the but i am. this is deja vu news coming to you live from berlin wiki leaks founder julian assange is under arrest in london police took a solution to cost idiot ecuador's embassy in the british capital shortly after his asylum was revoked for aggressive behavior mechanics course the move a violation of international law also the program. report says sudan's president

has been forced from office otto's years of grooming mass celebrations underway in khartoum state t.v. says the military's forced to make a national address. also coming up difficult decisions in germany and downs syndrome lawmakers are debating with a two piece access to early detection testing but nine out of ten german women choose to terminate. todd and welcome. we begin with some breaking news britain's home secretary has confirmed that the find a wiki leaks julian assange has been arrested in london a son just said to be in police custody and face trial in the u.k. his arrest came off to the ecuadorian government drew his asylum. a solution has

been living at the ecuadorian embassy in london since taking refuge there in two thousand and twelve to avoid extradition to sweden over accusations of sexual assault assize also feared extradition to the u.s. for publishing thousands of classified military and diplomatic cables through wiki leaks. for the very latest let's cross over not to detail london correspondent big mass who is tracking the story begins what more can you tell us about how the son was arrested. well it must have been quite dramatic here in the embassy the metropolitan police said that he was actually invited the demolished metropolitan police was invited into the embassy now for seven years he's been confined here and there were rare appearances when he was on the balcony he had lots of supporters than kreutz cheering for him but for most of the time he remained behind these walls and didn't have could not or could

not go outside so we know that now the metropolitan police has him in custody and they say that he will appear in front of the magistrate's court as soon as possible and to get down to the solution as you said has been the ecuadorian embassy since two thousand and twelve the ecuadorian president lyndon moreno has just announced why he was thrown out of the ecuadorian embassy let's take a listen to what the president had to say first. and. also you can see the signals you can sense there's a clever humans this quote this is going to some place this will. include political . people committing people assume i was. you. know science is. equal so we're going to be. equal to god what's your sense. ok it's

a very strong a well it's on ecuador's president lydon merino they're bigots what is behind the spat. what we know is there is accusation and counter-accusations as to the behavior of julian our songs he had a lot of goodwill from the former during government that seems to have evaporated. during government i understand have been accusing him of violating agreements that he had with them for example that he wouldn't release any material by over he leaks that could harm ecuadorian international relations and they accuse him of having done that for example material about the about the vatican this is how i understand it just also seems that the new government is not seeing him as favorable as as the last government has been and we get to the solutions many supporters around the world what has been the reaction to news of his arrest. well

it's really fairly recent but of people that are here there are not that many supporters here at the moment but but but as small the group they say they are disgusted and that's a bad day for for freedom basically so they will be really in sense because they will fear that she will be in the end extradited to the u.s. and that he will then face quite quite severe charges but we obviously don't know at this stage what's going to happen we know that there was an extradition request from sweden because he was accused of sexual offenses that we understand has been dropped but now the question is the u.k. accuse him of having acted against the bail conditions suit these are the charges against him here but then what will be is why the future this is all up in the air and this will be decided i think in the first step when he is appearing in front of

the magistrate's court here in london. right and they could not tell us more about their reactions then what is what is expected to happen to him you said he's going to be standing trial in a britain what other the next set of steps that are going to follow. well it will immediately be about the charges against which are that he hasn't has he basically had has fled bail when he was here and that will be the immediate charge against him but then of course it's the much wider issue of what he has done with wiki wiki leaks and the question is what's going to happen with that we don't know at this stage i don't think that the u.s. have have or have said what they are intending to do so this is what we'll be watching for ryan big mass in london and thank you very much for bring us up to

date on that breaking news story the julian assange has been arrested by british police in the british capital london. turning up to saddam may report say the military has forced president obama to step down and in thirty years of rule state media also says the country sponsored security agency is free political prisoners but witnesses say protests as of storm security buildings in the eastern city of port sudan and after office has refused to release detainees in the capital khartoum tens of thousands have gathered in the military headquarters awaiting an expected address to the nation is the sixth consecutive day of mass anti-government protests calling for bashar. stressing nation now clashes between protesters and security forces have left dozens dead. and of course we are keeping an eye on that story and bring you the latest as soon

as we get it in that we now bring you up to date with some of the stories making news around the blood his constitutional court has overturned a decades old ban on abortion to mixed reaction to the court's decision the country had been one of the few industrialized nations where the procedure remained illegal except in cases of rape incest and where the mother's health was. at risk. australian prime minister scott morrison has announced a general election on the eighteenth of may the constitution says the election must take place about then which polls show marson. the opposition leader fanti taxes climate change and inequality looks set to win large in the campaign but the . algerians have kept up their protests against the country's political elite that's despite the new interim leader announcing an election for the fourth of july the country has been dropped by weeks of protests which pushed out the president.

of the attention is focusing on a blood test that can leave expectant mothers facing a moral dilemma that determines whether an unborn child has down's syndrome there's pressure now for the test to be covered by public health insurance although the test has been around for years the payment issue has triggered a deeper debate about society's acceptance of children with disabilities. sophie is a year and a half old she's lucky to be alive an estimated nine out of ten women in germany decide to have abortions when they find out their unborn child has down syndrome and attention with seven months pregnant when she got the diagnosis. of course i was scared i was worried i was also feeling a bit desperate i didn't know what to do i was still in the last year of my studies

. but i had a lot of support and courage. because she was sir active in my belly so feel also showed me that she wanted to live and she should be allowed to live. the weeks that followed were difficult for anna who was also working as a geriatric nurse she read all about down's syndrome which is a genetic disorder in which children are almost always born with physical and intellectual disability the doctor told her child would be born with a heart defect suddenly and a face the dilemma of whether to have an abortion. they immediately told me i could have an abortion but i thought if i have an abortion i'll have to give birth to a stillborn child. i didn't even want to think about that. colleen hennig a gynecologist counsels women who decide to have an abortion when they get

a diagnosis of down syndrome she knows the pressure for all involved. as. there are so many factors to consider how old are my how stable is my relationship to my other children still need a lot of attention i like to tell my patients that they just have to decide what's easiest for them. hennig says the blood test that detects down syndrome as early as ten weeks of pregnancy gives families time to make difficult decisions early on that's also important to ensure that mother and child are well looked after if the mother decides to have a baby. for on it isn't the issue goes deeper. she says the blood test sends a message that society does not accept children like severe. i ask myself why. and if you then don't have to pay for the test these children

will simply not exist. even though they're perfectly happy children who radiate joy and have so much love to give. the blood test for down syndrome are already a standard procedure in denmark and france in those countries few children like sophia are born. i'm not joined by peter brooks he is the chair of the german ethics council which advises the german government welcome to you have spoken out in favor of reimbursing the costs of genetic testing why. thank you first for having me. i was not quite in favor of reimbursing the test but my statement was we do not have sufficient reasons for not reimbursing it if we at the very same time reimburse the

invasive tests and that is the reason it is a question of social justice why we then should also we converse this. case if asked and for people who are not aware of democrat explain the difference between an invasive and a noninvasive test in this context yeah of course we have first the amniocentesis which is. if it has the risk of. one to three percent of. a failure in. birth and the blood test has not this adverse side effect and therefore there are good medical reasons for since they have the very same results in terms of metson. also reimburse the

a noninvasive test but of course we have for the societal questions to tackle absolutely because it associations for people with disabilities say that this sends a signal that people are down syndrome are not wanted what do you say to them. that is a really serious question but i think the one hand is the conflict on the in of the parents of the woman who is pregnant and on the other hand the societal effect. iceland does provide such tests for free of charge and the possibility of terminating a pregnancy after a duns positive result as a consequence is almost no children with down's syndrome being born the some german politicians have already voiced concerns let's listen to what one green party politician had to say just doesn't exist stuff our health system is meant to heal people this test cannot heal down syndrome because down syndrome is not

a disease we can't heal it and we're not supposed to so what's this all about this screening is designed and we should be very clear about this to select children without this condition. ok so what do you say to this what is your response to this mr dobbs how should one deal with this risk off selection. i think this. point mostly seriously taking into account because on the one hand i think we have to do everything to improve a culture of inclusiveness of all different forms of human beings and human persons so therefore i'm very much in line with all the impression it was were nearly all political terry and who were in favor of this attitude and i was impressed by this very gentle approach of the parliamentarians but on the other

hand we also have to take into account that. the parents that mother is really struggling am i ready to accept this while it is a more difficult life and the best answer to this is not to on the one hand we in bursts the invasive tests on the other not the noninvasive test but to do everything to improve and support all lives and relationships with people and not only treated me twenty one people who do not meet the expectations of the society right it's a big ethical question for you to direct share of the german ethics council which advises the german government thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us on d w thank you. and it turning out to have breaking news stories from sudan reported the military has forced president

a lot of the sheet to step down ending up thirty years of good in the capital cost him tens of thousands have gathered a military headquarters awaiting an expected address to the nation mass protests against bashir have been going on for months. joining me now is a reporter ben of welcome lionel we've been seeing reports thousands of people protesting it and some of them celebrating on the news that a lot of issues may have resigned what are these people demanding why are they out on the streets what were the complaints i mean people i mean this this what you're seeing today is a continuation of protests that have erupted in december of twenty thousand so these these are protests that have been going on for about four months now and sustained on and off more or less during this time period it started out first was triggered by a steep rise in bread and fuel prices they've been very shortly afterwards when the state responded with brutality with the violence in two demands

a regime change and that's that's but that sort of became the clarion call of these protests down with the regime down with the regime just go is a famous is a famous slogan that has been repeated that we've been hearing throughout these protests so that's what they're calling for the calling for. thirty year rule to come to an end so it seems that they have got to this because reports suggest that one of the sheet has resigned but this be more confirmation what do you hearing from the country well i've there's a general feeling of jubilation i mean since this morning since the military announced and said listen up soon on t.v. we'll be giving you an important announcement and since then patriotic songs reminiscent of military the military from that it is in seventies have been playing on t.v. people have. been celebrating bear anticipating that this is going to be the crowning jewel of months and months of protests that the military removes. sure some people are happy but i think you know one must be very very wary of this already but she

it. does not necessarily equate to change especially if the military is involved in that region change and proof to that just looking around at instances in the region where the military stepped in to remove a leader after mass protests so we must we must tread carefully absolutely. as you said a lot of the she has been thirty years he had the backing of the military old this time why would the military want to pull the plug on him now. i think that the military and military institutions in that part of the world. support leaders and to it's not beneficial for them to support them anymore so i'm going to bashir is not a civilian president he himself came into power in one thousand nine hundred ninety through a military coup he is a man of military and they have stood behind him so far but one can can surmise from the events that have happened over the past couple of days that you know maybe they've just they've just seen that supporting this figure supporting this

president is no longer sustainable we saw a very similar eerily similar scenario unfold in algeria just a couple of days ago where after weeks and weeks of protest the military which had up until then been a great supporter of beautifully asked him. for the triggering of a of a constitutional article that would vacate the position of the president so you have to wait and see what happens we still have no confirmation of no confirmation mistress but reports that he has stepped down thank you very much for your assessment and for all that additional information so much for having. today out to india where voting is underway in the biggest palm entry election with nearly nine hundred million indians to vote it's a mammoth logistical operation voting will take place in seven phases across different regions from the eleventh of april which is today to the nineteenth of may a voters should have to travel no further than two kilowatt kilometers to cast a vote so one million polling stations will be set up to reach even the remotest

areas. day one of the largest election the world has ever seen many are casting their ballots for the first time and women voters could also outnumber men in this election. for many it's a referendum on prime minister narendra modi. see there are a lot of things which i want from the next government forces education they put all but education put everybody for free no matter how much it cost them but i think that is necessary. for the progress of my country and i want to be more in india we want a prime minister modi will be a little. the employment situation is really bad and we want jobs more must also be done to address pollution it was partly because more than half of indians are aged twenty five or under and some twelve million enter the workforce each year prime

minister narendra modi's plans for job growth have failed to materialise. its an issue his main challenger raul gandhi has vowed to prioritise his congress party managed to win back three key states from modi's b j p in regional elections. the recent spike in tensions between india and pakistan in kashmir however has put another issue on the agenda national security and that may well play into the hands of now render modi and his hindu nationalists the prime minister has styled himself as the watchman. attacked in his country by being strong on defense tough on terror but much will depend on his party's performance in several key states such as here . it's the first day of gender elections in india and my hundred million people are very be wanting in a new government and i am right now at a polling booth in the city of night in north india behind me you can see it all in

with officials who are hoping what does find their names in the electoral it's now just to give you an idea of the scale of this election in noida alone there are about six hundred over six hundred polling booths all across this city if the pull of nationalism proves strong enough in this election modi supporters may well be celebrating come the twenty third of may. the european union has agreed with britain to extend the vets a deadline by more than six months to two with thirty first political deadlock in the british parliament has prevented the divorce from moving forward after winning the latest reprieve from the e.u. prime minister to resign mrs she's working to was an orderly exit as soon as possible. british prime minister to resign mate returning to the e.u. summit to hear the response from the other twenty seven nations may request a delay to the brig's a deadline to prevent the u.k. from crashing out of the e.u.

on friday the decision came after five hours of deliberations i mix tension until the end of october if need be and european council president donald said he had a message for british lawmakers. this extension the flexibility expects to. do that short expected but that still enough. to find the first full solution. to start. but there are conditions if the u.k. cannot find a way to exit the e.u. before the twenty second of may britain will have to take part in the e.u. parliamentary elections. many in the u.k. will be furious about the possibility of being involved in another round of e.u. elections to resume a said she was fully aware of this and that she wanted to get a deal done as quickly as possible. german chancellor angela merkel took

a softer tone than some leaders at the talks she said she was pleased with the outcome and stressed the importance of making sure the process was not done too hastily. but your leaders say they will meet in june to review the progress made by british lawmakers aren't a reason mary now has to go back and face the british house of commons. now for some sports starting with soccer or football if you prefer i'm talking frankfurt of the bundesliga as last remaining hope in europe to visit benfica later in the europa league quarter final first leg coach. has a few injury concerns that he can count on top scorer joe rich who netted again at the weekend boosting a win over shock he's on loan at frankfurt from benfica but is a little bit to face his former club the portuguese side have violet's to end his european dreams as a target a third final in seventy ad. and now news from australian rugby the

obvious trained rugby union international israel folau is to have his multi-million dollar contract terminated after his latest homophobic post on social media who has seventy three international caps posted on instagram that said gay people would go to hell unless they repent rugby australia and his club side new south wales voters have said they intend to terminate for the us contract if no mitigating factors are to be found now for an up close and similar comments last year that he escaped sanction. if you're just joining us you're watching the news coming to you live from berlin here's a recap the top stories that we're following for you british police have arrested the wiki leaks founder julian assange this video by the broadcaster russia today shows us being taken into custody at the ecuadorian embassy in london he'd been

living there for the past seven. and report says sudan's president omar al bashir has stepped down after thirty years the cruel. tens of thousands of protesters are gathered in the capital awaiting an announcement to the nation. up next focus and go to that looks at a training camp oftenest is to be dubbed it. luck .

benjamin honeywell's a is talk of what western civilization. monastery of italy into a far right cultural warrior as activists for a european populist movement. harm while has the backing of some powerful people

but opposition is mounting and not just locally. next d.w. . enter the conflict zone fronting the powerful. the situation in venezuela could be people come here this week here is the son. who is venezuela's ambassador to the european union for the record of the cooling given to be used mr. conflict. in sixty. your. reaction.

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the strongest forces in countries like france poland and it's really you know it's .