but i caught a good number today fun to. say. this is the news live from berlin clashes in central paris as yellow best protesters reclaim the spotlight after the fire at notre dame cathedral police have made scores of arrests as protesters battled officers and set fires in the french capital it's the twenty third straight weekend of the demonstrations will go to our correspondent on the scene in paris also coming up egypt's sions are voting in

a referendum on constitutional amendments that could enable president. sisi to stay in office until twenty thirty and bolster the role of egypt's powerful military. most americans are marking the twentieth anniversary of the columbine high school massacre two students killed twelve of the class mates and one teacher in what was then the country's worst ever school shooting a reporter talked to a survivor. i'm calling aspen thanks for joining us we start in paris where thousands of yellow vests demonstrators have taken to the streets once again and their long running protest against wealth inequality but it's the first since the fire at the notre dame cathedral many are angry at the millions in euro's of donations earmarked for reconstruction money they say could be better spent police arrested more than

a hundred protesters after clashes broke out in the heart of the french capital. everything for not nothing for the poor says the slogan on this protest dizzee a low vest. anger at the millions of euros pledged to rebuild the cathedral following monday's devastating fire by the activists say their demands for social reforms of being ignored. the future it's shocking given the state of the country given to notre dame is all very well but maybe this is not the time to talk about it not the time to do this. it's the twenty third consecutive weekend of protests against the administration of president emanuel mccraw actions taking place in the capital paris and across france. we're still expecting answers from the government there are democratic social and environmental emergencies for which we still have no answer. those who were very young

protesting even if my wife ignore it are the last three levels of. later violence flared in the capital as scooters and other vehicles were set on fire. as in previous protests the police response was forceful. tear gas and water cannon deployed to disperse the protesters. the blaze at notre dame may have united front since shock but so far it's done little to heal the deep divisions over poverty and inequality our correspondents rebecca raters is in paris for us where easter services are taking place rebecca there are several events taking place night in relation to the fire at notre dame tell us a little bit more about that. well carl i'm here in front of

a social peace church which where an easter vigil is taking place tonight it was a post originally planned to be take taking place in not true dumb obviously that is not possible given this week's events. there is a benefit concert also happening not that far away from here hosted by one of the t.v. stations here in france there's a big open to any member of the public who wants to go a free benefit concert and then donations will be asked for at the end towards the reparations of not true dumb. now earlier rebecca you were on the streets there in paris you're tracking the able best protesters were also taking place today what was the situation like very different scenes of the ones you're seeing behind me very different atmosphere from where i am now we saw a very violent protest again today you know we must remember that these yellow press vest excuse me protests have been going for twenty three consecutive weeks

that's five months today both protests but they have waxed and waned in terms of violence and attendance the last few weeks have seen. far less attendance but this was the first one since the not true dharma and as we heard in the report people and the protesters the yellow vest people are extremely angry and they feel very let down by the fact that the country seems to have a lot of money to give to the rebuilding of the church but not to appease their demands that they feel very let down so today we saw a resurgence of that earlier violence that we saw during the protests a few months ago rebecca ritter's for us in paris thank you very much. egypt sions have begun voting today in a referendum but could grant the country's authoritarian leader abdel sisi another term in office the proposed changes to the constitutional also give the former army general more power over the judiciary it's

a move heavily criticized by international human rights groups. president abdel fattah el-sisi was among the first to cast their votes clearly a man in a hurry. just a few days earlier parliament had given the go ahead for changes to the constitution now it's up to egypt's sixty million voters to give their approval. or not of our president is doing a better job of looking after the country than the leaders of our neighbors. respect him things are very stable and people are happy we have to say yes to these constitutional changes. the changes would largely benefit the president the former general would be able to stay in office until twenty thirty. r.c.c. would also get to appoint the country's top judges and there would be more power for the military. the president's plan seemed certain to be approved many

voters say they're looking for security. reasons are worried about the chaos in libya syria iraq yemen that's the basis on which many are deciding on a minute hickman the opposition is worried the changes could pave the way for a long dictatorship already many opposition leaders are in prison state media and parliament have carried out sisi this far and the new constitution would mean one thing above all more power for the president. let's head to cairo now where ruth michaelson is standing by for us she's a journalist in the egyptian capital roof so as we heard it looks likely that these constitutional changes that they will be approved if they are will that bring more stability to the country as the president says they will well i mean it depends what you mean by stability. there are ongoing austerity measures.

because now. that proved very unpopular with many egyptians excluding. the specially polish gyptian and i salute today. to the working class neighborhoods in cairo who are being bussed to the polls and potentially open packages of food to prove they can prepay foti. now some would say that's not a sign of a stable richey in general or oppressive regime is not necessarily a savior and that really is the challenge. his opponents say that you know it's not and i have to say and however is more than just bending the rules this could allow him to become president like beyond twenty twenty four even twenty thirty and so again you know a consistent regime with the same person always the top is not necessarily. this referendum is not popular with international human rights groups what about within egypt itself how much opposition is there and who is leading that movement. well

there was something called the civil democratic movement which was set up specifically to campaign against the changes been proposed in this referendum and it was very difficult to find anyone at the polls today who knew anything about it no campaign has heard anything from the know and that's really not who wanted trying from members of the opposition. who have said they can prevent it from cap they will prevent it from holding protest in front of it in gypsy parliament they said they've been prevented from making any public statements of any kind really against the referendum and so you know it's very difficult to be in opposition when you are unable to speak publicly. ruth michaelson in cairo for us thank you very much. ellis take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world sudan's ousted president omar al bashir is being investigated for money laundering police

searching his home found suitcases full of millions of euros and sudanese pounds as well as hundreds of thousands of u.s. dollars the military removed by sheer from power nine days ago following months of protests the former leader is now in prison in the capital khartoum. in the libyan capital tripoli crowds of protest against the military offensive led by warlord hof star who opposes the un recognized government this as news broke that the u.s. president's had called in a surprise show of support he already has the backing of egypt saudi arabia and russia. several thousand people have rallied against the government of serbian president alexander in belgrade the protesters demanded more democracy and more media freedom the demonstration took place a day after the supporters held their own mass rally in the serbian capital. police in northern ireland of rest

a two teenagers in connection with the fatal shooting of the young journalist the roma key she was killed during a biding in the city of london derry the men have not been identified and have not been charged but police believe they may be part of a new dissident group. today marks twenty years since the columbine high school shooting in the u.s. when two students armed with guns and homemade explosives killed twelve of their peers and one teacher on the tuesday morning school in littleton colorado rose to tragic fame around the world now survivors of the attack are grown up and many have children of their own two decades later these so-called columbine generation is still battling the trauma and hopes the u.s. will finally impose stricter gun laws. the big it's a routine of many parents day the school run for jamie a mode picking her son up comes with a particular sense of relief she's a survivor of the nine hundred ninety nine columbine high school shooting every day

the mother of three waits for this moment you know how children a safe back to gregory home after watching her as a parent you have no idea that she's still dealing with the trauma of what happened at her high school that day being in the out of tori i'm in and listening to what sounded like were under some kind of attack and it was that moment of. i think coming in here how long is this going to go on for who's doing this all of those questions started popping into my head and yeah i started to realize that something. really horrific lee bad was happening twenty years later janie still haunted by the shooting and it's off to mouth i remember walking with a friend she was waiting to hear from her brother. but he was one mo and no one ever heard from memphis he was killed in the lake. and. i always wished that

i had done something besides trying to lighten the mood because there were those were walking i was trying to like to make her smile because i knew she was worried . that children could one day be affected has that jamie to campaign for tougher gun laws she was invited by how congress representative. as a guest of president trumps state of the union address jamie hope the president would tackle the issue of gun violence in schools he was left disappointed it was offensive in a way because he knows it's a problem there's no reason why we can't reinstate the assault weapons ban. there's been action before we can take action again and i think we need to forty thousand people a year are dying because of something it's guns and it's time that we tackle it from a legislative approach we can do the proactive things with mental health and we can

educate the children and try to create that change of culture but that takes time legislation we can do now want to say her in the meantime her trying to hold such children tight and hopes that they will never have to face the turmoil she's experienced over the past two decades. and here's a reminder of the top story that we're tracking for you right now gayla best protesters have clashed with police and set fires in central paris and it's the twenty third straight week end of demonstrations against the policies of president emanuel called scores of protesters out the arrest. coming up next it's the voters' latest show pablo full will be here with all the highlights from saturday's games to find out how byron munich fared at home against barrett of brave men as the title race is coming down to the wire that and more coming up in just a few minutes on the phone just like. you're watching t.v.

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