choose your favorite color. this is the news live from berlin in south africa the governing a.n.c. is declared the election winner. but the party that has ruled the country since the end of apartheid is losing appeal and under pressure we find out from our correspondent in capetown also coming up. a deadly attack on a luxury hotel in pakistan gunmen shoot one person before being killed themselves a group of separatist militants has claimed responsibility for the attack. and in football sunday will decide the champions of the english premier league. leaders

manchester city or liverpool were trailing by just one point in the last round of the season. the next vice or welcome to the program. south africa's governing african national congress has secured a 6 straight term in power but with a diminished mandate with all the votes counted the a.n.c. has been declared the winner with 57.5 percent but that's its lowest share since the end of white minority rule 25 years ago the party has been battling corruption scandals a sluggish economy and record unemployment even so it was far ahead of its closest rival the opposition democratic alliance which trailed at just under 21 percent and . president cyril ramaphosa of the african national congress was speaking just

a short while ago in pretoria following the announcement of those official results here's what he had to say let us now work together black and why men and women young and old to build south africa but truly belongs to all who live in news as proclaimed by our full they dropped at the freedom charter one south africa which is united which is nonracial non fixes democratic and prosperous for more on this he. joins me now from capetown tell us about the mood there because the a.n.c. has won with a healthy majority but historically with their worst when ever the so that is that tempering celebration someone right i mean on the one hand days this downward trend clearly the a.n.c.

has been experiencing its throughout the last 34 elections on the other hand they still have 37 percent more votes than the 2nd strongest party the democratic alliance so that certainly gives them some reason to celebrate and why did they lose support since the last election. so the a.n.c. has been in power for 25 years ever since the end of apartheid and they made huge promises and honestly speaking they did not manage to fulfill many of them a lot of people here still living in poverty inequality here is a massive problem you have a few people. huge parts of the wealth of the country and a lot of people who don't own anything and the other problem that is very big is the issue of corruption and it has grown over the past 2 years under the watch of the a.n.c. of the african national congress they did not really manage to tackle the issue and this bothers a lot of south africans. what would you say president ram opposing the seed need to

do to reverse that downward trend you are talking about. we appear to have lost adrian creatures but will be coming back to him in later programs more details on the results of the south african election. 3 of the 4 foreign hostages rescued from a militant group and burkina faso have arrived in france the 4th an american woman is being repatriated separately the tourists were freed in an operation carried out by french special forces 2 soldiers were killed in the overnight raid in the west african country france has about 4 and a half 1000 troops in the region is leading an effort aimed at fighting jihadist insurgents which is considered a relative success so far but at a cost $24.00 french soldiers have died since 2013. $100.00 silent but it did terrible cost 1st patrick peak and then lawrence lessig will ya step off

an army plane dignitaries led by french president of the great dumb. it's a 2nd meeting with a head of state today still shocked and exhausted the men were scooted to became a fast size presidential palace choking back tears take thank the soldiers who freed them including those who died. to the families of the soldiers and to the soldiers who lost their lives to free us from this hounded if we wanted to offer condolences right away. the man was seized it became a fast as night. and my 1st there they were touring in the area francis long advised travelers to avoid they were held for over a week and then finally mccord let his special forces right they kidnap his camp. that operation left 4 hostage takers dead as well as 2 french commandos citric

d.p.s. and i named. the forces of the name and became a fast so i did the french operation sponsored there were about 15 cannot be soldiers in attendance there was also collaboration in terms of intelligence which led to the success of the. don't go. back in the. operation has achieved what it set to have to do rescue the hostages but the threat in the often hell is far from contained france has its hands full there fighting many militant groups across several countries. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world. protesters in albania have been throwing molotov cocktails at the prime minister's office opposition parties called for saturday's demonstration hoping to force from office they accuse him of manipulating election results 2 years ago and allege his party

has links to organized crime. is scheduled to hold municipal elections in june. rebels in yemen say they have begun to pull out of 3 ports in the city of her data it's part of a u.n. sponsored cease fire agreement reached in december between the country's warring parties yemen's conflict has resulted in the world's worst humanitarian crisis with more than 2 thirds of the population in need of aid. and cuba is introducing widespread rationing as it struggles with an economic crisis chicken eggs rice and soap are among the basic products affected cuba's blaming the u.s. trade embargo but analysts say the collapse of aid from venezuela has hit cuba just as hard. scuffles broke out today in hong kong's legislative assembly pro-democracy and probe aging lawmakers clashed amid high tensions over a proposed law that would allow extraditions to mainland china at least 4 people

were injured. pakistan's military say gunmen have killed one person in an attack in the port city of. the attack took place in a luxury hotel called the pearly continental in a statement the military identified the victim as a security guard and said that all 3 assailants were subsequently killed in a shootout all the guests were safely evacuated a group called the bluff just on liberation army has claimed responsibility for the attack the water has been the scene of significant investment from china recently. for we spoke earlier to journalist. and asked him to tell us more about the group that claimed responsibility for the attack at the blood just liberation army and the city of water itself this is not the 1st time they have taken any such attack if you go to the boss back in november last year they attacked the. chinese gaunts

late but at least 7 people. know that the situation was quite contorted by the law enforcement agencies over there but still there were 7 get rid of them back in august last year they attacked the bus. they were like a few of the casualties inflicted on the north on the claims of the responsibility off the attack but also issued a proper picture of the suicide attack good it was identified they are against the seat back and they have been doing such kind of activities in the boss this is not the 1st time they have claimed responsibility of least such attack on the if they can any such attack china has invested around 50 a 1000000000 u.s. dollars in autoimmune disorder but $1200.00 projects. there's a lot of construction going on there a lot of investors not only coming from china but all across the football from all

across the world. and this. is the only fight started of city which is their father but look the investors the real estate agents they get to travel to be quite frequently and that's the place where they stayed. that was arson in peshawar through almost every country the world has agreed to united nations deal to regulate the export of polluting plastic waste representatives from 187 countries signed the pox after some 2 weeks of talks in geneva united states was a notable exception the deal will make it harder to export hard to recycle waste to poor and developing countries observers say it's a crucial step towards cleaning up the world's beaches and oceans. in the bundesliga the title race will go down to the very last day of the season after byron munich failed to beat leipsic the varians thought they'd scored the

winning goal just after half time but because goal was ruled out for offside the match ended nil nil that gave dortmund a chance to remain in the title race and they took full advantage with a nervy $32.00 victory over dusseldorf one game remains in the bundesliga with biron only requiring one more point to seal the championship let's take a look at all of the other results so far on the penultimate weekend of the season bremen won away to huff and haim stuttgart take the relegation play off place after beating wolfsburg without nuremberg or relegated after their 4 nil loss to mention glad they've refused and shouted drew $11.00 hand over are also relegated despite their win over freiburg and berlin beat out 43 in a thrilling game and bavaria on sunday frankfurt host rivals mines

in formula one now championship leader valtteri bottas will start the spanish grand prix in pole position after setting the fastest time in saturday's qualifying. it will be the 3rd race in a row that has started from the front of the grid and definit will be joined by his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton who starts in 2nd ferrari sebastian vettel begins in 3rd place as the mercedes jeweled look to continue their early season dominance . and sunday will see one of the most exciting battles for the english premier league title reigning champions manchester city are just one point ahead of liverpool who haven't won an english english league title for 29 years later vole were 7 points ahead of manchester city in january before the defending champions clawed their way back to manchester city hope to do what hasn't been done since 2009 to retain the premier league title they are in pole position with $95.00

points one and of liverpool but will pep guardiola steam buckle under the pressure in their match against brighton that it is a game that anything can happen it's more pressure because one mistake for our side one incredible performance for the opposite side one mistake for the referees in or against. you can decide the title. meanwhile liverpool are hoping for another american and manchester city slip up and the liverpool victory over vova hampton wanderers what mean a 1st week title for the club in 29 years but even they believe all believers think city i'm likely to stumble. in this situation obviously it looks like we'll have some bright no like. we will see december but they have. to play and moves with ambitions because they showed the whole year joy that

football is. a belief a competitive league. 2 sides with crafty coaches'. 2 sites with top talent but only one team will lift the trophy on sunday. and exciting conclusion of the season you're watching the news live from berlin up next we have a documentary about the life of nelson mandela for you remember you can also get the latest news on our web site d w dot com leave you now with some beautiful pictures from the water like festival in but it's the noni italy. a little. older. player.

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