w. . mrs d.w. news live from bergen rival protests in venezuela opposition supporters clashed with security forces in caracas venting their anger over a nationwide blackout and calling for new elections by the government supporters say they're also planning to demonstrate also coming up. algerian police arrest nearly two hundred is conscious break out following huge demonstrations calling for the country's leader to step down but will you listen to their demands . and germany's two biggest banks could soon become one deutsche bank's board

reportedly a greens to merger talks with rival comet's bank this after both racked up years of losses. i'm rebecca ritter's welcome to the program opposition protesters have clashed with security forces in the venezuelan capital caracas some demonstrators scuffled scuffled with riot police who blocked their access to an avenue they wanted to hold their protest. the country's self-proclaimed later and called on his supporters to take to the streets again to increase the pressure on president president nicolas maduro to step down and make way for new elections missouri has called on his supporters to rally today the power struggle between. has brought the country to a standstill and that as

a huge electricity blackout has paralyzed much of the country. yeah dialysis patients wait outside 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 russia are sending commuters on lengthy tricks back home on fates in near total darkness president nicolas matures 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 the government. here and yeah because they have no idea what they are talking about. they are inefficient and corrupt. it cannot be normal that how far 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. to the us

where former army intelligence analyst chelsea manning was jailed on friday after refusing to testify to a grand jury investigating the whistleblower website wiki leaks before entering the courthouse manning said she was willing to go to jail for her beliefs manning has already served seven years in prison for leaking a trove of classified documents related to the wars in iraq and afghanistan the president barack obama commuted her sentence back in twenty seven tame. well for more on this to help us break it down i'm going to go from did always news desk thanks for joining me well what more do we know about yesterday's appearance and jailing so the judge a judge in virginia ordered manning to jail for contempt of court after she refused to testify before this grand jury investigating wiki leaks now if you don't know a grand jury is different from a child a trial jury a grand jury is there to determine whether there can be support for criminal

charges and what exactly this grand jury is investigating that's a secret or we know it has to do with with wiki leaks and this is one of manning's main objections to this process this whole secrecy now just remind the u.s. as has been investigating wiki leaks and it's founder julian assange for many years . and chelsea manning she leaked documents to wiki leaks and they ended up exposing exposing cover ups and potential war crimes committed by by the u.s. military and this video here that is probably one of the most famous pieces of leaves footage shows and two ground attack in afghanistan in two thousand and seven seven men ended up being killed including a reuters journalists now manning has reached the statement where she says that she has revealed everything she already know when she was court martialed and twenty to teen and she also expresses her objection to this secrecy that surrounds a grand jury now she writes i will not participate in

a secret process that i morally object to particularly one that has been used to and trap and persecute activists for protected political speech crime what's the reaction bay to handling she's going to a lot of support on social media journalist glenn greenwald for example he gives what he calls an important reminder he writes that chelsea manning is in prison because the department of justice is trying to prosecute wiki leaks for publishing co. five documents even the anti pres obama department of justice concluded they couldn't do that because it would threaten core press freedoms now she's also getting support from daniel ellsberg he is the whistle blower who famously released the pentagon papers in one nine hundred seventy one revealing u.s. wrongdoing in vietnam he writes an investigation into wiki leaks for publishing is a grave threat to all journalists writes and chelsea is doing us all

a service for fights against and we also have a tweet from whistleblower and former n.s.a. contractor edward snowden he's pointing out a potential flaw in the criminal justice system when people like donald trump's former campaign manager called man a forward or former cia director david petraeus might get off lightly while manning gets thirty five years for revealing what he calls evidence of actual war crimes now the judge has said that manning will remain in jail until august he decides to testify or this grand jury ends that could take a very long time ok all last thank you very much for that information. geria has same the biggest demonstrate demonstrations against president abdelaziz bouteflika since protests began in the country two years 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 but 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 into 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 activist rashid neck us stage demonstration in front of the hospital in geneva where the president is reportedly being treated. to be with you who 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 and said chief on may eighth two thousand and twelve or he declared publicly in front of all of syria he would withdraw from algerian political life. of its neck 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. we want to get rid of. the economy even open or close his eyes anymore what 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 allow other candidates to run for president if the president is listening from his hospital bed he shows no sign of honoring these demands. the board of germany's largest bank has reportedly agreed to merger talks with the second largest the veld thomson tog newspaper says the board of director bank will discuss a fusion with its traditional rival comet's bank the german government has been urging the two banks to me today years of losses to each bank has also faced scrutiny in the u.s. over a money laundering scandal. joining me to unpack this is steven van see from our

business department state 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 commerce 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 the wages 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 same cane why now well i think first of all i think it's interesting that this finally was confirmed if 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 an expect. so the german government pretty came but there's still a lot of resistance right there's 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 it's but it's going to have to also get through european regulators we know that on the european side the e.c.b. has really preferred a merger between deutsche of 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 as mentioned finally a lot of people say that too bad banks combined does not make one good thing all right well as watching that top those mood to talk steve beardsley from data we business thank you if you've. been to slake of football now and perennial champions buy in munich have demolished vaults bug six nail to snatch first place from don't lend six different players found the net for the bavarians who now lay dortmund by virtue of goal difference goldman had been at the top of the table since matchday six. let's take

a look at all the bundesliga results so far this weekend as we saw. don't mindif ain't in stuttgart to freiburg freiburg snuck past her to berlin was no school between lapsation and on friday braman down to shell co. michelle has coached america to disco desperately needed the three points and his team briefly looks like they could make it midway through the first half they went one nil ahead with this go by braille and bow. and then took charge scoring four goals to run out a comfortable whenas this is the third straight loss for shelter and to desk job may well be on the line underway now miles this is blood bath on sunday hoffenheim take on nuremberg and hanover might leave of course and on monday face frankfurt. well coming up five years optimal malaysian airlines flight m h three seventy disappeared we look at how friends and relatives of the passengers are coping

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