this is d.w. news live from birthday and photos and beaked varies the brunt of another giant. tropical storm canada unleashes high winds and torrential rains on the beleaguered country destroyed homes and pushing to thousands of people and went just six weeks after of cyclonic dies verged and devastated the nation also coming up tens of thousands of anti army protesters or into khartoum flooding sudan's capital to

rally in support of a civilian government as they've been demanding the ruling military superpower. and spain's upstart artie's threatening to breach wrong the country's political map the elections looming this sunday we visit some communities where traditional parties are scrambling for votes. on corn aspen thanks for joining us we begin tonight with mozambique the southeast african nation is bearing the brunt of an intense tropical cyclone this one is called kenneth it first made landfall on the comoros islands before hitting the mainland mozambique is still reeling from the aftermath of cyclon eat died last month and that's the first time in recorded history that two cyclons have struck mozambique in one season over the next ten days this cyclamen is expected to dump

twice as much rainfall as the previous one. holidaymaker dares to confront nature at its most extreme. less a resort in northern mozambique as the eye of the cycling passes through kenya barreling into a country still reeling from a deadly storm just weeks ago. he waged war on the comrades islands remnants of a night of for russia's winds and pounding rain drivers and cyclists navigate the leftovers. several are dead here but authorities say the fill picture is yet to emerge. it is difficult to get access because many trees fell many electrical and telephone poles fell so for the moment we are clearing the roads so we can make an initial assessment.

as kenneth cut its path of destruction residents found refuge in a marriage and shelters like this one. and a place to sleep but no rest bite from the reality of what awaits them at home. it's a huge disaster that we not used to seeing thank god to escape the worst but we really need her one of those and it. said. the problem was that there was a strong wind that demolished the houses but of rescuers found us shelters. we slept low nobody was injured and we didn't suffer thank god. for now many here grateful to be counting the cost in terms of chaos rather than casualties. police made seven more arrests after raids in eastern sri lanka linked to the easter sunday bombings this brings the number of detainees to over seventy

during one operation soldiers and suspects extra. gunfire in another authorities found a sizable cache of explosives and on building material police also seized drones suicide vests and flags linked to the so-called islamic state police that earlier warned of the risk of further attacks especially on religious targets more than two hundred fifty people were killed after the suicide bombings last sunday. protestors in sudan have vowed to escalate their action if the country's military council insists on maintaining sovereign power into lections help demonstrators in the capital khartoum kept up their protests a day after the so-called million strong march for civilian rule they've been massing outside army headquarters ever since the ousting of president omar al bashir just over two weeks ago. and i'm now joined by our abdul karim who is actually just returned from sudan and we were

looking at some just impressive pictures there from sudan tens of thousands of people out in the streets there at the army headquarters they want civilian rule i mean you were there what was that experience like though the way we saw it in the picture people are angry they're frustrated and they only want one thing which is that the military council gives the hands over the power to a civilian council because they said it's enough like the revolution if we can call it through volution this is also discussion ensued done about it it started in december until now and then i'll marry but she is not anymore the president so now they don't want any military control or any military power they said it's enough we have been living for thirty years under dictatorship was a military dictatorship and that's enough but then also people say their dictator is god a dictatorship is there so a lot of discussions going on and you could really have the feeling when you talk to people that they just want the power in the hand of passivity or what strikes me

and from watching this all. fold it's been relatively peaceful the sense of what's been the key to that i think this is the knees are fed up with the war because the last if you the thirteen people died at this time also people died another say moment in two thousand and thirteen and they are fed up with. having fights among each other and that's why the whole time when they talk and a day chant they always say peaceful peaceful it should stay peaceful and also the turning point that to now the military is peaceful and this is being a constant on the side from the military and that's what people till now they respect the military and they said they are the ones who supported us they are the ones who are with us but we don't want them in power so they respect them but there's no place for them to be in power so there is this level of respect yes but what about trust is there trust between civilians and the military council very good one day respect but i don't think they trust them because they just look to

their neighbors in egypt and at the beginning everyone respected the military and said they are helping us they are people's choice or some of them in egypt and then these are saying we don't want to go there were so that where today egypt is we don't want to have a president. presenting the military at the end also in sudan and that's why they say no we don't trust you b. you're trying to be nice to us you're trying to talk preserve what we're doing we are ready for any game and we don't want to come so far with civilian movements with so many people it's always hard to come to consensus right they don't want they don't want the military in power yes what do they want in particular can they agree on anything else they agree if they want to civilian council transitional council but they have a lot of challenges because you have to imagine we see the big amount of people who have different parties political parties who have different groups who have the so-called youth of the revolution you have protesters you have different movements

and all together to be you know. it is very hard now in sudan because we don't have to forget thirty years there was one voice one dictatorship and now suddenly we're expecting from these people to have political awareness organizations n.g.o.s but that's not the case it's like everyone has the feeling i can be president i can rule i have a voice i want to speak out it's time for my voice to be heard and every group together they are not united because till now that's what the military is taking advantage of a civilian council with concrete names and people who could lead down the next phase there are no concrete names there is no a complete group of people who all unite who could be people's choice and that's why the military council is saying as long as you're on your new united who should we give the power to and this is being you know this is being paid very smart by the military movement still organizing for itself. just returned from sudan thank

you for the firsthand perspective thank you for. our let's get you caught up now on some of the other stories making news around the world tens of thousands of algerian protesters have turned out in the capital and other cities for the tenth week in a row three pressure forced long time ruler of dell is easy to flick up to step down earlier this month now demonstrators want his allies who are heading the transitional government to go as well they fear elections scheduled for july fourth if you bring. u.s. presidents donald trump has vowed to withdraw from an international arms trade treaty approved by his predecessor rock obama's trump told members of the pro-gun group the national rifle association that he would be informing the united nations of the move toward the agreement regulates the trade in conventional methods for a series a russian woman who admitted to secretly infiltrating the us political groups or the kremlin has been sentenced to eighteen months in prison or will be deported to russia after her jail term you know was the leader of

a small russian gun rights group and used her ties to the national rifle association to build a network of powerful republican contacts. a major summit is underway in beijing as china shows off the expansion of its key infrastructure projects known as the belt and road anish leaders from some thirty seven countries are discussing this gigantic project with china's president. launched five years ago it's set to boost trade between china and the world there are concerns though that the project could lead to a market monopoly by china but it is an ambitious initiative a massive infrastructure project which aims to connect asia to europe and africa china's belt and road initiative is expected to involve trillions of dollars in investments and has already funded trains highways and ports in many countries.

chinese president xi jinping open the belt and road summit on friday with more than thirty heads of state from across the globe despite his reassurances some attendees showed concern that they might become saddled with debt the chinese president sought to allay fears and promised cooperation transparency and zero tolerance of corruption as guiding principles. for. the belton road is not an exclusive club and it aims to promote green development. we are convinced that are more open china will further integrate itself into the world and deliver greater progress and prosperity for china and the world at large bush. speaking at the summit malaysian prime minister mohammed marketeers sought to raise doubts about his country's desire to take part just a week ago malaysia resumed the china backed rail link project after the chinese contractor agreed to cut the construction cost by a third to ten point six billion u.s.

dollars but mcateer did raise some environmental concerns. the streets of malacca and then. route. then the international community must assume responsibility for keeping the seas clear and polluted but so far this falls on the literals is the are the ones who suffer pollution and the have them in force to clean this sea and they shaws it does not seem fair that the poorly towards the east should be burdened with this responsibility others including the u.s. russia japan and india are worried that china is trying to build a trade and political network which expands its strategic influence russia however

seems supportive so far. russia is willing to make efforts to create transparent conditions contributing to the development of cooperation and collaboration across the eurasian continent pretty good. it's important to find an effective response to the risks of the fragmentation of global political economic and technological space and to the rise in protectionism five years after the belt and road project broke ground china is doing its very best to persuade the global powers that its new trade routes will benefit the world. to spain now where voters will be heading to the polls this weekend it's spain's third election in just four years prime minister pedro sanches was forced to call an early election when his minority government failed to pass a national spending bill in february sanchez's socialists are ahead right now in

the opinion polls but not far behind them is. of the conservative people already neither of those two major parties though are expected to secure an outright majority that means they'll need support from the smaller parties which are enjoying a big surge in popularity we're talking about the center right the far left we need us or the most and the far right box party parties have gained support in rural areas many people feel forgotten by politicians in the capital madrid reporter lisa lewis visited some of those rural communities near the city of ted rule in eastern spain where two traditional parties used to having power are now scrambling forts and looking for voters support. and i calculate meant is decided to speak out for empty spain she grew up in this village with three hundred inhabitants one bar and a bakery only open for an hour a day now she's running for parliament in the province of parallel for the

conservative people's party. representing ten well would make me really happy. every piece of good news is being celebrated by everybody here. even if it doesn't concern all of us directly. we're like a big family. not. she takes us to a nearby village with one hundred thirty inhabitants the local people around government recently convinced someone to run the villages only shop and bar by not charging in any rent the village hadn't had a grocery shop for three years but that hasn't convinced everybody here to pay for the party. which. province is completely isolated we don't have proper infrastructure our trains are falling apart and are really slow the traditional parties have promised action and pledged millions of euros but they just haven't delivered which are often coming in now that. we want

to implement an action plan for the countryside and take special measures into well . we've been fighting for people here for a long time. i just don't trust the political class anymore. they all talk about grand ideas but afterwards there are parts of spain that are just forgotten. you know desperate and disappointed people are putting their hopes in smaller more radical parties in the provincial capital we need model d.s. from the far left party who need us put their most promising voters a breath of fresh air and a fresh start. and on the other the traditional parties have governed spain for forty years and are responsible for the emptying of the countryside people should

have the courage to vote for our innovative policies they will bring people back. we will build new roads and train lines and create more job opportunities for women and me. like the smaller parties raquel says the p.p. also has a master plan to bring life back to the countryside she's promising better infrastructure and more support for farmers and better internet access it is that people should trust us to make the most out of their vote. not float for the smaller parties the fewer seats our party has the less it will be able to do for the countryside. but the elections are expected to show that spaniards not just in rural areas but across the country are losing faith in the traditional parties and winning that back will take more than just promises but said now lisa lewis she is in madrid for us where the final day of campaigning is taking

place in spain lisa what are the parties getting up to where you are now the last day to campaign. well there are several parties holding their last rally here in the capital we just came back from a meeting from far right party vox thousands of people there and all of the different parties here or am i in valencia actually holding their last rallies trying to convince as many voters as possible because atlanta now according to polls forty percent of the spaniards still haven't made up their mind. and we're seeing pictures from that box rally this is the party of those kind of the new kid on the block the far right box how is it resonating with voters in spain. yes the party was founded five years ago by former people's party's leaders and the people i talked to at this very meeting actually told me how liberated they felt

they said you know finally a party is saying something that i really think i feel represented by this nationalist message they said i'm against abortion i think spain should be a grand a wonderful country and and be really proud of its its its heritage and they feel quite close to other far right parties across europe such as the a ifti in germany there's also an anti european message in that they think that spain should be a strong country and not depend on the e.u. now that that message has actually i mean that the whole the whole nationalistic nationalist message has had a large impact on the campaign here the left reacting to it and saying you know we need to protect ourselves we don't want a far right parliament and the right wing parties so the people's party and the c.o. that honest party which is the market liberal party they were also reacting to it

by shifting further to the right to actually grab some of us is that. looks like spain like many other european countries seeing a shift in its political landscape lisa louis for us thank you very much. well one of the biggest threats to elections all over the world these days is so-called fake news and it's proliferation on social media in india nearly nine hundred million voters are casting their ballots in a high stakes election and next month some three hundred fifty million voters go to polling stations across the european union to elect a new parliament so twitter has unveiled a new tool to try to tackle the spread of false information that's what has brought . slater into the studio my i'm a big twitter user i haven't seen this tool tell me tell me what this all about so this has been rolled out in india already it's going to be rolled out in the e.u.

very soon and it's builds on the system that we already know very well which is reporting tweets for abuse this is very similar to that but it's specifically about targeting false information about voting attempts to mislead voters about where when or how to vote and we have a well visual about how exactly it works so let's say you're a living your life on twitter as many of us do and you see a tweet saying oh you can just vote by texting which is not how it works in any democracy that i'm aware of so this is an attempt at voter suppression you hit the drop down menu you click it's misleading about voting and then the tweet in question goes off to twitter and it's that easy if you're an ego i user of twitter you too can guard our democracy ok well that's great i mean twitter yeah you guarding democracy story live looks pretty straightforward i suppose we've all been reported to tweet before is it effective is that enough this is the big question

twitter has been extremely vague about what actually happens to that tweet once you report it does it get deleted automatically is the account taken down and if it is noteworthy that twitter does not actually have a broad policy or definition for what exactly is misinformation so all of the big social media companies twitter facebook google etc have all been under a lot of pressure from governments worldwide to do something about the spread of fake news and the european commission back in march released a report saying none of them are doing enough really now facebook has recently created a new mechanism by which users can see more transparently who is paying for ads where the money is coming from where these people or this government or this business is based that's advertising to them but this twitter mechanism that we're talking about now which twitter is giving a lot. ballyhoo saying this all this will help a lot is relying on users and soley users to have good enough hearts to want to.

regulate self regulate twitter and problems with voting so it's a bold strategy all have to see if it pans out unveiled now in india coming soon. thanks so much. all right we had now it's asia's largest island of borneo long famed for its lush rain forests and abundant wildlife but today both borneo jungle and animal kingdom are under attack the expansion of palm oil plantations put our closest living relatives the wrong it sounds in danger of extinction scientists are now experimenting with a new way to track and monitor them. somewhere underneath the thick canopy of borneo is rainforest orangutans i bringing the jungle foraging for food i'm swinging from tree to tree but every day this fewer of them the natural habitat is shrinking and becoming more dangerous.

these are running times live in a sanctuary as so many others is they are all things and i'm able to survive in the wild it's the sight of. land clearing and poaching are said to have wiped out half of the population since the start of the millennium conservation groups say it's paramount to accurately monitor their numbers and location but tracking the animals in the wild is like searching for a needle in a haystack. so how do you spot on a running time in the thick jungle of borneo a team of scientists says with drawings and imaging cameras. we've been working diligently whether it's dark so early mornings and early evenings we do that because if it's true today the temperature of the force is quite similar to the lurkers all of the bodies on the level so you detect warm animals that well

during the evening before school zone and detection did heat difference becomes larger so detection goes up in the morning it's best because the forest had all the light to cool down its heat and then the animals really stand out in. very very well. for now it's an experiment but those who were involved in the project say it has the potential to provide more exact information than the traditional method of monitoring orangutans until now numbers were estimated by counting the nests they build we've been extremely successful. with the texting in their nests from various heights so we've learned a lot by those results. the technology isn't yet perfect sometimes other animals are caught on camera such as pygmy elephants or monkeys but the team says it's working on an algorithm that will help tell the species of

pot. conservationists hope that technology will play a significant part and painting a more accurate picture of borneo is endangered around the temple. but it will take much more to stop that decline in the wild. a zoo in the mexican municipality of guadalupe near monterey has unveiled three cubs from a rare white bengal tiger they all those are cute the two males and one female were born one month ago and they are genetic variation of the better known orange bengal tigers only five thousand of them are currently living in the wild down from one hundred thousand are the twentieth century poaching deforestation and over hunting of the because it's natural for a have impacted their numbers but those three huge obstacle. and reminder now the top story that we're all going for you at this hour of the

authorities in mozambique are warning of a high risk for mudslides and flooding in the next twenty four hours as heavy rains from cyclonic kind of continues to drench the country the storm has claimed three lives so far. coming up after the break n.p.r. meets the liberian fisherman fighting against illegal fishing watching the news i'm called aspen and i'll be back after the top of the hour i just want to.

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