there is a truck thank you for that for the european union leaders are still deadlocked over who should take on the blocks top jobs they've now suspended talks until tuesday france and germany had agreed to support the same candidate for the key post of commission president says dutch social democrat from stimulants but there's been stiff opposition all of the e.u. is top jobs are changing hands this year for the european elections in may. good night sleep that's what journalists and e.u. leaders are desperate for after talks through the night brought no consensus speaking after the marathon meeting german chancellor angela merkel said technically a candidate could have been chosen by out voting a group of countries but that she said would be unwise decision reason really make an effort to find a compromise before they'd like this to avoid tensions that could cause problems for many years that we're facing a threat since in many of the challenges and also say we should be careful in the way we treat each other. franco german

compromise could see that dutch social democrat friends to months had the commission but eastern european countries and italy reject that idea. stalemate is the disappointment for many leaders and prompted france's president to demand radical changes to the way the e.u. operates. it's we can't be held hostage by a small group of members a days we need to find a way to make key decisions together. for now it's hoped a new attempt at compromise tomorrow can bring what 20 hours of talks so far could not. but take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world at least 10 people are reported to have been killed and almost 200 injured in clashes between police and protesters in sudan thousands took to the streets on sunday to repeat demands that the ruling military council hand power to a civilian government rallies with the biggest since police killed dozens of

protesters to a month ago. a powerful car bomb explosion join rush hour in the afghan capital kabul has wounded at least 65 people is also a fear that people have been killed being splurging targeted the afghan defense ministry was followed by a gunman battling special forces the taliban is the most militant group has claimed responsibility for the attack. a german military helicopter has crashed in the northern city of hama over media reports suggest that at least one person has been killed so far there is no word on the coast of the crash. watching d.w. news life and balance still to come the elected spanish politician champion lightweight taking on domestic abuse the woman whose fights take place in the boxing ring real. first the german captain of

a migrant rescue ship has appeared in court in italy. was arrested after her vessel the sea watch 3 is said to evacuate a police speedboat while entering the port of lampedusa without permission see watch 3 was carrying 40 migrants rescued from the mediterranean is convicted the 31 year old faces up to 10 years in prison. this was the scene in front of the italian embassy in berlin on monday crowds gathered in support of. the captain in custody and to protest against the italian interior minister much more. than the t.s.a. is doubling down on his stance against refugees and against private rescue operations. that. if she is a criminal i'm a criminal. if you criminalize those who rescue other people or fight for humanitarian causes well then i'm a criminal too you may know these you know people should not be getting. over the

weekend german foreign minister heiko mass made his opposition to the captain's arrest clear he said he would continue to push for her release in negotiations because italian counterparts. it's kind of stuff rescuing people at sea is not a criminal offense it's a humanitarian act that's why i think ultimately anything other than a release will only lead to considerable irritation or he pushes for. by midday monday private advocacy groups had managed to raise some 750000 euros for the captain that amount has now topped one. over a 1000000. it's money to hold out our kids will need to cover her legal expenses to margaret she rescued will be resettled in a number of countries it's the 9th time germany has joined what people are calling a coalition of the willing something far from a long term solution. for japan has officially resumed commercial whaling after

31 year hiatus fischman 1st catches the shore today dismissing criticism from campaigners who say the practice is cruel and outdated 5 vessels that sail from japan's new port of call and returned with 2 grade been killed miles the government announced plans to catch 227 whales this you. don't like for just watching has been following this story welcome alex regardless of the controversy surrounding this decision today japanese fishing would have been hunting whales for the last 30 years yes that's right and it's under so-called scientific for search and they've been it's been taking place in the antarctic now regularly it was up to a 1000 whales a year that were killed one particular year 1200 whales some of that meets ended up on the domestic market in japan which led many critics to say that japan was

announcing the international whaling commission rules of the i w c which bans whaling and so that led to where we've got to with big debates between japan and the i.w.c. they officially announced on sunday that they will quitting at the international whaling commission but actually japan had decided back in december to do this now they've put these new a new quota in place as you say where they are allowing fishermen to kill 227 whales this yeah and we can hear now from one from the chair of one japanese whaling association on that decision. the quota is something that would not affect resources even for 100 years we want to continue whiling in the future in a sustainable manner the quota that has been released is something that would not affect resources for 100 years so we will follow the quota and continue to hunt.

and explore strides whiting is easy right is this waiting sustainable well if you speak to some of the marine conservation groups the big problem is protecting the endangered populations and particularly in japan and can quote is actually protect those populations that's the question we can hear now from nicholas entrant from ocean k. he wants that very question science tells us that the minke whale is divided in certain populations and one population is highly endangered it so when the whale approaches them into a lot of altering kills it it can of different say it is this and they chipped whale or isn't all endangered whale its staff and you finally will find out about the genetics severity often you find endangered whales or waves from undateable fallacious on the market and that's quite an appalling situation. can textually japan has quite

a long tradition of whaling. tradition played any role in today's online conversation yes it certainly has particularly among conservatives and the older generation of fishermen jeff and his fisherman have believed to have started a whaling in the 12th century so many japanese believe that this is part of that tradition this is all about national pride and they say it's become part of the japanese food culture but it's important to point out about this that actually in the 1960 s. 200000 tonnes of well meat was consumed in japan nowadays it's only 5000 tonnes about no point one percent of all neat consumed in japan the question is will this decision to get rid of the ban affect those numbers will move japanese decide to eat well meat obviously that is what fishermen are hoping and the government that those critics who are against the removal of this ban will be hoping it certainly won't and that impacts the japanese will be shamed into not eating well meat atoll

in the future alex forrest watching thank you. the issue of domestic violence has been put back on the spanish political agenda by the far right fox party they won 24 seats in parliament on a platform that included they scrapping of a gender violence law that it says discriminates against men so a politician who was herself physically abused is fighting back and using boxing to champion women's rights. a picture of resilience miriam gutierrez is a fighter who has battled her way back from a horrific past when she was pregnant at age 21 a partner at the time beat her so severely that she gave birth prematurely. when he beat me the 1st time i was 8 months pregnant and about to give birth he hit my face and such a way that he broke several bones and i fell to the ground. and the 1st thing that

came to my mind as a person carrying a child was does my daughter still have a heartbeat. luckily she did her daughter has grown up healthy and out of harm's way. out of my daughter's now 14 and she's super super happy she has a mother who's 4 for her telly end and i'll keep doing so i also have a 6 year old my life is completely read vote that i'm in there it's up the spanish mother of 2 has had quite a year 1st becoming a european lightweight boxing champion in march and then getting elected as a city councilor in a madrid suburb in may i journey that has inspired me i. i'm just doing what i enjoy doing people who get up again and see me as a little raven spiration can say if she's done what i can to. get out of the

outside the ring she spreads her message by holding workshops and delivering speeches at events tackling domestic violence it's her dream to one day when a world title. there is a reminder of our top stories at this hour. a place of fire to gossip pro-democracy protesters in hong kong and treat a can parliament of the demonstrators broke into the city's legislature on the on of the terrorists returned to chinese rule protesters i read about pod leftists but legislation that would allow extraditions to china. and european union leaders said told through the night but still couldn't decide who should get the top jobs a top of the powerful post a commission president of opened up an east west divide those discussions will resume to. the state of newsletters from dublin up next d.w.

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