this is d.w. news coming to you live from five years after the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy we meet the son of one of the passengers like many family members of the disappearance he's refusing to give up the search for answers in one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries. in the program it's international women's day and we're taking you to pakistan where the simple acts for riding a bicycle is challenging norms and one of the world's most repressive countries for women and girls. also on the program the whale is retiring from show business for

a life of leisure thanks to a conservation project working to free us from the prairie and surround the world. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program it remains one of the world's greatest aviation mysteries the disappearance of malaysia airlines flight m h three seventy exactly five years ago the plane was on its way from kuala lumpur in malaysia to beijing in china when it suddenly disappeared from air traffic controllers radar screens above the gulf of thailand two hundred thirty nine people were on board that plane efforts to find the wreckage of the plane came to an end last year but many friends and relatives of the passengers continue to demand

answers. john has entered his mother's beijing apartment just once since her disappearance that was when he brought his photos and everything that reminded him of her to look away inside he couldn't bear to look at them. when we know what happened i'll be able to go in and unpack all these things and that's when i'll finally be able to say goodbye to his mother was on a holiday in malaysia and scheduled to fly back on m h three seventy a flight that disappeared without trace his own life has been a mess instant he suffers severe depression and spends hours and hours trying to find an explanation of what happened after the plane left malaysian airspace it diverted from the planned flight route in the shop to an east radar data shows that it continued eastwards until contact was lost near pin and in the

end m n c investigators believe that it continued its flight southward before crashing in the indian ocean somewhere west of australia after dropping of the raiders the plane continued its light for seven hours where the passengers were still alive during that time and what happened to them remains unknown. they would know what it was like trying not to think about that particular question but i can't bear it so as soon as i think about it my head starts aching with so i try to avoid it but without. the wreckage has never been found in the search has been called off john has traveled to malaysia several times to demand answers. now he's on his way to kuala lumpur again where you take part in the fifty member and see lens he wants the malaysian government to take up the search again. going to go on very nervous every time i board

a plane or i'm nervous especially when i'm on my way to malaysia we're going to come. every year in march friends and relatives of the disappeared me to remember them and to demand answers. all the search technology is ten times faster today than five years ago with this progress and without determination to m h three seventy it doesn't have to remain a mystery forever. jungers spotted the minister of transport in malaysia's new government he hopes it will be more open to the demands of the victims' relatives and the ministers seems to listen to that he says he's open to new proposals from maritime search operators. i think it means just

getting. the education itself so that they are going to be stopped for what you know is innocent your heart and i feel a lot better than when i arrived i was afraid it would be like the other times that i'd leave without any result but this time there is some progress i'm happy. wife ok. gently hopes is no closer to the day when he will be able to prove inside his mother's. and deed obvious but he has spelling and who filed that report joins us now from beijing material you've spoken to the relatives of people who were on board flight m h three seventy how big is their hope that they will ultimately find out what happened to their loved ones. while they are not ready to give up that hope they argue that technology has advanced

a lot in the last five years there are now companies that use underwater drones to do these searches and they can search a lot bigger. areas in a shorter time so they think that they can find the wreckage although the area where the wreckage might be is really big and it might take some years that's what they also reckon but the search for the missing plane materials what was called off last may what are the chances that the search mission will resume at some point. you know there have been some signals recently very recently last sunday there was this remembrance event and it was there that the minister of transport said that if these proposals by these companies that their relatives are talking about makes sense they would be willing to take up this search malaysia has

a new government and the new government is is willing to be more open more transparent more. oriented towards its citizens than the old one it wants to show it cares and this is probably one of the signals they are sending that they are willing to take the concerns of the relatives more seriously it's a signal until now it's not action yet but there is hope. a lot of effort has been put into finding the wreckage and there are many theories about the fate of m h three seventy what we know for sure about what happened very little we know the route the supposed route we know that very well the first two hours what happened there is rated data about that and then there's satellite data that shows that it's been in the air for another seven hours we have no idea what happened on board there are three seat hereis kidnapping could be one possibility or an extended suicide by the pilot or one of the pilots like we've

seen with the german wings flight in france some time ago or there might be a technical damage what kind of technical damage which one of these scenarios is the most probable is very hard to say and that is probably what the relatives were the biggest fear of the relatives that they might never know what happened to their beloved ones and this is this this is a huge psychological pressure and this is why they are pressuring pressuring to continue this search but yes thank you so much to his material spelling out there in beijing thank you but in. now let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the former chairman of donald trump's two thousand and sixteen presidential campaign paul metaphor has been sentenced to nearly four years in jail for tax and bank fraud he was also ordered to pay fines of more than twenty four million dollars and

f.b.i. investigation reveal that metaphor had hidden it for an income from working for ukrainian politicians aligned with russia. in venezuela numerous cities have been hit by major power outages blackouts are becoming more frequent in the country where critics of the government say under-investment has left the power grid on able to punch earlier in the capital caracas there were chaotic scenes as commuters fought to get on buses after the city's metro system shut down. a brussels court has convicted a french citizen of terrorist murder for shooting poor people dead at a jewish museum in the city the attack in two thousand and fourteen was believed to be the first carried out by jihad is with european citizenship after returning from syria it alleged that made the new move there for the so-called islamic state.

and canadian prime minister justin trudeau has admitted making mistakes in the handling of a growing political crisis but he insists nothing illegal took place and he blamed the scandal on a breakdown of trust and communications with former justice minister jody wilson raybold she's accused him pressuring her to help a major construction firm avoid a criminal trial. people around the world are marking international women's day with rallies celebrations and protests here in berlin and it's an official haul bank holiday for the very first time while the rest of germany goes to work like every other day a big march is planned for later today this was the scene in madrid last night where several hundred women gathered to ring in the day organizers have scheduled rallies across the country to the ban equal rights and gender discrimination

women's rights a merge as a divisive issue in spain ahead of a national election next month. while women fighting for greater equality can take many forms our next report takes us to karate in pakistan one of the most repressive countries for women and girls there the simple act of riding a bicycle is one way they're challenging norms. and getting to grips with who flies by sick every sunday morning very much joins her friends and her local cycling club for the eleven this isn't the new name and sometimes daunting expedience told us up a little bit and this really i tracked this bike along with my feet then i slowly learned how to control it i love the fact i can ride now. i wish i could cycle every day with my friends as it makes me feel really good.

it's quite rare to see them in an bicycles in pakistan as many. as they have to straddle a seat but these attitudes. don't know how society doesn't feel right about girls cycling out in the streets it doesn't usually happen here but it's common to rule. it doesn't feel right but it's ok they're only riding around locally. what can we say to those parents who allow their daughters to run by school joyce well to get which all. five women socializing in public is still viewed as a threat to public morality it is to come to d.s. norms that a group of women said to believe. they're also organized by. a

member and are now under no want one but at the start of our harassed and some boys even tried to take us off our bikes and it was tough but we won't start cycle and it's our mission to empower these girls and introduce them to sport and just also very important. that girls live here in not only a poor and conservative neighborhood of that archie but one that has been marred by avoidance for decades things are better now although the streets are still dangerous in some parts especially for women so the sight of them exercising in public has caused quite a stir. but don't use are slowly changing them a spirits were reluctant to allow her to join the cycling club at first but soon changed their mind. telling my family and my in-laws both said that it's not a good thing and i should just stop her it's a problem in our society that if a girl goes out in public for anything say for work or even cycling people talk bad

about her but my husband and i think differently so what if she's a girl she should go out and also progress. along it was. when the cycling club began. this started with only. now there were thirty members. and on are determined to keep begging their v do words of fear and more equal future in pakistan. well for more on this topic we're joined by fares on a bar a she's a pakistani feminist and human rights activist and she joins us from islamabad for sana thanks for talking with us this morning first of all international women's day is drawing attention to the challenges that women face around the world what are the main challenges confronting women in pakistan and in the post in for most students in my piece that in these in the north. as independent human being you

know we've been a seen in relation to. somebodies wife and my sister are. the men in their work right. to defend it human being and their quote i think this issue of not going to take mission there also means that this indecent white sample in racine making for these. that it is. in the public sphere of private sphere and i think that's the scout that we've been focused on pulling through it want it to be that ignites too many. rights or projects like the bike club for girls that we saw in our report their little project in karate is tough sign that something is changing in pakistan. yes something is changing and fact is that particularly younger women are trying to clean their space although the space we had back in sixty's and seventy's for example when i was growing up in this

issue if i was bicycling but i think slowly there was a regulation in peacetime particularly doing it and i think that as you know this whole train of thirty can isolation is on the rise and women's face is shrinking betty but i think particularly the young feminist and women you know looking women they are cleaning this piece and they are pushing the boundaries marchers are taking place today all over the world to honor women and demand that their rights be respected are people marching in pakistan to yes i think i feel that this event that you know preparation for. those commitments to mark is much more at that because i think he's going to do this in the biggest. minute all soul i mean to get there like many as at the boche were example initiated by women democratic front work to pull him to be it has been organize inclusion in

the neck looks like n.g.o.s and others you know but the internet and it is being night nice big cities in fact he stands to guess i think you see i see. this celebration i think my mission agreements international date is going to be much bigger scheme it might be good to have an all around the country has on a bar a pakistani feminist and human rights activist thank you very much. scores of suspected islamic state fighters in syria have escaped from the last pocket of territory held by the group hundreds have been having a tiny stretch leaving his tiny stretch of land controlled by i asked close to iraq where the army is on alert to stop them from crossing. just two kilometers away is the last town still controlled by us sabri watches the siege of bugaboos from

his checkpoint the iraqi major hears the constant drone of u.s. fighter jets it's easy to see the signs of destruction about a thousand jihadi as are believed to be holding out on the syrian side in caves and tunnels beneath the destroyed houses and buildings and. i know they have no will left to fight. they have no chance against the kurdish use it or under siege according to the information we have they have hardly any food left and are now starting. to move. their mission is to seal off the border to about google's three hundred soldiers and special forces patrol the kilometer long stretch. barricades and razor wire against the self-proclaimed holy warriors none of them will be allowed to break away into iraq those who try risk their lives. when we

recently observed a group of twenty five i guess fighters getting close to the border we called for u.s. fighter jets. to killed all of. them. but experts believe hundreds of other jihadi these are thought to have fled to iraq and are now hiding out somewhere in the no man's land of the western desert where they can hardly be detected. they are believed to have two hundred million dollars with them reserves from when i still controlled a third of iraq in syria. station hatred and mistrust remain even as the end of fighting grows near. the switchboard over to key thanks also to the american airstrikes it should only be a few more days. the terror militias last fighters are trapped encircled and under constant watch but it's a bittersweet victory. many of my friends

and comrades lost their lives in the fight against i guess i pray they are now in heaven they are heroes. without their blood and their lives and will never would have achieved victory. without fail to. but will this be a final victory iraqis now remain vigilant after years of war and terror abraham hopes iraq has learned its lesson. now to hungary where the ruling party there for then is is to take down billboards attacking the european commission president john claude yoga and billionaire philanthropist george soros the move comes after the group that as belong to belongs to or in the european parliament threatened to expel it is also a member of that group the e.p. p. the posters suggest that there's a european plot to bring migrants into hungary while prime minister viktor orban

has built his reputation on baiting the e.u. on its official website he is quoted as saying if they that's europe force us to accept the un migration pact or the european commission's decisions so as to make us fit their own western concessive paul policies a break up cannot be ruled out or been has been an outspoken critic of the e.u. last september the european parliament voted to punish angry for breaches of the core values. hungary's ruling feet as party is skilled in the art of provoking its critics this time even prime minister viktor obama's allies were offended thousands of taxpayer funded billboards across the country depict you commission president john claude juncker and liberal billionaire george soros as conspirators in a plot to bring migrants into hungry. hungry as partners in the european parliament the european people's party called the posters fake news saying there is no

conspiracy hungary's government now says the posters will come down next week according to the original plan they say but manfred veber leader of the e p p welcomed the move as proof that hungary is willing to play ball. it is a good signal to voting down there are opposed to therapy that was one of the quests made this week the posters are just the latest flashpoint in a long running quarrel several e.p.a. member states one hungry expelled from the party they cited or bans brussels rhetoric as well as its affective dissolution of the central european university on political grounds for hungary and nationalist hardliners this wouldn't be a bad move. leading pro-government newspaper magyar numbs it called on prime minister orbán to leave the conservative bloc and form a new populist coalition with italy and austria or bonn responded to the editorial with a call for cool heads fit as for now intends to stay in the p.p.

the e use largest and most influential party if yes they will but if it does is a member of the european people's party and it wants to remain a member for orbán the goal is to win over europe's conservatives to his anti immigrant politics not to go his own way. but a little do wales are one of the most intelligent and essential marine animals so conservationists is a travesty that many of them are kept in captivity performing tricks in aquariums around the world now a project has been launched that aims to change that with the help of a jumbo jet for the jumbo animals meat little white and little grey. two female blue whales. they've been in captivity for a decade now and this is their daily routine. performing tricks to

shanghai aquarium. but now their lives are about to change. this jumbo jet is being readed to take them to the other side of the world whales on a plane suspended in mats in a container in the hold with a team of fence specialists. travel some ten thousand kilometers. the goal is a brighter future for a little white in the fifth grade but the larger prize if you like this we're going to provide a blueprint a template for other species and other locations all around the world to offer whales and dolphins a brighter future. that's future is here the island of jaime just off the south coast of iceland a secluded cove is being turned into the world's first sanctuary for belugas with just a net shutting them off from the open ocean they'll have near natural conditions

the project is the brainchild of a conservation group working with the entertainment for which now of the shanghai aquarium. there's a body of evidence now that shows that we can't really care for these incredibly complex social intelligent animals in an aquarium environment and merlin entertainments believe they shouldn't be on the show for public entertainment as well so it's much better to provide these two vision to amazing animals with a much more natural to living. world wide between three and four hundred palookas live in captivity organizers hope some of them might leave concrete panels behind and make their way to iceland joining little gray and little white. sports premier league powerhouse manchester city is being investigated by europe's

governing body for football you a for possible by aleisha a financial fair play rules this after leaked documents about the club's business were published by german magazine der spiegel the possible violations relate to allegations that man city officials deceived people a foot by disguising the source of revenue from sponsorship deals if the allegations are proven to be true manchester city could be banned from the big burly champions league target. well we've got business for you coming up next monaco what you're up. tumbling stock markets in asia terry and the reason investors are in. is peeled of course by shockingly weak chinese exports data exports fell more than twenty percent last month so that's really shocking and that of course is related to the u.s. china trade route which is still not result and there are indications that the two

sides may actually not be as close to a deal as previously hoped so that's coming up in business and much more also women's day by the way let's not forget but i want to jones coming up in business in just a minute stay with us. laundry

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