and german authorities demanding an explanation. i'm rebecca routers welcome to the program the u.s. aerospace company space x. has launched a rocket designed to carry astronauts to the international space station after blasting off from cape kind of canaveral in florida it's june to reach the i assess on sunday where it will stay for just under a wake there's no want to board this flight but if it's successful we could soon see astronauts blasting off from u.s. soil for the first time since the space shuttles ended. three to one

here it's certain that. this rocket could soon bring manned spaceflight back to the united states for the first time since twenty eleven for space x.'s finder this moment was along tell you in the making. it's been seventeen years to get to this point in two thousand two hundred now. and incredible amount of hard work and sacrifice for a lot of people after. well emotionally exhausted. because. those super stressful. but it worked. this time are right the only old cuban told board to create dragon capsule is a dummy it's connected to sensors to monitor what a human would experience nasa plans to put two astronauts aboard least for this year how do they feel about it. seemed like everything went smoothly all the way up

until launch and so far so good so from our standpoint this is this is what you want to see you want to see the team hitting its stride. as we get ready to put people on these things. this test flight will measure the vessels reliability and safety in real life conditions and it paves the way for one of musk's long held ambition is for the future of space travel. oh we go back to the moon cern that's the goal. we should have a base on the moon. so permanently right here in paris on the moon and send people to mars you know sort of on mars. a giant leap perhaps for now i must add nasa are a small step closer to sending ardently people into space. well our very own air until to me is here in the studio to tell us a bit more and why is this so important for the u.s.

well on the one hand you have to remember the united states doesn't have the capability of sending its own manned missions to space and hasn't since the retired the shuttle system in two thousand and eleven so on the one hand it's a point of pride for the united states they want to be able to send their own missions into space on the other you have to realize that they are reliant on the russians so you system which is an aging rocket system and last fall there was almost that disasters aborted launch which almost cost the lives of several astronauts and cosmonauts but then also there's a new aspect nasa is looking to take this program into the into the new century they were betting on smaller companies develop the new technology companies like speaking of x. and boeing that they'll need to be able to to to establish well the moon base that . it was talking about there and so you know assuming it all goes well hope hoping that it does when we say real life astronauts being sent into space from the u.s. again well the next planned mission which could actually see a manned start for united states could happen as early as july but of course that's dependent upon the sec's the success of the current mission is pretty well known

that it wants to get people to mars by twenty thirty i mean is this a really important how how important is this step in his why dicko well it's one step of many but it's also a very very critical step i mean space x. has proved itself with its dragon capsule and its falcon nine in the past but it's only worked as a cargo farriers basically taking cargo from the u.s. from cape canaveral up to the i assess this is the first time that they're actually given the ability to prove that they can transport humans safely to the ice s. and back and of course the ice as is our foothold in space and when it comes to actually sending out those longer term missions to the moon to the mother to mars this is a critical first step but it's one of many that have his company will have to take and just say thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world at least six civilians and two pakistani troops have been killed after indian and pakistani soldiers targeted each other's posts and villages along the border in the disputed kashmir region tensions have been running high since

indian aircraft crossed into pakistan on choose day to carry out a strike against militants. in syria heavy fighting is reportedly underway in the last one on klav of the so-called islamic state u.s. backed syrian defense forces say they've moved in on the village of bugaboos the last militant stronghold suspected i as fighters and their families have been surrendering to s.t.'s forces outside the town. 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 bale's state on friday in the heavily polluted niger delta the country is one of the world's largest oil producers. in algeria one man has died and dozens have been engine jaring a mass protest against the president has been under arrest across the country since

president abdullah aziz announced his bid to run for a fifth term in office the demonstrations are the biggest and he government protests since the arab spring eight years ago. it was the biggest turnout so far after a week of nationwide protests the demonstration in algiers started peacefully as thousands took to the streets after friday prayers. five by beautifully could they chanted and peace peace. large crowds also counted in other cities. the protesters oppose president abdullah has eased flicker standing for a fifth term in elections next month they say he is no longer fit to lead under fed up with his iron fisted rule the. it's simple we just want a change for our country we want a better idea under the model twenty years are enough here that it we the people

were here was protesting that it would be good if we want change and freedom. later in the day violence flared police used tear gas and food with protesters near the presidential palace one elderly man reportedly died after being caught up in a stampede. earlier prime minister ahmed watt here issued this warning after demonstrators gave flowers to police. but we should recall. that in syria it also began with roses. bootlicker who's eighty two is reportedly receiving medical treatment in geneva he suffered a stroke six years ago and has rarely been seen in public since authorities say the president does retain a firm grip on public affairs his opponents claim but flicka is too frail to lead the country they say algeria is being ruled by advisers in his name.

announced to turkey where foreign journalists are finding it increasingly difficult to work many of them are having to wait longer than usual to get the accreditation needed to 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 extended submitting 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. kerman 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 closet 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 c.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. but. without press accreditation the journalists including you have gaza are required to leave turkey within ten days that also affects thomas i bet who writes for the berlin daily newspaper. begin the front this is a further restriction of press freedom is no coincidence that this is happening right before the local elections as 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 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. us president donald trump is coming under mounting pressure on both domestic and foreign policy in a rare move republican congressional leaders have been criticizing trump over his closeness to north korean leader kim jong il the trump is said to try to rally his base when he addresses a key conservative conference in washington today and has spoken at the conservative political action conference every here since he became president. you know well for more let's bring in dana believes washington correspondent all of us salad all of it what can we expect trying to tell the delegates at this conservative convention. urgently needs to get his supporters behind him it's going to be the first time in his first public appearance really out of the stalled negotiations with north korean leader kim your

own where he wanted to show himself as the great deal maker he sees himself and he went back to washington empty handed and that at the same day michael cohen delivered his testimony here and that turned into a very embarrassing situation for the u.s. president so what don't come urgently needs right now is to get his voters his supporters and the delegates of course behind him and there's probably no better way to do this than at the conservative convention trump has experienced several setbacks this week both abroad as you just sang and at home does he still have full support of conservatives believe that suffered these severe setbacks in fact. from a republican perspective the narrative is different of course and that is that donald trump delivered through most of the promises he had made in the election

campaign in two thousand and sixteen if you want to look at it in a bigger picture basically he renegotiated trade agreements with canada and mexico he boost of the local economy of the united states and that will all be taken into consideration and then evaluating him by his supporters so it's probably too early to say that the tide is shifting for him meanwhile the democrats are working hard to accelerate their investigation into trump's affairs following the explosive testimony from former lawyer michael cohen how much pressure is on the president right now. well the testimony of michael cohen last week in front of the house of republicans oversight committee was after all an embarrassing event for donald trump he called him a racist a cold man he delivered some evidence for that as well but that was all the evidence we had heard before so not coming into the into the media and the public in this event we don't know however what happened behind closed doors as the

testimony is continued afterwards and will continue next week but the big question right now is really if the russian inquiry of robert s. and all of special counsel will deliver that missing link the link the allegation that robert that donald trump excuse me has directly colluded with russian government officials in the election of two thousand and sixteen but no matter what the outcome will be there will be certainly uncomfortable weeks ahead for the u.s. president d.w. correspondent all of us on that in washington thank you tending to sport now and in the bundesliga saturday's early fixture is five matches with teams from both ends of the table in action because disastrous season continued with a four mil loss to distil golf france it struck late to defeat fellow european hopefuls hoffenheim bottom place nuremberg last one nil it home to. leave

a couzin beat fribourg and head of berlin defeated minds on unique kick off their match against blood back in just a few moments they could go level at the top of the table off the lead as dortmund suffered a shock defeat in on friday night and on sunday. and braman travel to the. this is datum new news next up it's a shift and we're taking a look at being done in medicine remember you can stay up to date around the clock on our website. players.