this is g.w. news live from berlin there are no survivors in the crash of an ethiopian airlines jet authorities comb the site near i disobey about where the plane went down shortly after taking off for nairobi one hundred fifty seven people were on board the seven thirty seven max it is the second crash in months of boeing's latest airliner. also coming up the next confrontation and as well as power struggle opposition leader one boy though calls for a nationwide march on the capital that is crippling power outages in the country

drag on reports of patients dying in hospitals without electricity. and tibetans around the world mark sixty years since of sealed off rising against chinese food source their spiritual leader into exile. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us ethiopian airlines says all one hundred fifty seven people have been killed in the crash of a boeing seven thirty seven max jet the airliner lost contact with air traffic control minutes after taking off from a disobey back to nairobi kenya in ethiopian canadian and chinese passengers are said to be among the dead now the plane was the newest version of the seven thirty seven it was just four months old of the tracking website flight radar twenty four said the plane had an unstable and vertical speed. kenya's transport

secretary is just held a fresh press conference on the crash he confirmed that dozens of countries citizens were on board the plane let's listen in. there were at least about a five nationalities. and we go to break you know use the highest we've got to to oppose it just on board. we are you going from the fit of the supposed to just all right and that's where we're sitting senior officials to ethiopia. to be able to coordinate the sourcing of information in a bit of fashion. well let's bring in our correspondent melanie cora debacle she is in nairobi where the flight was headed she's been following the latest developments for us hi melanie we just heard there from kenya's transport secretary on the nationalities onboard we understand that people have been gathering at nairobi airport the flights destination tell us more about that. yes people are. at port at this moment they have been gathering there this is where the

flight was supposed to arrive at around ten thirty am but it never did and of course you know the country is in mourning for kenyans as you just heard of the highest number of casualties people here have been reaching out on social media that have been messages pouring in one of the people was the president himself who are condemned to he was one of the past people sending out a tweet this morning in which he said we are saddened by the news of an ethiopian airlines passenger aircraft that is reported to have crashed six minutes after the takeoff on route to kenya my prayers go out to all of the families and associates of those on board as you can see people at the apple right now the support the families and the friends and whether it's online or whether it's at the airport everyone is of course asking the same question how could this have happened and what is it that caused the crash in the first place melody

a little snow what if the words are saying at this point obviously investigations are ongoing but what do we know will about what happened. there is still a lot there we just do not know we know that the plane took off early this morning that it just took six minutes for it to come down we know that there have been. rescue operations going on all of the morning and of course no one survived in the end people here just do not know what to think the authorities are trying to give them as many details as they can but they just don't have any all the information that we can bring lie on is from its european allies themselves and of course you have had the minister just now speaking out that he is trying to send people that they're trying to do everything that they can in order to find out more and to support the ethiopian authorities but at the end of the day we have the voters have to wait. a correspondent. thank you very much.

and let's get more of the story with journalist how we d.c. joins us from i just had a bout with the flight took off what is taking place at the moment there oh ok so. you're the crash site i don't know hog think tank that. thing higher on air right now but there are a number of theories you seem reading. of on the ice off gap. breaking but the plane had almost. empty since there aren't really any. every part of the ping that's right now. that they can get how controlling the pink accidents where. you for including. passports and id cards the passengers. have been have

been i have found my what's been going on the spear is completely enclosed. one thousand meters from each direction so. there have been. reports of the studies that have examined having the statistical yesterday just a few hours ago it's all right charles how he a decent joining us from disobeys over at the flight that took off from today thank you so much for bringing us up to date. that's a moving story we of course will bring you the very latest details on that as they come in to us for now they will move on to the mother knew two german journalists are on their way back to germany after the government of turkey refused to renew their press passes the journalists were not given any reason for the decision their media organizations intend to appeal it germany's foreign minister has also criticized the decision comes from the berlin daily target and he has a from

a german public to say they see no legal grounds for the nihil of their press accreditation in turkey's well here's what they had to say just before leaving. before i think this means some uncertainty for other members of the press by it appears the goal here is to influence reporting there has already been a chilling effect asserted on the turkish media there's hardly any critical reporting at least in the state media it's now it appears the government would like to achieve the same with the international media but i cannot imagine they will succeed. needs to be said that our situation is a luxury in comparison to what our turkish colleagues are dealing with more than one hundred thirty turkish journalists are now sitting in prison for something they posted online or for an article they wrote while the two of us are able to get on a plane and leave the things that concerns us that the turkish government appears to want to extend pressure beyond national borders on the. the

algerian government plane that took president abilities beautifully cut to a hospital in switzerland for medical treatment is expected to return to algiers from geneva the eighty two year old has been in the hospital for the past two weeks with an undisclosed condition to flick us expected to return home amid massive ongoing protests against his intention to run for a fifth term. venezuela's opposition leader why though is called for a nationwide march on the capital caracas it is the latest round in his power struggle with socialist president nicolas maduro who claimed on saturday that attempts to overthrow his government had been defeated venezuela has been crippled by nationwide power outages one n.g.o.s reporting that fifteen patients died in hospitals because of blackout shut down their dialysis treatment. with one of venezuela's worst ever power outages entering a fourth day tensions have been running high and tempers fraying. now

a riot is about to kick off because of the blackout not because i'm a dura not because of anything else we want to electricity we want to let tricity that's all just electricity for many venezuelans the ongoing power struggle between president maduro and the man who wants to oust him has taken a back seat to more pressing concerns. but come march with me but don't turn the electricity off on people our people are dying. most power have been restored since thursday a beleaguered nicolas maduro told supporters at a rally but another cyber attack directed from abroad had stopped progress on saturday he said. when there are talks like this the country's opposition the extreme right wing are without any doubt behind it.

using high level to. knology that only the united states government has. five man right opposition leader one guy dole was ramping up the political pressure at a rival rally announcing a nationwide tour he called on venezuelans to converge on the capital in protest at the duros government so we will announce the organizing dates in each state. when we will all together all together come to caracas. the challenger announcing the next round of a power struggle in which neither side is backing down. today marks sixty years since the spiritual leader of tibet the dalai lama fled his homeland amid a failed uprising against chinese rule he's been living in exile in india ever since for many tibetans today's anniversary is

a bitter occasion standing in the rain in delhi this group of activists chant free tibet and missing traditional songs and buddhist chance the gathering was also to commemorate the many thousands of tibetans killed during the failed revolt in one nine hundred fifty nine. after that uprising an estimated one hundred thousand tibetans fled the fighting as refugees here's a look at to back today and into the key events leading up to the sixtieth anniversary. it's known as the roof of the world nestled high in the himalayas today tibet is governed as an autonomous region of china but it's in a ton of me in name only the chinese state controls almost every area of life religious observance in the traditionally buddhist territory has been reduced to an absolute minimum. it was nine hundred fifty when china asserted its rule over tibet in the years that followed resentment to beijing grew tibet's then head of

state the dalai lama sought to negotiate with chairman mao zedong but march nine hundred fifty nine saw a full scale uprising in tibet thousands are said to have died during the suppression of the revolt the dalai lama was forced to flee. crossing the himalayas on foot eventually arriving in dharamsala india he set up a government in exile where he has remained ever since for years he has pushed for greater autonomy for tibet all these today the aging still views him as an enemy a separatist threat. china says it has liberated tibet and points to modern progress and greater prosperity but sixty years of the dalai lama was forced into exile many tibetans still view him as their rightful leader for then this one of those three is a day of mourning. to going to sleep to football now dortmund were determined to keep their league lead they went on full attack in the rain at home

against a car and the pressure paid off and they were awarded a penalty when jayden sand show was brought down just inside the penalty area. marker voice made it count with a solid penalty shot you see here have made it one nil for dark matter. should guarded later equaliser but dortmund substitute christian made the difference with just over ten minutes left the american midfielder eluded to stuttgart defenders to set up. as cuts it in the eighty fourth then it kills himself sealed a win in injury time i. despite that drop and when they lost their spot at the top of the table byron munich has taken a league lead after slamming ball spoke six nil at home of the champions quickly took control end of this attack john the right wing visited in byron's first goal courtesy of youngster surgeon operate one nil for byron and the thirty fourth

minute and it did not stop there not me who extended his contract on tuesday then set up polish international robin love of dusty with a tap and just minutes later. in the us he would score again to become the league's all time top scoring form player with one hundred ninety seven goals. are now of our top story that we're following for you here on d w there are no survivors in the crash of an ethiopian airlines jet one hundred fifty seven people were on board. as the boeing seven thirty seven max lost control shortly after takeoff from the i disobey but tonight robi it is the second deadly deadly as crash of boeing's latest airliner in five months. and don't forget you can always get to give you news on the go down little app from google player from the out store that will give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notifications for any breaking news you can also use the data to send us your photos and your videos. coming up on did you

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