story mochi tito. this is deja vu news live from berkeley and rival protests in venezuela opposition supporters clashed with security forces in caracas venting their anger over a nationwide blackout and calling for new elections a government supporters say they're also planning to demonstrate also coming up. algerian police arrest nearly two hundred people as clashes break out following huge demonstrations calling for the country's leader to step down but will he

listen to their demands. and germany's two biggest banks could soon become one voice of banks all reportedly agreed to merge or talks with rival bank comet's this after both racked up years of losses. i'm rebecca riches welcome to the program. opposition protesters have clashed with security forces in the venezuelan capital caracas some demonstrators scuffled with riot police who blocked their access to an avenue where they wanted to hold their protest. the country's self-proclaimed self-proclaimed leader had called on his supporters to take to the streets again to increase the pressure on president nicolas maduro to step down and make way for new elections. duros also called on

his supporters to rally today the power struggle between wydow and madeira has brought the country to a standstill and that as a huge electricity blackout has paralyzed much of the country. dialysis patients we say their wards unable to receive treatment from these pirate dian 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 a lengthy tricks back home on fates in near total darkness president nicolas maduro 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. 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 a little earlier i spoke to d.w. correspondent also he's in caracas and also about the possible cause for the blackout. well there are reports from the electrical company a bed a fire broke out and one of the lines a bit more you hydroelectric plant and that might work domino or for that effect the people to come but this is not something new or that surprised that anybody in venezuela the government has been alerted of the risk of not mainstreaming in optimal conditions this plant in its work if in fact at one of us they have a cause and the government has said then they have been planning it for years because and donovan penn who go charges being down there years of dollars in concessions to build burma will lead to a plant and none of those are operational today most of the grid is plugged into what are you so exactly old seventy percent of the country is blacked out and this

has happened before not a drive over such a margin city has been weeks without electricity in the past year and outages like this one have been happening all over the country for years but never of the magnitude we've seen in the last few days where the whole country was wiped out. that was davies also speaking to me a short while ago from the venezuelan capital caracas that in algeria has seen the biggest demonstrations against president abdelaziz bouteflika since protests began in the country two weeks ago the eighty two year old has ruled out geria 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 peaceful bought police used tear gas to block the road to the presidential palace and in several other 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 beautifully is still alive political activists rashid neck us staged demonstration in front of the hospital in geneva where the president is reportedly being treated. there are forty million algerians who want to know where they all during president goes he's going to flee because no one has seen him since his last speech in cities on may eighth two thousand and twelve where he declared publicly in front of all of syria he would withdraw from algerian political. cause tried 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 that. we want to get rid of. economy even open or close his eyes anymore. he's half dead and he really has to be for

power and now. 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. well a board of germany's largest bank has reportedly agreed to merger talks with the second largest the vote on sontag newspapers says the board of bank will discuss a fusion with its traditional rival comments bank the german government has been urging the two banks to move to years of losses bankers also faced currently in the u.s. over a money laundering scandal. joining me to unpack this is stephen busy from our business departments dave hi thanks for joining me what more do we know about this . i think the main thing is that there's finally a mandate for these merger talks there's been a lot of talk about this for months going on now as deutsche has suffered such serious losses and as recently as friday there were sources from comments bank

saying it's absolute nonsense that there's a mandate for talks and now we know there's been one for at least a week back on his side if these reports are correct we know they're still at the very early stages they're small groups and that this has a long way to go before it is approved well there's been a lot of talk about this merger for some time the banks themselves haven't saved cain why now well i think first of all i think it's interesting this is finally was confirmed that these reports are correct on a weekend i might tell you something about what they want to see with the blow or what they expect for a blow on monday but really the answer is that it's coming now because the economy is softening the global economy is softening german exports are going down the german economy is softening and there are concerns that if germany doesn't have an effective bank to support its. german companies during a weak spot in the economy with both of these banks suffering then they're going to struggle there is a strong preference in the german government to have a strong german national lender deutsche bank is obviously really the focus of this

it is the biggest bank here and it carries the name of germany on it and as you mentioned there been a lot of scandal surrounding it's really gone three years of on profitability and despite recent efforts to really shored up that have really gone a long way it's just not happening fast enough and so this really isn't on. expected for the german government pretty k. but there's still a lot of resistance right there is a lot of resistance i mean any merger is going to have to get through first of all german regulators and we can assume that it would get through those if there is preference in the government for its but it's going to have to also get through european regulators and we know that on the european side the e.c.b. has really preferred a merger between what you bonk and a european bank they want to see greater consolidation across the e.u. and they believe it has to happen across national lines for the german government there isn't such a strong preference for that of course they want a german champion this gets into a bigger question of the german government and national governments in the e.u. really want to put their thumbs on the skills they need our own banks or our own businesses and of course then you look at the job losses that could come about

through those the business models of both banks are very similar the overlap very nicely which means there's going to be a lot of dead weight to get rid of politically that's going to be very very unpopular so a lot of questions going forward and it's not necessarily guaranteed right mission finally a lot of people say that too bad banks combined does not make one good thing all right well let oh i was watching that those minute to talk steve beardsley from dayton we business thank you thank you. i'm going to slake a football perennial champions buy in munich have demolished folds six know to snatch first place from don't mind six different players found the net for the varians who now lay dortmund by virtue of goal difference dortmund have been at the top of the table since match day six let's take a look now at all the bundesliga results so far this weekend as we sold by volves bug don't mend defeated stuttgart no school between lapsation berg fribourg snuck past her to believe in and on friday braman down shall come. shall because coach to

manage to disco desperately needed the three points and briefly looks like they could make it made way through the first half they went one nil and head with this goal and goal of. the brain and then took charge score. four goals to run out comfortable when it was the third straight loss for shell and to discos job may well be on the line. underway now minds this is blood boss on sunday hoffenheim take on nurnberg me and hanover mate leave it goes and on monday face frank fit. well from a fresh faced and flesh and blood role model for women to a plastic and at times controversial one bobbie is now sixty years old the iconic fashion tell debuting at the new york toy fair on march nine nine tame fifty nine she's been physically criticised as an unrealistic model for goals but she's an

understated favorite for playtime despite fierce competition in the toy industry fifty eight million bobbies a sold each year in more than one hundred fifty countries. the first barbie commercial aired in one nine hundred fifty nine creator ruth handler named the toy after her daughter and for a fashion doll in contrast to old fashioned baby dolls she didn't imagine that her idea would be such a hit. i thought the bible would always be successful i thought it would be a great success and to the degree to success in the length of time it is amazing it's no longer amazing to me i think hopefully she'll go on forever reflecting society as it changes forever barbie dress this woman but six decades after her

birth barbie remains of lightning rod for the status of women and girls critics say barbie silhouette has conveyed an unrealistic body image that can affect the way girl see themselves and impact their self-esteem to fans the iconic daw is an enduring symbol that is evolved to keep up with the times barbie has undergone many make overs with different skin colors body types and a wide range of careers you know that in one nine hundred sixty five she became an astronaut for years before new your arm strong walked on the moon later she broke through the glass ceiling. in the eighty's late eighty's bridging into the ninety's she was a c.e.o. and this is a time when there are a lot of movies about women breaking through the glass ceiling and was very popular in culture and obviously women themselves were becoming c.e.o.'s and greasing the covers of business times etc and so to have barbie c.e.o.

their proud moment. in an effort to reflect diversity this summer mattel plans to debut a dog that uses a wheelchair and one with a prosthetic leg so far over a billion barbies i've been sold and she's likely to remain a favorite among girls for decades to come. you know watching data with the news fall coming at the top of the hour i'm rebecca returns here in berlin thanks very much for watching. i'm secure in the by a war that's hard and in the end this is a me you're not a lot of the year and more we will send you back. are you familiar with this. new smugglers with clients of. what's your story. on what numbers of women especially in victims of violence.