w. . this is a deed of unionists live from berlin a last minute campaign promise from israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu says hill and an express bank settlements if voters return to office on she just right now he's running neck and neck with former former army chief of staff benny gantz will a surprise pledge put him ahead also coming out. wrong remembers the genocide and honors its victims is a quarter century since nearly a million tutsis and moderate hutus were killed one hundred days. correspondent was

at the ceremony. and are signs of peace afoot in the koreas foreigners flock in record numbers to north korea's premier tourist event the pyongyang marathon. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has promised to an extent settlements in the occupied west bank if he's reelected next week then yeah who promoted jewish settlement expansion during his four terms as prime minister but until now he's refused to talk about the future of the settlements which are considered illegal under international law netanyahu is in a tight race for the premiership with former army general benny gantz. there is

only b.b. they shout for binyamin netanyahu is followers he's the greatest unique and irreplaceable even if he's not alongside his followers on the streets of israel he's been campaigning nonstop alongside his supporters in washington d.c. online and on t.v. his latest campaign promise. i will extend the solvency of israel to the settlements i won't hand this land over to the palestinian authority. he's talking about a partial an extension of the west bank music to the ears of right wing voters and netanyahu is coalition partners the opposition calls the pledge irresponsible they say netanyahu is desperate he's been dogged by scandals and accusations of corruption and now on security the most important issue in israel netanyahu is facing stiff competition. benny gantz a former army chief of staff has

a chance of replacing him as prime minister. maybe the citizens of israel will have a prime minister who cares about their interests. not his own personal business. but in the name. clean handed yet tough on security that's how cancer presents himself and people listening. to him really need to change for a new future for israel. and the polls predict a close result and i'm joined now by correspondent correspondent benjamin hammer in tel aviv so this is a neck and neck race as we've heard how does mr netanyahu announcement influence the campaign over all. well one thing is for sure this is raising the tension in an already tense situation and almost everybody in israel agrees that this is a tactical move when he was so close to the elections he's done this before he's

doing it now and he's clearly aiming for right being voters who could vote otherwise for other right wing parties polls show that the center right parties are probably going to be able to form a government but the polls at the same time show that netanyahu is likud might not be the strongest party the strongest party according to polls could be any guns. lou why this worries me to yahoo because this could mean that israel's president will task any guns with forming a government and not on yahoo he wants not he wants that not to happen and this could explain his move if we look at any guns is definitely putting him into an uncomfortable position because the benny gantz is aiming for both right wing center voters and on the center left so he needs to really be careful what he says there are people who support the settlements there are people who oppose the circumvents

there is a poll that forty one percent of israelis are in favor of a partial and exhaustion of the west bank but it also means that some people are really worried some people that might vote for guns about what's currently happening with netanyahu if you can just rewind a nine hundred ninety three the oslo accords and the idea of land for peace which is animated the peace process which is perhaps not a dynamic right now how does this announcement if it comes to be affect that idea. well if an attorney who would do what is so far a non-story would of course make a so-called two state solution with a known palestinian state even harder if not impossible the whole climate is is not there at the moment in this region you cannot you can hardly talk of a peace process israelis and palestinians have not negotiated for years and if we

look at the overall political climate we see definitely a right wing shift in israeli politics they need guns for example has made it clear that israel would keep major settlement blocks and the jordan valley in any case and if you look at parties that in the spirit of oslo are for clear two state solution of the international alliance on the united nations lines we see that their electoral support is very low if you look at a party like minutes they would hardly go and keep the threshold to get into parliament so who knows that the climate in israel has shifted to the right in recent years and this probably explains why he's trying their tactical move so close to the elections ok benjamin hammer in tel aviv thanks for that. rwanda has

begun one hundred days of mourning for the more than eight hundred thousand people slaughtered in the genocide that begat it twenty five years ago today that country president paul kagame led a ceremony in the capital kigali commemorating the lives of the ethnic tutsis and moderate hutus who were killed in a span of just one hundred days. pledge that rwandans would never again turn against one another. remembering run this dead on the day the brutal killing began twenty five years ago president could go home and ten heads of state and reads at the kigali genocide memorial the burial place of over two hundred fifty thousand victims of the genocide which wiped out close to a million rand and. he had to quit because flame the flame of remembrance well done for one hundred days that's how long the fastest and so if the twentieth century lost it. in the can god he can mention center right behind me the main commemoration event is taking place we just watched all across the country this is

where artists are performing songs in honor of the victims and survivors of the haunting testimony here president paul kagame and talks about remembering uniting and renewing all borders under minds. but none of us. together we. will run the threads over units. into. in new tapas. thousands of runners have embarked on a somber walk to remember it's a month to mourn those who lost their lives during the genocide but it's also symbolic walk the perpetrators and survivors walk side by side on this dark and violent past to have these people want to be as

a country and it's not just those who witnessed the atrocities committed during the genocide but also the youth the future of this country which is here to highlight their role and responsibility in making sure history is never repeated. to the mrs we have to love each other so the things that happened i mean. in the. gulf too in the future there. will be united to. our marching for my family. my relatives who during this period of the four let us first together and future especially remembering what happened before and it's never happened again twenty five thousand london's have come together and omaha national stadium the final emotional performance the day draws to a close but handles lighting up the night john of the memory of the genocide victims and some living hope for elective gesture by the wounds of many running

campaigns and might never really heal. and now to some of the other stories making news around the world. in libya fighting around the capital tripoli is intensifying with at least thirty five people killed in recent days a militia led by general kelly for have to are aims to take the capital where the united nations backed government is based militias loyal to the government are mobilizing to defend the city. police in romania have mounted a massive search operation along the country's black sea coast after one hundred thirty kilograms of cocaine washed ashore authorities are urging residents not to open the packets which began appearing on the beach on friday mania is a key transit point for drugs from latin america destined for western europe. authorities in sudan say the country has suffered

a total power blackout the power outage comes as thousands again took to the streets of the capital khartoum and elsewhere demanding the resignation of president omar al bashir. then shouting freedom whilst they march to the city center. the sudanese opposition has been growing and protesters say they continue to gain allies. and i mean here in front of the sudanese army's headquarters. even the army is on the side of the revolution because it's peaceful. so far the military has not intervened. whether that's a sign of approval remains unclear but soldiers do not seem to consider the protesters a threat for a second day crowds called for president omar al bashir to resign they say his nearly three decades in power have brought sudan to the brink of ruin. the corrupt

have said they will rule this country forever and that they will scare us with bullets but look what's happening. protests also erupted elsewhere in the country despite police attempts to stop them activists groups say that at least sixty people have been killed since the demonstrations began in december. could this be a step towards a new opening up in north korea the annual pyongyang marathon was held today twice as many foreigners registered to compete in the north korean capital as did last year so what's a marathon like in one of the world's most reclusive countries let's take a look. and there off is the highlight of north korea's tourism calendar the annual kyung young international marathon but what sets this race apart i hope it does and we'll say that it was a great atmosphere as you can see. that so and there were many people in the

stadium as well as along the streets. from young to old the locals wait and shoot for us i managed to take a lot of photos as i was moved to king them running to see the. runners can see the sides of a tightly controlled city and for most of them the journey itself is the reward. bad. more than one hundred westerners enter the race over twice as many as last year from today who wanted to get this to the thirtieth event and there are more runners an effort to make the event more significant they had billions to the day of the sun when the great president kim il sung was born. tourism slowed to a trickle after north korea carried out a serious of missile tests in two thousand and eighteen but with tensions now

easing between the u.s. and north korea more western tourists have signed up for the marathon but there were still no americans because a u.s. travel ban remains in place but north koreans are happy with the turnout. the event will generate revenue for an economy that's long felt the burden of international sanctions. and you're up to date now with details. the under slate the show follows after the break when our guest is fortunate distal door sporting director lets on and still he will be giving his views on byron malling dortmund this weekend we will also bring you the goals from sunday's games find out if both mention could reignite their push for a top four spot when they hosted where to bremen the visitors also have aspirations of a spot in european competition next season. that's all coming up in just a minute on behalf of the whole team here in berlin thanks for watching.

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