digital. storage warner. building. this is d.w. news live from berlin students in algeria are leading sunday's call for change in the capital algiers hundreds joined together in tongues for president bush to seek not to seek a fifth term days of demonstrations of erupted across all cheerio and head of today's deadline for candidates to enter the race also coming up hungary is prime

minister viktor orbach at odds with brussels hungary's conservative ruling party faces expulsion from the european parliament group after an anti immigration poster campaign now for bonds and rhetoric has prompted a growing call to also exclude his party from the european parliament elections in may. and roger federer has just become the second man to reach one hundred career titles now he's aiming at the all time record of tennis legend jimmy connors. thanks for joining us i'm marion evans dean algeria is bracing for a widespread protests as demonstrators await confirmation on whether or not the country's president up jealousies beautifully will indeed seek a fifth term. students turned out in the capital algiers and other towns calling on

the eighty two year old incumbent to drop his plan to run again which of the guys been in power since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and is reportedly in poor health rallies demanding his resignation began ten days ago they are expected to gain momentum ahead of sunday's midnight deadline for candidates to officially submit their intention to run. well with me in the studio now for more on this is always bashir a room algerian journalist bashir thanks for being here so as we just mentioned the deadline for candidates to register for algeria is presidential polls in april is tonight do you think but to think it is going to run again well according to a german constitutional experts the candidates need to go in person to the constitutional council and announce they would run and as we know which defy is in switzerland in geneva and he's very on the well and receiving medical treatment so

the only possibility in my opinion is that they break the constitution and announce his kind of the trip. without requiring him to do it in person in my opinion also there are three possible scenarios for today the first one is as we talk now that the regime puts. in the race and announces his candidature today before midnight and that would be very risky because the protest as we're against france and the situation could escalate and. in the coming days the second scenario is that. scenario which is very unlikely but the regime don't put but to further as a candidate does that can do that but that would require that they have another kind of that which is secretly and they. i will put him into the very next days

and the third scenario which is very unlikely in my opinion is that the regime announces all the. constitution of the consul and also that if i cannot work as a presidents as a president because of his have that the president of the council of the constitution of concept was take over the power for the next two on that months and he would prepare. elections that assume there is one thing for the regime because they can win time and that i want candidates and the time well you mention but if leak is in geneva getting medical care he's eighty two years old i mean we've we've seen his wheelchair bound. is he even capable of doing another term. of course not but if i was not even able to be sworn in

before five years as a president so according to the constitution of a jury he is not and the judgment president because he didn't make his through and so well the constitution respected in nigeria he won't be in office no. well if he does not run i mean you see it's not likely but let's say he doesn't run again what will happen to the protest movement well for a big part of the protests as i think the rigaud the return to the house because i think this is the most with what they can reach in this situation in algeria but there would be a hardcore of protest those who think they will request saw the change in the very end to be very crucial how big the number could be in the next days and of course if there's no blood shed our idea is bashir and we really appreciate all your insights thank you. of get

a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world and five years after the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy kuala lumpur's says it's open to proposals from private companies to resume the search for the aircraft the statement by the country's transport minister offers fresh hope to victims' families. flash floods in southern afghanistan have left at least twenty people dead the army evacuated some four hundred families from hard hit regions of kandahar province but rescue efforts have been hampered by heavy rains the united nations says further air support is required to rescue people who are trapped and in urgent need of aid. to private u.s. company space x. is a step closer to sending humans into space after its unmanned test capsule successfully docked with the international space station for the first time the firm is working

with nasa astronauts who've been riding with russia's space agency since nasa retired its own shuttle program eight years ago it's very little has actually been hungary's controversial prime minister viktor orban has the lashed out at members of his own e.u. wide conservative party accusing them of serving the interests of the left speaking to germany's vote zone type of newspaper or one was referring to a push by members of the european people's party to egypt politicians from its ranks that p.p. is worried about or bond fetus parties strident anti e.u. rhetoric or bond's repeated clashes with brussels came to a head last month when unflattering fetus campaign posters of e.u. commission presidential poll younger and time gary and financier george soros went up across hungry. all right let's get more on this from brussels correspondent bantry current hello to you tell us more about why

a leading figures in the e.u.'s consumer conservative party want to kick orbán and his party out. pod views are now actually trying to kick him out and many others have serious doubts so the party will now have to talk to the party family even though i have to talk a bit about this and obama did one provocation too much for the taste of these people with his campaign the deliberate showing the commission president and the american investor george soros who happens to be a jew this campaign has a clear and he said madigan also and the european subtext and this cannot be tolerated in the christian democratic polity family even the german c. is you party turned its back on the nationalist was invited last year to a party conference in bavaria this year this is no longer possible but nevertheless

you have to say. business campaign is quite successful in hungary he's leading in the polls fifty percent he's writing this right wing populist wave in europe by blaming europe for everything. but just how worried should your of be over or just how significant it. or the party feed itself in the parliament has only twelve and is projected to gain only one seat in the in the next round of elections as so he's he's not a big fraction of the group but it would be a symbol and a sign of course that's a christian democratic party family is falling apart it might well be that all done tries to form to try to form a new party group among together with other populous leaders in from italy from austria and also from germany and this new nationalistic right bring populist

group could make it much more difficult to find majorities in parliament and to actually to come to legislation so this is a threat and he also what is also fostering the divide between east and best on migration in the european union but he's also taking on the very risky gamble because he gets lots of funds and money from the e.u. but should so many people here in brussels also wonder why you see biting the hand that is feeding hungry. correspondent in brussels that record we thank you for that turning to the us now where president donald trump lashed out at political opponents in a speech to the conservative lobbying group c. pac trump is facing pressure on both domestic and foreign policy after this week's fail summit with north korea and the explosive allegations made to congress by his former lawyer but at saturday's conference conservatives loyal to trump rallied

around him. the warm welcome was just what the politically under the gun president needed trunked was received like a rock star at the conference he took the opportunity to question the credibility of special counsel robert mueller and his investigation into whether the president's election team had secret dealings with russian officials trump described the investigation as a witch hunt unfortunately you put the wrong people in a couple of positions and they leave people for a long time that shouldn't be there and all of a sudden they're trying to take you out with both ok it seems the more person in trump gets bogged down in the so-called russia affair the more his supporters get behind him nineteen year old jacob martin from new jersey believes trump when he says the whole thing is a conspiracy by the democrats i think it really is manufactured i think there was legitimate concerns to begin with but i think it's gone far beyond that into

looking for anything to take down trump. alley jane nicolai is a university student she's only slightly put off by claims from trump's former lawyer michael cohen that the president had paid hush money to a porn star obviously i'm not supportive of any of that extramarital affairs i think it's a terrible thing but i look at him as a president of course character is very important but i do see that that was in his past and he has moved forward from that. griffin from new mexico is the founder of the support group cowboys for trump he thinks the president is being treated unfairly as far as all the the garbage that the media is trying to dig through and president trump's alive. i as well as most americans are more concerned with the future of our country than the past and. it seems that no matter what trump says or does his base group of supporters are staying faithful in fact more than eighty percent of republican voters say they're satisfied with the president's performance that seems to back up

a statement trump's made some time ago that. he could stand in the middle of fifth avenue and shoot somebody and would not lose any voters. until yesterday just one man was ever able to reach the one hundred title milestone in professional tennis u.s. legend jimmy connors but now this staggering feat has also been achieved by someone else roger federer the swiss has become the second man to reach one hundred career titles after winning the dubai championship final. i if there was ever a well deserved standing ovation this was it and even the cool roger federer got a tiny bit emotional. well it makes me look back. it all started about eleven one of my first title back in milan which was actually owned by the dubai tournament at the time. and yeah i was hoping that one day i was going to win a title just before the final and i did and i was sitting here today having one

hundred is i don't know is this believe the swiss dominated greek youngster stuff honesty plus from the start winning the first set six four. really. really the second set was pretty much the same to us didn't play bad but federer played better six four six four the final score sixty six. the swiss was first gretchen they did by t.t. pass and then praised his opponent will see so much more often and i always enjoy playing the next generation you know that comes through because one day i'll be sitting on my couch and i'll be watching them on enjoying their tennis. one day but not now the first offender is attacking the next milestone one hundred ten titles that would beat jimmy connors record. a quick reminder now of our top story the jury is bracing for widespread protests as demonstrators await confirmation on

whether or not the country's president abilities beautifully go will seek a fifth term rallies demanding the president's resignation began ten days ago they're expected to gain momentum ahead of sunday's midnight deadline for candidates to officially submit their bit. to europe to date now on the news stay tuned for shift with a special on big data that's coming up next after a short break omarion evans dean from all of us in the newsroom thanks for watching . players. take. the stage.