w. . this is d. w. news coming to you live from violence erupts in indonesia as protesters refuse to accept the outcome of the presidential election supporters of the unsuccessful candidate clashed with security forces in the capital jakarta several people are feared dead also coming up they're calling it the fight for their lives abortion rights activists staged rallies in cities across america protests come as some u.s. states impose even tighter restrictions on terminations and fears grow up a showdown at the supreme court. plus him under threat in kenya or

magnificent animals but they're facing a challenge with potentially devastating implications not just for their survival but also for the health of pretty. well i'm terry martin thanks for joining us the governor of the indonesian capital jakarta says at least 6 people have been killed in clashes there that's between the police and opponents of newly reelected president joko widodo bonnets broke out after the election commission confirmed with those victory in last month's holes the main opposition candidate said he believed there had been widespread cheating for 200 people are reported injured in police say they've made at least 20 arrests . more let's go straight over to jakarta i'm joined by journalist ricardo paris

solera last night i understand mobs clashed with security forces there tell us how did that develop and what's the situation there now. well i'm the mom in this situation somehow come out of no one really expected what happened the night started yesterday night and then it's in this morning because your doctor said that 6 people have died and 200 were in your and 2 hospitals. in the morning the military still being between the policemen and the protesters in the obama central market. there were around a 1000 people there promised only one out of cocktails. and well the government has already said that this equation might just go away although they hope to have it off by today so 6 deaths have been reported you say this sounds quite serious there

have even been reports of a plot to seize crucial government buildings in jakarta have you heard anything about. it is that soon coming you will follow the. news here that report is from police and there were due respect for these protesters to come to your. professors from outside the copy. and regarding the huge amount of units on the field which is more than 30000 it's highly unlikely these protesters can actually do something or speak i think you know over a government building or. certainly disrupt the whole of it. and most of the people are just you know home and not why not the jobs already sent all the all the workers back to the residence so there's a massive police presence on the streets trying to prevent any further violence how

much support does the defeated opposition candidates so beyond so. well you want 44.5 percent of the vote. country with a huge population this means almost 70000000 people voted for him but the key aspect here is that it's not his group's support of him and how deep in the protest these groups not proven how do you think he's influenced in politics i'm so sad i asked. her no elections in just a couple of years ago no 2017 so. clearly he has these very nice noisy group and influence of all that that could actually yep it could actually make an impact on what was going to go on in the following days record to thank you very much for bringing us up to date that was

journalist ricardo pet our solaire out there in jakarta now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world united states has said syria may still be using chemical weapons its government claims of part of parts of rebel held province and we can strike that reportedly killed 10 civilians for washington said it would respond quickly if it were shown that chemical weapons had been. heavy clashes near the libyan capital tripoli between pro-government forces and fighters loyal to warlord. heavy artillery deterred from the city center making this the worst fighting since ramadan began in early may. and vote counting is underway in malawi after the country's closely fought election president peter with a rico is battling to hold off 2 rivals in a race to focus on corruption allegations and economic development.

british prime minister teresa mayes latest brags that deal appears headed for defeat it's been rejected both by the opposition as well as many within her own party despite me offering what she said were concessions to win support that included a vote on whether to hold a 2nd breaks if. the labor to reach an agreement with supporters of abortion rights in the u.s. have held nationwide rallies to oppose new laws restricting access to the procedure they come as alabama passed a law essentially banning abortion and other states also consider tighter restrictions religious conservatives hope the bans will provoke legal challenges that will ultimately lead the supreme court to overturn roe versus wade that's the 1973 decision to stop which the woman's right to terminate her pregnancy in the u.s. . the. songs of protest in new york. that i was i was that

was that that. was the marches on the streets in montgomery alabama where the state legislature knocked it the most restrictive abortion law in the country just last week. on the protest in front of the supreme court in washington on the national day of action to stop the bans thousands rallied all over the country against recent rollbacks of abortion rights democratic lawmakers lined up to attack the republican party who's on to abortion campaign is gathering steam that either of us. can't. c be sure because. at the back country there thank god for ever versus. that.

from this very fractious. republican much like yours are waging a war. fundamental right was active ists all surrounded on the president's trunk has boosted the anti-abortion cause by appointing conservative judges to the supreme court hands to federal courts so that our message to your president jacques . was was not because we had enough of you are. now part bodies you are making decisions marcus about it. was the us is facing long and polarizing call room battles over the right to abortion. and it's another divisive issue as the country moves towards next year's presidential election. now a shakeup in german business detent such will step down as c.e.o.

of dima after 13 years in charge he joined the maker of mercedes cars way back in 1960 working his way up the ladder to become one of the most recognizable faces in this during his time at the top he helped imo recover from the failed takeover of chrysler in the us and to achieve record sales by feeling for younger base to be replaced as sea ice we dish board member or the plane he was at today's annual shareholder meeting for. one quite doe's representative to the u.k. vanessa norman has accused the international community of squabbling like children over bennett's whalen speaking to conflict zones tim sebastian and she said why does movement against president nicolas maduro was united and being betrayed by the outside world. then your decision to go this way that is then the president i voted

for you know critically no i didn't give or did no i'm sorry i'm sorry to what has happened is this after many years of the international community blaming ah say oh you can't get your act together and you need to unify we have unified we have a president according to our constitution called one by the will every single party is behind him my appointment for instance was approved by every single political party in the national assembly by noon and then pretty high on ironically what has happened is now that we are unified the international community has structure now you have the montevideo initiative the international contact group the lima group conversations and have anna and conversations are now all over the place and the irony is that that's the ultimate hypocrisy is that the international community ok and it's been like a bunch of squabbling children said the time when we have our act together since when that time that you trailered my people. and you watch the entire interview on

demand d.w. dot com slash conflicts. in football and manchester city in england forward heem sterling has called for harsher penalties on teams whose fans are found guilty of racist behavior sterling is coming off the back of the best season of his career but his performances were at times overshadowed by racist abuse now the 24 year old is leading the fight against racism in football. manchester city have dominated english football this season winning every domestic title but forward rakim sterling is hoping for another victory he's fronting a company which is proposed much tougher sanctions against teams whose fans held racist abuse or made one of the 9 point that action purely because if support for a team might or might seem to to get you know to talk that point football authorities often force teams to play a game behind closed doors as was the case with montenegro when fans abuse sterling

and over black england players in march sterling thinks that's not enough he was also targeted by chelsea fans in december and believes coverage of his lifestyle in the british press has contributed to fueling racist sentiment towards him there's not enough of the black people asian people in these high places to have a say to you know for these journalists when they write in these stories basically of a 2nd look because their boss could possibly total more for you know tell them no it need to change because if we look in this way sterling was named premier league player of the year by journalist this season he hopes his message is finally getting through. to kenya where hippopotamuses are facing a new threat not only are they being targeted by hunters they are also having to compete with other animals for food the result is that their numbers are dwindling now a new study has revealed that any reduction in their population could spell disaster

as hippos are by fall for the health of rivers. a hungry hippo grazes on the shores of kenya's lake 91 of a the 1500 hippos that make this lake its home but the grass here is increasingly in short supply. locals often bring back cattle down to the grasslands fringing the lake to feed the competition for food between wildlife and domestic animals is driven to the extreme by drought and climate change. it means that people are bringing the livestock into protected areas national parks and reserves and they're competing with the animals like hippos and these poor animals don't have any other source of food they literally will die of starvation if they hippos die the rivers and lakes could die with them hippos chaum through huge amounts of grass every night and this grass contains a precious element called silica floating in the water during the day that

digestion kicks in they then excrete vast quantities of dung into the water the silica in the hippo dung is absolutely vital for the health of africa's waterways a new study has found it helps curb algae blooms that killed marine life. so to have healthy waterways we need healthy hippos but hippos don't gotta much sympathy with the locals just last year several people have died from hippo attacks have been and many many cases of people killed by hippos and this means people don't like to tolerate people they were often killed it's been in the press in kenya quite a lot with in many many instances of local people calling the service to come and kill hippos because they feel like their lives are endangered. with that cattle and the hippos all competing for dwindling grasslands the biggest loser of this fight might be our environment. you're watching.

news up next is the soil in which we grow our food under threat our documentary the last harvest as the answers for you i'm terry martin thanks for joining us. shifting powers the old order is history the world is real uniting itself and the media's role is keep the topic in focus of the global media forum 2019 today one out of 2 people is online who are we following whom do we trust to.