this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin algeria as president. faces fresh 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 turkish president wretch of type out of one's 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. and she survived a horrific gang rape ordered by her village council now she's fighting for justice for herself and other women we speak with looked optimize as she waits a verdict from pakistan's supreme court over whether to uphold her alleged attackers acquittal. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us we begin in a country gripped by a political crisis after weeks of anti-government protests algeria's army chief has now demanded that the country's president be declared unfit to rule the army is calling for the start of a constitutional process that would put caretaker leader in place president sees beautifully has been in power for two decades now and is in failing health many

algerians want him out. pushing forward algerians seized the momentum and renewed their demands for political change. students teachers and workers again called for an immediate end to the administration that has ruled algeria for twenty years. they were spurred on by a declaration by the country's army chief general. who in front of his troops to clear the ailing president abdelaziz bouteflika too ill to serve. the general wants to trigger an article of the constitution that could bring down the president he said the move would respect the demands of the algerian people and ensure the continuity of the state. if parliament approved the request the senate president would take charge until new elections can be held a presidential vote was for april but in february the eighty two year old

beautifully announced his intention to run for a fifth term before withdrawing his bid and postponing elections indefinitely general announcement came as a welcome news to many. this is a brave decision and it's the first step on a path toward democracy a path that is still long we appreciate this step and we are waiting 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. protests continued the president's fate may now be in the hands of parliament which is likely to soon vote at the military's request. more now let's cross straight

over to algiers we have journalist sophie on the server on the line so if you're on some protesters have welcomed the army's call for president but a plea can be removed but is everyone really convinced that the military is on the side of the people. enough to really i don't think so to be honest i mean this announcement by the army she suggests that the ruling elite are trying to avoid a lot of men to take over however this is put supposed to be the civilian procedure and not immediately the procedure and. all this or that the opposition parties and activists were since yesterday quite loudly. rejecting this announcement and rejecting that the army chief is actually doing politics a direc t.v. stations stand don't know how that seat will react many people know that this is a political maneuver. which would lead to transitional period to leave the

parties and that will post on all of the protests in recent weeks. but on friday if this political maneuver worked out and it's. able to divide and to select the protest movement for now at least present with the police because fate is in the hands of the parliament what are lawmakers likely to do. the first step is actually not to invoke the parliament of the constitutional council and the consumerist constitutional council it's supposed to be the institution that has the constitutional rights through apply for the one hundred two so that's the article. which makes it legal and possible to rule. or to. the second step would be that the parliament convenes and votes on this decision. it's 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 favorite of the army today so he can thank you very much for bringing us up to date data journalist sophia nuts or there in algiers. turkey is gearing up for key local elections on sunday fifty seven million voters across the country will choose mayors councillors and local chiefs so-called move tars with the turkish economy in trouble the election presents a stiff challenge for a cape or for the a k party a president rest of time fairly won the polls on sunday are being widely regarded as a referendum on arid ones rule our turkey correspondent julia hahn went to meet a politician whose name sounds familiar. there's been. this tea house in the town of istanbul is more crowded than usual. because today.

our don is making a complaint visit so long that it or it was not in the room this ridge of oneness twenty years old in the political newcomer in turkey's local elections he wants to become a mukta and neighborhood chief he's not related to the turkish president but the name he says has helped him with his career choices somebody in the movement of the a lot of people often don't believe me at first and ask if i'm joking on that i get it you know then i showed them my id card it's an honor for me to have the same name as our president has done is as much he's the respected and beloved leader of our country so you along with people say they will vote for me. because of my personality and my name. i believe this name will help me six yards more donovan in a newer. edwin's namesake the president is also complaining hard.

he's making several speeches a day at sea dryly. 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. devastated that time but that's mainly because of the worsening economic situation last year's currency crisis sent annual inflation soaring to about twenty percent and sept growth 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 adams ruling elite hypoxia especially in the larger

cities in the capital ankara and here in istanbul. losing them would be a symbolic blow says journalist is most imus both cities have been under a.k.p. control throughout ad once time in power water if it out of a storm will if that opposition wins istanbul ankara we may begin to discuss the possibility of snap elections here in turkey. istanbul is strongly associated with ed. first he was elected as municipal mayor here then he became mayor of istanbul. after that prime minister and then president. stumble if is a k.p.s. defeated in istanbul it would be a political earthquake for everyone. on them when i get. back to the tea house where the young rajah type ad one is trying to win some votes he also he has many complains about the economy but in just the younger people don't have jobs it's

become very hard for shop owners nothing is good here anymore nothing yet the young out one says he wants to tackle these problems with the least in his neighborhood but he can't be sure of victory as he's facing two challenges much is at stake in the local elections from both tragic time bombs. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today beginning with breaks that details have emerged about the process for a series of votes to be held by british lawmakers later on wednesday 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 grades of options and will be asked to break their preference is. a 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 band's duration. and the world health organization as more and storm ravaged mozambique faces a second disaster from diseases like cholera that's as the country struggles to recover after psych loan to die hit almost two weeks ago rescue teams and badly affected biro. are helping with disinfection efforts to contain the spread of disease. you're watching d.w. news still to come builders in it go rose stumble across a mass grave of jews shot by the nazis during world war two discovery has sparked a fight between historians and city officials will tell you one. pakistan 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 my who is appealing against the acquittals comes from a rural area in pakistan's punjab province she was gang raped in two thousand and two on orders of her believed counseling they wanted to punish her for her younger brother's alleged relationship with a woman from a rival tribe out of fourteen men my accused of involvement only one is serving a prison sentence all the rest a been acquitted. my now a prominent human rights activist has never stopped fighting for justice in the pakistani courts in an exclusive interview she told the w she's keeping up the struggle not just for herself but for all women in pakistan. 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 mactire my. main but this is my aim. for more let's cross over to islam of by word journalist nosheen us is standing by for us no she didn't look tom my eyes 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 grief. in two thousand and five five of the men we did and then in two thousand and eleven the supreme court even though the us was accused was also open to more than my submitted in the u.s. and that's why we have reached today. and in hope that they will review this case again and me look into this they mean best

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 is a very small glimmer of hope that the me. look at this case. is case made for women in pakistan and why is it still so relevant after so many years . well it's relevant because this these kinds of incidents happen every day. and that i am i going to wreck. this woman who basically came forward and she did not wear a veil to come of these essentially sometimes to protect on the she came out with everything that happened to her she was she's from a rural area and she came out into the world and people supported her and lot of

media coverage so this was a very rare incident and she became a symbol and she still is a symbol for anyone who's ever been 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 creeped it's revenge it's fault that you can fight for it that you can compile with this new team 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 across the board for abuse for harassment and it is more relevant now from f. up. thank you so much. a journalist there in islamabad.

to belarus now in a discovery that has shocked people in the city of brest during construction work on an apartment complex builders on earth a mask grave with the remains of over a thousand jews killed by the nazis during world war two work was halted and the remains have now been examined the controversy lingers over what should happen next the city wants to get on with the apartment building but not everyone agrees the w's and we share one reports. bones jewelry and even shoes the past is pushing into the light. this is the site of a mass grave of jews shot by the nazis it was found during construction work in the center of breast during the german occupation in the second world war the area was a jewish ghetto tens of thousands were executed in and around breasts during the time the site is currently closed off to the public including to local historian

every lover for she has been petitioning to stop the building work and argues there should be a memorial park here and not an apartment complex. and then news people shouldn't be able to live on the spot of a mass execution half of the population of the city was killed within several days here half of the people can you imagine the boiler motion that pain continues to exist and will not give us peace until we learn to respect history and what happened here. from which to preserve sure a special battalion of the belorussian army has been in charge of the excavations. most of these young soldiers are doing their military service here in total they have found the remains of over eleven hundred bodies which will be repaired at a local cemetery and right next to this musgrave the building work for a modern apartment complex will now continue its

a lucrative project one square meter is selling for nearly twice the average market price and breast the city authorities say the foundations of the building won't touch the mass graves and it will be marked with a memorial plaque. at the apartment complex is the right thing for this spot it's what the city needs a well tended to area in the center they used to be unsightly houses here when it should be tidy and beautiful this isn't the first time that builders a fun bones during construction and historical center but not everyone impressed agrees that should be apartments on the mass graves. it will be time to build houses there should be a memorial instead. of the world here we have to find a civilized way to solve this problem after all every city in europe is built on people's bones. with a pretty good fiji. rena is determined to see the size of the mass grave with her own eyes before it becomes a landscape courtyards an acquaintance of hers is

a direct ski from her window she says the building project shows that the bella russian authorities are insensitive and haven't learned any lessons from the past and the russian authorities have been criticised before of a building on jewish cemeteries as recently as twenty seventeen. in this country the authorities only respect the memory of the soviet protectors of the breath fortress for example of soldiers who fought unequally to tell a tarion country with weapons in their hands that they respect. the russian it's the construction company had told us the apartment complex would be a gated community now says he insists the grounds will be open to the public. now to western sahara a territory of africa's mud grab 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 polish sario front fought an independence campaign

there until one thousand nine hundred ninety one cease fire since then the united nations force has kept watch over the fragile peace but with that mission set to expire next month the polish haria front has renewed calls for an independence referendum something morocco opposes marcus has urged the united nations to broker a lasting peace in the region but at a recent conference in pretoria south africa lent it supports to the polish sario calls the region's fate remains uncertain tens of thousands of people fled to refugee camps in algeria when moroccan of 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 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. 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 use 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 a saddam's whose daily routine is defined by this wasteland they want to stay here

until they get their homeland back. yes among the poor suffering under these difficult conditions for forty years we've lived in tents in extreme temperatures with no livelihoods 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 molly 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 pizzas 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 pizzas 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 head to. 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

. some wreckage 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 hut harvey who was paralyzed when he spine was damaged in an airstrike in nine hundred eighty. my regret nothing i'm proud of my war wounds because i got them fighting for a fair and legal cause. 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 staffed by women. money is next plan is to open a bakery. some football now and german football fans were left in shock earlier

this month when by in munich dortmund and all crashed out of the champions league but there are still two german teams left in the women's champions league including will spark they host defending champions league in their quarterfinal the second leg tonight it may be a repeat of last year'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 when 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 it 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. in the u.s. space agency nasa is facing criticism for canceling what would have been the first all female space walk due to a lack of a bailable space suits in the right size astronaut christina call seen here on the left was going to be joined by her colleague and mclean but as only one medium size suit is ready a male auster not 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 by her already. you're watching d.w. news coming to you live from berlin coming up next a close up with a special report on the ongoing battle over the seat of ice off stay tuned for that and much more here on be the reason.

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