this is d.w. news live from berlin and students in algeria are leading sunday's call for change in the capital algiers hundreds joined together in calls for president if he can't not to seek a fifth term the days of demonstrations of erupted across algeria ahead of today's deadline for candidates to enter the race also coming up on the prime minister viktor orban at odds with brussels and greece conservative ruling party faces expulsion from the european tell the truth after an anti immigration poster

campaign now are front and rhetoric has prompted growing calls to also exclude his party from european parliament elections in may. and donald trump goes off script as he gives the keynote speech to a major gathering of u.s. conservatives it's been a difficult week for the u.s. president and he's hoping to rebound politically by energizing his conservative base. america and instead it's good to have you with us algeria is bracing for widespread protests as demonstrators await confirmation on whether or not the country's president of jealousies beautifully will indeed seek a fifth term crowds turned out in the capital algiers and other towns calling on the eighty two year old incumbent to drop his plans to run again. which if leader

has been in power since one thousand nine hundred ninety nine and is reportedly in her health rallies demanding his resignation began ten days ago and they've gained momentum ahead of sunday's midnight deadline for contenders to officially register their candidacy. but with me in the studio now for more on this is bashir a rune 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 a 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 unwell and receiving medical treatment that 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 and. also there are three possible scenarios for today the first one is as the talk now that the regime puts. in the race and announces his candidature today before midnight and that would be very risky because the protests as we gain strength 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 if i further as a candidate can do that but that would require that they have a mother can do that which is secretly and they will put him into the vice the next days and the third scenario which is very unlikely in my opinion is that the regime announces although our constitution and consul. and also that but cannot work as

a presidents as a president because of his have and in that case the president of the council of the constitution of consul was take over the power for the next two and that months and he would prepare. elections and that scenario is fitting for the regime because they can win time and prepare candidates another time when you mention but a flake 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 was not even able to be sworn in before five years as a president so according to the constitution of a jirga he is not a legitimate president because he didn't make he's sworn in so well the

constitution respected in nigeria he won't be in office no. well if he does not run i mean you say 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 protest as i think they really go there with a return to the house because they think this is the most with what they can reach in this situation not very yeah but there would be a hard call for just those who think they really requests 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 all right you w. bush aaron we really appreciate all your insights thank you. now to some of the other stories making news around the world flash floods in southern afghanistan have left at least twenty people dead the army evacuated some

four hundred families from party to 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 insurgents need of aid. 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. the crew of the international space station has been checking out the crew dragon capsule that arrived today after an unmanned taste test flight of spaceship is built by the private companies space x. nasa hopes those astronauts will be able to start using the new space ship later this year so they're in their second for members for free hungary is controversial prime minister viktor orbán has 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 zone tog newspaper or bonn was referring to a push by members of the european people's party to you jack tom darien politicians from its ranks that u.p.a. is worried about or fetus parties strident anti e.u. rhetoric or bonds repeated clashes with brussels came to a head last month when unflattering fetus campaign posters of e.u. commission president john crow joker and gary and financier george soros went up across hungary. all right let's get more on this from brussels correspondent barrett regards hello to you tell us more about why a leading figures in the e.u.'s consider a conservative party want to kick orbán and his party out. well eight's pod does and 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 all done did one provocation too much for the taste of these people with his campaign the billboards showing the commission president and the american investor george soros who happens to be a jew this campaign has a clear and he said matic and also and the european subtext in this can not be tolerated in the christian democratic party 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. this is campaign is quite successful in hungary he's leading in the polls fifty percent and 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. well the party feed itself in the parliament has only twelve three seats 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 but try to form a new party group. or together with other populist leaders in from italy from austria and also from germany and this new nationalistic right wing 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 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 our idea is correspondent in brussels that require it we thank you for that. to the united states now where president donald trump has 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 failed 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 trump 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 she 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 and 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 nikolai 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 at. media is trying to dig through and president trump's life. as well as most americans are more concerned with the future of our country than the past. 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. are at one mistake a soccer now and it was a disappointing result fresh alka with a team floundering near the foot of the table coach dominica to disco was praying

for a win hoping to silence growing calls for him to be sacked but it wasn't meant to be. throughout testing times this season shall cause him support has remained faithful but coach domenico tesco knows patience is beginning to wear thin and it seem to cite got off to the worst possible start when you come back you get to settle elite. but the video assistant referee uva are ruled out because of this foul but really are went against charkha shelter before halftime nastasia chen got the ball in the box giving an opportunity from the penalty spot and the man on loan from what forward put his height ahead for real this time after the break for tuna picked up whether left off ramón fed cup netsky who slaughtered ten . shortly later they were at it again looking back you'll see as.

they werent down there either whose army find space to cross before a covered not steep bank to second from close range for the final score as the rain fell after the final whistle to disco pleaded with the seething section of the fans they booed despite the team. support for the coach. no i don't believe he should be sacked i like dominate he's done a good job. as the coach is full we're the ones out on the pitch we need to give everything and we didn't. do is not my place to say whether i have the quality to turn this around by have the will and the desire. whether or not he's given the time to do that is now more uncertain than ever they're up to date now on news in our documentary coming up next a video game composers bringing their. entire

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