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d.w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin antigovernment protests in albania turned violent demonstrators throw flares are crackers and molotov cocktails as they demand the government resign call special elections. they survived 8 hours in the water now they've been brought to tunisia some 70 of their friends and family died in the perilous crossing trying to reach europe. in south africa the governing a.n.c. has declared the election winner the party that has ruled the country since the end
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of apartheid is losing appeal and under pressure we find out why from our correspondent in cape town also coming up. i'm nick spicer welcome to the program. thousands of people have taken to the streets in cities across albania demanding the resignation of prime minister 80 rahma opposition parties called the demonstrations hoping to force ramit to resign and call snap elections in the capital to round up protesters besieged the prime minister's office throwing molotov cocktails at the building police responded with tear gas the opposition accuses ramma of manipulating election results 2 years ago and alleges his party has links to organized crime and violence is the latest in 3 months of anti-government protests. and for more on this i'm joined by
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correspondent for sorry in the albanian capital of tirana these are really incredible scenes what's the situation where you are now. well the situation has calmed down after clashes. in front of the government. positions the reporters through all of them. and they also moved on to. the world's . police and you use of tear gas and also they make use of several want to carry guns to disperse the crowd so the situation now is how they're being there to police officers that have been injured but also sarcastic. help us understand a little bit what's motivating this the opposition says there was fraud in the 27000 parliamentary elections that the united states and the european union says there was not who's right. well it's
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a bit more complicated than that the opposition was fired for partially an agreement to oversee a bill $2000.00 started you know elections and after the latch that he can dispute limits but the legitimacy of the whole but this came up there are fresh allegations were made earlier this year about 5 and organized crime. in vote by in per $2700.00 light actions and after that the opposition for if you get there. and not only call 1st now elections but they want again power sharing agreement to oversee your vote is it a big contest let's but it must be of prime minister of your arm are you calling to step down and they want a new government which will be part of so to oversee the fight against or going to ask about who will receive and used and all. these pictures we're seeing tonight are really just the sort of most visual if you will representation of 3 months of
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protests how long is this going to go on for. well it's hard to tell and it's certainly an unprecedented situation because the main opposition parties are not any more parliament we are supposed to have on june 30th or local elections so it's not sure that they are going to participate so there is certainly a political crisis brewery that need some sort of mediation to be years old a little part of this in albania. to have a hard time mediate and below and be forced with lot of easy. this is been one of the main problems of the country in its. european integration process. and this is one of the main complaints that you hear over and over during the electoral process is there isn't dialogue there isn't a certain
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a certain. rules of the political parties. ok bizarre like met in the capital to thank you for that and you very much survivors of a shipwreck in the mediterranean have arrived in tunisia they were trying to reach europe aboard a boat sailing from libya but dozens died when the vessel went down in international waters 16 people were rescued by fishing vessels there now sharing their stories. the horror of what they've say no to a parent. this small group of the survivors of a bike carrying at least 75 people have now been taken to a migrant center in. atlanta starting to grate what happened to them in the mediterranean say. my 2.
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brothers in ahmed's creep are in deep shock they still wake and some are ill because the waters will code they bite sank in the middle of the night they are rescued off to dorn spreading for a life we. need to hold. they. see. all of the passengers will man sent to stuff talk to them about their fight food journey in some cases these people paid thousands of euros they dreamed of beginning a new life in europe they could not have imagined the risk would be these high. you see. this. they didn't make it then instead they're back not far from where they started in
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tunisia having lost friends relatives in the quaintance is in that deadly see. it's take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world now. the rebels in yemen say they've begun to pull out of 3 ports in the city of the data is 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 is more than 2 thirds of the population in need of aid. 3 hostages freed by french commandos from militants in burkina faso returned to friends president emanuel back home personally welcome to 3 at an air base near paris 2 french soldiers were killed in the operation to free the hostages in the west african nation. pakistan's military says gunmen have killed a security guard in an attack on a luxury hotel in the port city of. 3 assailants were subsequently killed in
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a shoot out all guests were safely evacuated a group called the blotches stand liberation army has claimed responsibility for the attack. south african's governing african national congress has secured a 6th straight term in power in what some are calling a fall from grace it didn't win 57.5 percent of the vote but that amounts to its lowest share since the end of white minority rule 25 years ago in 2nd place came the opposition democratic alliance at just under 21 percent in the african nation just gave half the slap on the wrist but in the end the party managed to hold on to power it is real tough africa since apartheid and in 25 years ago his popularity has steadily declined. election victory means the party now is a chance to reverse its drift into corruption and economic mismanagement. present
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several wrong oppose a 2nd optimistic note after the initial results were announced let us know work together black and why men and women young and old to build a south africa that truly belongs to all who live in it as proclaimed by our 4 as they drafted the freedom charter one south africa which is united which is nonracial non thinks just democratic and prosperous. propose a hostile undo the damage wrought by precess and jacob zuma who presided over years of decline. apart from rooting out croft reviving the stagnant economy will be the president's main challenge if you've unemployment at 50 percent there is much at stake the election has given him oppose a mandate for reform but experts feel position from within his own party despite zuma being forced out of office by the a.n.c.
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many of his loyalists remain in high positions but if the party refuses to change its fortunes will continue to fade. for more on this adrian it joins me now from cape town. the a.n.c. wins a healthy majority but it's also its worst when ever the how should we see the result well i mean on the one hand the a.n.c. is still 57 percent ahead of the 2nd strongest party of the democratic alliance that is certainly a reason to celebrate but as you rightly said on the other hand they did manage to stop that down which trend ever since the elections 2004 the a.n.c. kept on losing voters. how do we explain the downward trend what's causing voters to turn away. well the a.n.c. did not manage to fulfil all the promises that the party made in the last 2 years and in the last elections still
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a big part of the population lives in poverty the economy is growing waste too slow more than every 2nd young person in this country is unemployed these big issues that needs to be addressed inequality is another big problem it's one of the most unequal societies in the world and on top of that corruption has been increasing in the last years especially under former president jacob zuma where corruption was thriving almost in almost all areas of governance and also all state institution without anything happening without any consequences and a lot of south africans are fed up with it and they are hoping that. i will now act as he has promised. what our people in more detail if you would expecting from president. so especially the young people i talked with a expects him to fix the economy to create employment but people are also expecting actions on these corruption cases and you know the big problem is that these corruption cases have been happening under they've watched of his very own party
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under the watch of the a.n.c. and many people you have the impression that there were never any consequences for people who were corrupt and so many south africans i talked to they really have high hopes now in rome up that he will not only tell them what he wants to do that he will really follow up on it and that also he will take action on people who are in his very own pot ok and then reporting from cape town thanks for that turning to culture now and the venice art be an alley open to the public on saturday marking the 1st day of the 6 months in which visitors can marvel at the latest contemporary art trends the winner of the coveted golden lion for best national contribution this year was lithuania it was honored for installation that deals with climate change how we react to it's croce threats. the sun and see an idyllic spot on the beach where an ecological disaster looms but
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everyone ignores it. this installation from lithuania was awarded the golden lion at this year's venice art being ali the 58th edition of the exhibition saw a record 90 national pavilions and experts say the be annihilated was never as political as this year's event whose fitting motto is may you live in interesting times. if you read the sort of the view now in. many kinds. can be aware defying this time becoming more difficult to. germany's pavilion also made a political statement a massive wall symbolizes the 1st world's increasing isolation against migrants. the work barkha nostra by swiss artist christophe usual is also political the centerpiece is a rusting fishing boat that sank off the coast of sicily in 2015 more than $800.00
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migrants drowned italy's right wing populist government protested against the installation art enthusiastic and get a closer view of these works reflecting interesting times until november when the venice biennale and. let's take a look at sports now and in formula one championship leader valley it's partly about terry bought aswell 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 bob test has started for the front of the grid and the finn will be joined by his mercedes team mate lewis hamilton who stars in 2nd ferrari sebastian vettel begins in 3rd place as a mercedes you will look to continue their early season dominance. it watching the news live from berlin we'll leave you now with some beautiful pictures from the water light festival in preston oney italy.
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