w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin venezuela braces for rival protests opposition leader one rider who calls on supporters to take to the streets again to demand a new election the government supporters say they're also planning to demonstrate also coming up algerian police arrest nearly two hundred as clashes break out following huge demonstrations the country's leader to step down but will he look at you the latest and all of the women who document all and even exhibition shows the

work of female photographers and the images from the front lines that only they can capture. i'm rebecca ridges welcome to the program we'll get to you those stories soon but we have some breaking news coming in the reuters news agency is saying the board of germany's largest bank deutsche bank has agreed to merger talks with the second largest comet's bank it citing a source familiar with the matter the german government has been urging the two banks to merge after years of losses deutsche bank has also faced scrutiny in the u.s. over a money laundering scandal we'll have more on this story as it develops. turning to venezuela where more protests are expected in the country today. the country's self-proclaimed leader is calling for his supporters to take to the streets again

to step up pressure on president nicolas maduro and demanded new elections maduro's also called on his supporters to rally today the power struggle between wydow and madeira has brought the country to a standstill and that is a huge electricity break out has a blackout has paralyzed much of the country. dialysis patients we say their wards unable to receive treatment from these pirate day in machines. and in a maternity unit nurses fight to keep babies alive in intensive care. manually. blockades are nothing new in venezuela this latest one began just before thursday evenings rush hour sending commuters on lengthy tracks back home on fates in near total darkness president nicholas madrid is officials say it's sabotage.

after all the statements from the north american empire and comments from those who support them here no one can be that naive to believe that this is a random event. it is an attack on the homeland without any doubt it is an attack on venezuela. not according to the country's self declared president one quite do speaking at an event marking international women's day on friday he launched his own attack on his government. didn't. they have no idea what they are talking about. they are inefficient and corrupt. it cannot be normal that half our hospitals don't have generators and that the other half can barely deal with emergencies and some surgeries without any doubt there is nothing normal about today these are not the living nor normal you know your. power was gradually being restored across venezuela opiate szekely this

latest blackout has been the country's longest yet in some areas lasting well over twenty four hours and people just want to get moving again. well i'm now joined by journalist sufi algeria has same the biggest demonstrations against president abdelaziz bouteflika since protests began two weeks ago the eighty two year old has ruled algeria for the past twenty years and is in poor health but he wants to run for a fifth term in upcoming elections the demonstrations were mostly pace for police to use tear gas to block the road to the presidential palace and in several of the areas of the capital state television says almost two hundred people have been arrested. a force of blue helmets and riot gear pushes forward into the streets of algiers the police fired tear gas and the crowds of

demonstrators ahead. armored police vehicles plows through the streets as protesters throw stones in defiance of the ruling government. for two weeks running demonstrations have become a common sight on the streets of algeria's capital city but now the movement has grown larger than ever before with tens of thousands of algerians demanding president abdelaziz bouteflika not run for a fifth term many say they've had enough of the current government and their appetite for protest is undiminished. by him saying no to the regime. we need a better future for our children we did not live the good life but we want our children to live a better life. the president confined to a wheelchair has tried to ease public anger by promising political reform has also lashed out against the protests saying they have been infiltrated by foreign powers

some even doubt that boof leka is still alive political activist rashid neck us stage demonstration in front of the hospital in geneva where the president is reportedly being treated. to be with you here are forty million algerians who want to know where they all during president and those he's going to flee to is because no one has seen him since his last speech and said t.v. on may eighth two thousand and twelve where he declared publicly in front of all of syria he would withdraw from algerian political life to. make us try to list himself as a candidate but was barred by the government he was later arrested after demanding access to the hospital that young people in particular are desperate for change. we want to get rid of. the economy even open or close his eyes any more to him he's half dead and he really has to be for power now. and we're really grateful for all he did but it really is time for him to leave and now other candidates to run for

president if the president is listening from his hospital bed he shows no sign of honoring these demands. i'm joined now by journalist saw fan philip he's in an about algeria he's been following this story for this stuff and the price has moved into has been gaining momentum who are the people demonstrating. the people demonstrating who can do the country talk about the protesters moved close to this movement because the movement and all of the people who are who are heading to the streets for almost three weeks now all those diverts the might majority of the people that were protesting against them to think outside the system and our young people of course but we also see older people and even pensions even. marching we have remained and we have even felonies with children will join massively joining the protest on friday speeches that we can be protected by the march of the month for people who are marching. we have little income strata

of society but also the middle class mobilized we have conservative people leftist liberals and she is opposition parties and trade unions also calling to head to the street so this is a young your very diverse group of. people and the organizations that are calling for protests these days right and there are some reports now that more ruling party members are siding with the demonstrators does the president still have political support. his political support is dwindling indeed sir we have more and more defections of the politics from the biggest region party and for them the national liberation front but we also have seen many people stepping down within the powerful businessmen and physicians at sea and especially within the state controlled search security federation division this is the biggest the union federation in the country. which claims that this to the federal and millions of

members and small five or six days now more and more local branches for office. trade unions that are affiliated recently are openly and publicly remounting that's apologists for the had of the regime which is sir one of the major backer that is critical. in that algeria for us thank you very much. now to some other stories making news around the world. the newborn son of british teenagers should have begun has reportedly died in syria begum who joined the islamic state when she was fifteen had said she wanted to go back to the u.k. to raise a baby in better conditions british home secretary says the job it revoked her citizenship to prevent her from returning. u.s. president donald trump and his wife melania have visited alabama where

a powerful tornado tore through a rural community killing twenty three people the president thanks dozens of volunteers at a makeshift relief center he also met privately with families of the victims including a woman who trump said had lost ten relatives. police in the turkish city of istanbul have fired tear gas at demonstrators taking part in a march to mark international women's day many of the protesters were demanding the release of women imprisoned in syria or horrors he's said the march was an authorized. one hundred sixteen year old came. from japan has achieved her dream guinness world records has named her the oldest person in the world it's a title she set her sights on when she turned one hundred but she still has some catching up to do the oldest person ever was one hundred twenty two. well is perhaps the most dangerous job in journalism that's where photography

photojournalists risked their lives to bring home images straight from the frontlines among them have been some remarkable women have paid the ultimate price for their work german photographer anya need ring house who took this photo behind me was killed in afghanistan just four years ago and you exhibition documents her work and that of other women behind the lens. when she takes pictures carolyn cool has a clear and camera i but she doesn't normally find subjects for her photographs in museums she is a war photographer. you have to be curious about the world you have to have compassion for people around the world and you have to have persistence to get into these situations because music many of this is so it situation shown here are very difficult to get into

those kind of situations where there is no one else there to show what's going on gives me a real sense of purpose. at this exhibition and dissolute are the display is made up of one hundred forty works by eight female war photographers from the one nine hundred thirty s. up to the present day all of the photos were taken by women who ventured with their cameras to the front line. their photos show that in war there are no winners death is an ever present theme. back in the one nine hundred seventy s. in iran or in the western sahara photographers such as christine stang they're from france even had their cameras under headscarf so by doing that they often gained access to areas that were off limits to their male colleagues the fate of being a woman as a war reporter is a big advantage women cannot only use their physical power. in this profession and

stead death in the face but they also have the advantage that they can be androgynous women can be comedians. their city like this women mother and soldier beauty and hoarder are never far apart in war it's all about survival and not just for the locals for the photographers too german reporter and you need to being house was shot dead in afghanistan in twenty fourteen her photos are also in display in the exhibition. there's no specifically female eye when it comes to war photography just like their male counterparts women are also searching for the truth their lens is subjective they are there to give a voice to the people affected by conflicts. they appreciate somebody coming and trying to tell their story it doesn't require even speaking to somebody there is it almost an instant connection that i make with people they know why i am there

they know what's going on in their country they want people to know what's happening. by paying attention to the people who are so often forgotten in the chaos of war photographer such as carolyn cool and christine spang their show parts of life that many people would be all too keen to blow. and in doing so no less than their lives. in the bundesliga sucka last year's league runners up shell continue their bad run this time with a four two away loss to braman they coached many code to disco desperately needed the three points and his team briefly looked like they could make it made way through the first half the visitors went up one nil with this go by braille and bowler. but shelter then took charge scoring four goals and ending the match for two minutes is the. stright lost the shellcode and the coach's job may well be on

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