from a destroyed city. philippines in the us starts people living on t.w. . this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin algerian president faces pressure calls to step aside demands that the ailing president be declared unfit to rule come from the country's powerful army chief after weeks of protests will the move bring an end to the nation's political crisis also coming up. helpers rushed to get medical and

other aid to cycling on his of mozambique the world health organization warns of an impending second crisis of infectious diseases are allowed to spread. and turkish president richard typed out on the ruling party prepares to be tested in local elections this content is widespread with many turks feeling the pinch of the country's economic recession. hello i'm terry march and welcome to the program we begin in algeria a country gripped by a political crisis after weeks of anti-government protests algeria's army chief is now demanded that the country's president me declared unfit to rule the army is calling for the start of a constitutional process that would put a terror a caretaker leader in place president abdelaziz bouteflika has been in power for

two decades and is now in failing health. yuri is reclusive and ailing president has faced weeks of protests demanding he step down now the country's army chief has intervened. general. declared president abdelaziz bouteflika. of. the general wants to trigger an article of the constitution that could bring down the president. this will be done with respect to the legitimate demands of the people. you know this is a solution that respects the constitution. and it preserves the sovereignty of the states. if the request is approved by parliament the senate president would take charge of the government until new elections can be held a presidential vote was originally set to take place in april but in february

beautifully announced his intention to run for a fifth term. protests followed and the election was postponed i tens of thousands of algerians have taken to the streets over the past month to demand an end to his twenty year rule some protests welcomed general guide salis announcement. this is a brave decision and it's the first step on a path toward democracy a path that is still long we appreciate the step and we are awaiting other steps the movement will continue until the realization of a democratic republic the second republic. it's a good step for the algerian people but we won't stop here we'll keep up the movement and we will keep watching what happens until we reach our aim which is the change of government. they all have to go god willing that's.

the president's fate may now be in the hands of parliament which is likely to soon vote at the military's request. let's cross straight over to algiers we have journalists on the line so if you're on some protesters have welcomed the army's call for president but if we're going to be removed but is everyone really convinced that the military is on the side of the people. not true really i don't think so to be honest i mean just announced and by the un she suggests that the ruling elite are trying to avoid a dogma to take over however. this is still supposed to be disobedient procedure and not in the middle of the procedure and. this or that the opposition parties and activists were since yesterday quite knowledge. rejecting this announcement and rejecting that the army chief is actually doing politics

a directv states still don't know how the street will react many people know that this is a political maneuver. which would lead to transition of seriously the parties and that will post on all of the protests in recent weeks. but on friday if this political maneuver worked out and if the army chief or the able to divide and to sector the protest movement for now at least present with the police because fate is in the hands of the parliament was our lawmakers likely to do. the first step is actually not to involve the parliament but the constitutional council and the consumerist constitutional council is supposed to be the institution that has the constitutional rights through apply off the one hundred two so that's the article. which makes it legal and possible to remove. due to being unfair to rule the second step would be that the parliament convenes

and votes on this decision it's still not clear what will happen but the parliaments are in the hands of the former ruling parties so it's quite likely that lawmakers will actually vote for it as one of the major parties the and they already supported the from the statement of the army chief yesterday sophia and thank you very much for bringing us up to date data journalist so if you're not sure they're in algiers. turkey is gearing up for key local elections on sunday fifty seven million voters across the country will choose mayors councilors and local chiefs so-called. with the turkish economy in trouble though the election presents a stiff challenge for a party they take a party of president russia time out of won the polls on sunday are being widely regarded as a referendum on everyone's rule our turkey correspondent julie holland went to meet

a politician whose name might sound familiar for. this tea house in the town of the stumble is more crowded than usual. because today. is making a companion visit. this ridge of his twenty years old in the political newcomer in turkey's local elections he wants to become a mukta a neighborhood chief he's not related to the turkish president but the name he says has helped him with his career choices. people often don't believe me at first and ask if i'm joking on the matter get it done i showed them my id card it's an honor for me to have the same name as our president he's the respected and beloved leader of our country so people say they will vote for me. both because of my personality

and my name that is i believe this name will help me succeed more donovan in a new to. add to his namesake the president is also complaining hard. he's making several speeches a day at sea so even though he's not up for election. and one is hoping his own personal popularity will help make the difference because after a decade and a half in power his ruling party is facing losses. tough. that's mainly because of the worsening economic situation last year's currency crisis sent annual inflation soaring to about twenty percent and sept grows unemployment is on the rise. not just here in istanbul people are now queuing for subsidized vegetables in state run markets solid growth and rising living standards have

driven the president the electoral success in the past sixteen years but now turkey is in the midst of a recession and many voters say they're frustrated about the economy polls suggest this could erode support for add ons ruling a thai party especially in the largest cities in the capital ankara and here in istanbul. losing them would be a symbolic blow says journalist is most simas both cities have been under a.k.p. control throughout and once time in power water for its own good of a stumble if that opposition wins istanbul ankara we may begin to discuss the possibility of snap elections here in turkey. istanbul is strongly associated with . first he was elected as municipal mayor here then he became mayor of istanbul. after that prime minister and then president. if he's a k.p.s. defeated in istanbul it would be a political earthquake for. the lawn then when i get. back to the tea house

where the young regift type ad one is trying to win some boats he also he has many complains about the economy being just younger people don't have jobs it's become very hard for shop owners so nothing is good here anymore nothing to the young at all and says he wants to tackle these problems with the least in his neighborhood but he can't be sure victory as he's facing two challenges much is at stake in the local elections from both. wants. to take a look now at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today starting with breaks its details have emerged about the process for a series of votes to be held by british lawmakers later on wednesday and it's part of efforts to reach a consensus on the way forward for the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. m.p.'s will receive a list of different rites of options and will be asked to rank their preference as the boeing seven thirty seven max operated by southwest airlines has made an

emergency landing in florida the crew reported engine problems shortly after takeoff and return to orlando international airport airlines worldwide have grounded the passenger jet after two recent crashes southwest was returning an empty plane to storage for the banns generation. and supporters of former pakistani prime minister nawaz sharif have been celebrating his temporary release from jail pakistan's supreme court granted sharif six weeks bail for medical treatment shareef is currently serving a seven year prison sentence for not disclosing assets abroad. you're watching d.w. news still to come delivering pizza in the desert we meet a young woman who's built a successful business serving up tasty food in refugee camps. now pakistan's supreme court is expected to decide today whether to uphold the

acquittal of men accused of an infamous gang rape in the country the case has gripped pakistan for almost two decades and made headlines worldwide survivor who is appealing against the the acquittals comes from a rural area in pakistan's point job province she was gang raped in two thousand and two on orders of her village council they wanted to punish her for her younger brother's alleged relationship with a woman from a rival triad of fourteen men my fused and baldwin the only one is serving a prison sentence while the rest have been acquitted by now a prominent human rights activist has never stopped fighting for justice in the pakistani courts in an exclusive interview she told e.w. she's keeping up the struggle not just for herself but for all women in pakistan.

it isn't easy to always repeat what i've gone through. it is very hard for me. but i want those people to be punished because i don't want anyone else to become another mukhtar mai. or for more let's cross over to islam of by word journalist nosheen us is standing by for a. look thomas legal case has dragged on for nearly seventeen years how did we get to this appeal today and what's at stake. so basically in two thousand and two six men were sentenced to death for their report. in two thousand and five five of the men need to and then in two thousand and eleven the supreme court even though the lawsuits accused was also open to more than my submitted in the us and that's why we have reached today. and in

hope that they will review this case again and they me look into this they may be best to give it again however there is a lot at stake because if he is not accepted it's not heard in a sense this case is dead but if they do if they do listen to the appeal then there's a very small glimmer of hope that the me. look at this case. is case mean for women in pakistan and why is it still so relevant after so many years . well it's relevant because these these kinds of incidents happen every day. and mike was the rare case of this woman who basically came forward and she did not wear the zero to zero of these essentially sometimes to protect on the she came out with everything that happened she was she

some are real area and she came out into the world and people said what are you going to have media coverage so this was a very rare incident and she became a symbol and she still is a symbol for anyone who's that whether it's a boy of god and she kind of gave that courage to people to be able to speak up that even though culturally these things are accepted in a lot of areas in pakistan where they are creep to prevent rape and it's fault that you can fight for it that you can't compare with this new machine so it is extremely relevant today and it's also extremely disheartening for those who are supporting her to see that justice has not been and that the case has been dragging on for so many yes and also globally when we were in a me to air out where now people are being held accountable the cross the ball for abuse for rape for harassment it is more relevant now from f.

up machine thank you so much. a journalist there in islam about. the united nations is appealing for more than two hundred eighty million dollars in aid for mozambique to help that country recover from high clone die the u.n. says three million people are affected by the disaster in the country and in neighboring zimbabwe in malawi nearly two weeks after the cyclon struck fears are now rising that epidemics such as cholera will break out some of the worst hit rural areas are just now beginning to receive international aid. speedboats is still the only way to get help to people outside urban areas in the worst hit region around the city of beirut these portuguese marines carried medicine food and drinking water to settlements along the still swollen basie river where an unknown number of people remain without aid more than ten days after the storm.

devastated large areas of southern africa leaving thousands homeless and destitute like here in this makeshift camp in beta the world health organization is warning of what it calls a second disaster if highly infectious diseases like cholera start to spread through crowded camps like this one. is expected to any spread disease will be will be spread more easily in the zone and that's why it's important to have good medical staff here so you can be for any kind of control eating beginning that danger is made worse by the almost total destruction of the region's medical infrastructure. because most of the health centers have been destroyed and this clinic here has an open field with a lot of space we started setting up the tents here to take the load of other health centers because they have had an increase of patients but don't have the

capacity to deal with them. and there are no reports of cholera cases yet but the w.h.o. is scrambling to fly a nine hundred thousand doses of cholera vaccine. and material and practical aid continues to flow in from all over the globe like these tents being set up by a kenyan emergency response unit important as the only non-medical way to fight the spread of disease is to improve living unsanitary conditions these people have already been robbed of everything now even their physical health is at risk. now to western sahara a territory in africa's my grip region that's been disputed since one thousand nine hundred seventy five that's when the spanish left and morocco annexed most of it a nationalist movement called the polisario front fault and independence campaign there until a nine hundred ninety one cease fire since then

a united nations force has kept watch over the fragile peace but with that mission set to expire next month the polisario front has renewed calls for an independence referendum something morocco opposes baraka has urged the u.n. to broker a lasting peace in the region but at a recent conference in pretoria south africa lent its support to the polis ario calls the reasons fate remains uncertain tens of thousands of people fled to refugee camps in algeria when were rocko rurik and forces arrived in western sahara in the one nine hundred seventy s. while many foster hopes they might eventually return to their homeland one enterprising young woman is determined to make a go of it in the algerian desert. this car is delivering pizza in the desert and. i think that it makes me proud to have established the first pizzeria in the refugee camps and that i've done it alone as

a woman using my own resources. there was a lot of that. up pizza delivery service in algeria sahara desert with a young woman at the wheel twenty eight year old hindu money is one of the ingredients in this rather unusual story. hundreds of thousands of side are we the indigenous people from western sahara have lived in these refugee camps for many years now they fled here after morocco annexed their homeland money grew up in a camp like this it's all she's ever known but now she can live her dream having her own pizza service she delivers to families like many saddam's whose daily routine is defined by this wasteland they want to stay here until they get their homeland back. yes and we're suffering under

these difficult conditions for forty years we've lived in tents in extreme temperatures with no livelihoods that yet. i can help people with my service because it brings a bit of variety they're happy to see me. and then she shows us her pride and joy her fast food stand in the refugee camp it's specialty is pizza with camel meat called pizza south are we. in the morning she meets with her employees all young women marnie who is single wants to help other women find a job. with a shout out and that's a day it's my goal to hire women young people can hardly find work in the refugee camps and it's even more difficult for young women. but money has made it with advertisements like this she promotes her project and

her camel pizza's. business is busiest in the evenings at the refugee camps you can get a pizza for the equivalent of two year rose. many people here are looking for a change from the monotony of life and money has achieved cult status she's a young woman with her own business who travels the region on her own with a pizza's that his own to respect. and i'm so happy there's finally a pizzeria in the camp and i hope she will also pursue other projects in the you had to visit. the next day money is on the road again as she drives she passes by reminders of the sixteen year insurgency by the south are we against small rock or are some rec. huge remains. some of the injured war veterans live in

a dilapidated home outside the camp it's important from money to show solidarity. she brings a free pizza. who was paralyzed when his spine was damaged in an airstrike in one nine hundred eighty. i regret nothing i'm proud of my wounds because i got them fighting for a fair and legal moves. many people here have lost hope in a brighter future but not money she shows us her recently opened second pizzeria which is of course stuffed by women. money next plan is to open a bakery. football now and there was plenty of action there were plenty of goals on offer in last night's euro two thousand and twenty qualifiers the next group matches are not until june two thousand and eight in two thousand and twelve

champions spain secured it two nil win while italy thrashed liechtenstein denmark came back from three down to draw with three three in switzerland and there was another thriller with scandinavian rivals norway and sweden also drawing three three german football fans were left in shock earlier this month when by in munich dortmund and shaka all crashed out of the champions league but there are still two german teams left in the women's champions league including both spork they host defending champions league in their quarter final second leg tonight it may be a repeat of last season's final but resources are still nothing compared to the men's game. wolfsburg suffered a tight two one defeat in the first leg in leo but the next round is still up for grabs the team has top international talent with five german national team players joined by did mark spend a lot in a european championship runner up and by eva pay your the wolves polish gold score

and. i'm grateful and and happy to be able to coach a team like this they're great players they challenge me to their joy and ambition are infectious in the maggots in two thousand and thirteen and two thousand and fourteen wolfsburg won the champions league however their success doesn't mean their facilities are on par with their male counterparts who have never won the champions league the women strain in separate facilities from them in the distance to the changing room is long with only containers for holding their clothes but it's not just at wolfsburg there's a lot of catching up to do in the women's business league as a whole until that day though fans of the successful wolfsburg women hope to celebrate the one team in the city challenging for the champions league. the u.s. space agency nasa is facing criticism for canceling what would have been the first all female space walk and due to a lack of available space suits in the right size astronaut christina seen here on

the left was going to be joined by her colleague mclean but as only one medium sized suit is ready a male astronaut will now join call on the walk on friday according to nasa mccain only learned during her first space walk last week that a medium sized suit fits her best and a new suit could not be configured in time. just reminder of the top story we're following for you here today on g.w. news the head of the syrian army has called for the country's president to be declared unfit for office on grounds of ill health abilities woodruff leka has faced weeks of protests demanding he step down now the military wants to trigger a constitutional process that would put a caretaker leader in place. and helpers are rushing to get medical and other aid to cycle and hit mozambique the world health organization has warned the country

faces a second crisis and infectious diseases are allowed to spread. there watching the news still to come in greece a program aims to turn young philosophers into train conductors it's the latest move to fight youth unemployment there. that story and more coming up in business with get hot stay with us.

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chief guardian of the euro. also a way to use unemployment in greece to lead the record high.