the plight of the week or so in china our interview with iran khan on january 20th starts 730 u.t.c. on d w. play . the bass. player. this is d w news live from berlin germany's chancellor angela merkel attempts to broker a peace deal for libya a major international peace conference on libya will be held here in the german capital on sunday but on the ground in libya deep divisions remain demonstrations are held in support of the un backed government and support of the rival administration in the east of the country protesters from both sides say they

reject the peace summit. plus iran's supreme leader heads out of the united states leaving friday prayers for the 1st time since 2012 ayatollah i become a dismissed president trump as a clown wants to push the toys and dagger into iran's back also on the program. 75 years after the bombing of baghdad but in the world in world war 2 the german city hosts a series of commemorative events but many locals fear the anniversary may be exploited by far right groups. played. i'm told me all logic well welcome to the program tensions are simmering in libya well opponents to the country's internationally recognized government a blow. a number of oil production facilities in protest threatening the country's

main source of revenue friday so rival demonstrations in favor of both competing administrations in the country the protests come just days before an international summit due to be held is due to be held here in berlin aimed at stopping libya's fighting. demonstrators in a divided libya in the east of the country and benghazi protesters loyal to general . voiced their frustrations on friday. chancing no just to rush and no to revolutionaries the protesters accuse the u.n. back to administration in tripoli of using income from oil exports to buy support from foreign mercenaries. revenue goes to the wrong central bank bank. the center what does the central bank do they send it to them since that to the militias to the mere scenary and the rest of it whatever is left to correction.

meanwhile in tripoli the home of the u.n. backed government of national unity there was also large demonstrations many supporters of fires i'll see roger is the administration said while they were in favor of peace they rejected the planned peace talks in berlin. after 9 months of fighting and they see that there will be a meeting in berlin but now we have the power and are able to return have to our back to where he came from. and i myself will not agree with anything nor will i be accepting any dictators. nevertheless both. in general have to are expected to attend sunday's peace talks in berlin. and so to 2 other men whom observers considered to be the decisive players in the conflict turkish president red chip type are one who supports the raj and russia's vladimir putin who backs.

the goal of the bill and conferences to turn the fragile ceasefire both libyan leaders have agreed to into a long term solution and hold foreign military interference in the country. but that could be a tall order considering the level of international interest in the country and the various nations with competing interests there. and d.-w. political correspondent simon young says expectations are high that a peace deal can be reached at the libya conference in berlin on sunday hopes for peace in libya are rising as sunday's high level summit draws nearer the presidents of russia egypt turkey and france as well as the u.s. secretary of state and the leaders of the 2 warring factions will be in berlin to sign a deal that some say is already in large part agreed some countries like tunisia and greece which have not been invited even though they have vital interests in libya have been making it clear they want to be at

a meeting they believe will shape the region in the coming years for those that are here the test will be to commit to withdrawing foreign arms and troops from libya and to guarantee that the cease fire will hold those are the essential conditions for peace meanwhile some like the e.u. foreign policy chief joseph burrell were already thinking about what comes after and what role the e.u. should have in ensuring stability on its southern flank. u.s. president donald trump has warned iran's supreme leader ayatollah khamenei to be very careful with his words it comes after him in a denounce the united states and urge iranians to unite behind their government in a rare appearance on friday prayers he dismissed trump as a clown adding his support for the iranian people is a pretense the ayatollah also defended iran's military after it admitted shooting down a ukrainian passenger jet by mistake. after weeks of national trauma thousands

turned out to see iran's supreme leader in a rare show of strength the men cheered and chanted as ali how many railed against iran's enemies. like. american clowns who falsely and despicably say that we are standing with the iranian people and say they can see who the iranian people. are the few hundreds of people who insulted the picture about martyred and honorable general custom sell the money the iranian people. all rather your branding and people the millions who showed themselves on the streets. his intervention comes after the country's top military commander was killed by u.s. forces earlier this month triggering a nationwide outpouring of grief and a tragic stampede which saw scores killed. then came what iran said was an

accidental dining of a passenger jet killing all 176 people on board. angry protests engulfed the capital. yank the ayatollah lamented the crash but said iran was being manipulated. some people followed guided by american television english radio try to portray this incident in such a way that the deaths of these 2 martyrs would be forgotten your mojo you. i don't message paired lowden clear by president rouhani who sat among the washed. the ayatollahs presents underscores the crisis the last time he delivered friday prayers in 2012 amid

a standoff over its nuclear weapons program. meanwhile canada has iran to allow france to analyze the flight and cockpit data recorders from the ukrainian passenger plane iran has admitted to shooting the plane down accidentally canadian prime minister justin trudeau said france was one of the few countries with the ability to read the plane's black boxes which he said well badly damaged 57 people on board the ukrainian international airlines flight or canadian citizens so. now let's take a quick look at some other stories making news. u.s. president donald trump is bringing in some legal heavyweights to defend him in a senate impeachment trial he's added former independent counsel ken starr who paved the way for bill clinton's impeachment and alan dershowitz who's known for defending sex offender jeffrey epstein. the.

united states senate has announced it will begin testing travelers from behind china for signs of a new virus at 3 airports a respiratory virus causes fever and breathing troubles and has so far infected 40 people killing 2 travelers with signs of the illness will be referred to local hospitals for additional testing. migrants in greece protested on friday after a migrant was fatally stabbed in the morea town on the island of less because the demonstrators chanted morea are not safe aid groups say they're often acts of violence in the camp which has a capacity of 3000 but currently houses more than 190-0000 people. mexican president and the rest manuel lopez obrador says he may raffle off his predecessors presidential plane lopez obrador has been unable to find a buyer for the $130000000.00 boeing dreamliner because it is the jet over the look

serious and prefers to take commercial flights when traveling. the german city of mad oberg is marking the 75th anniversary of the bombing it suffered in the 2nd world war on the night of 16th of january 1905 an air raid by allied forces destroyed much of the city a series of commemorative events are being held over the weekend but many fear that far right groups will use the anniversary to promote their own distorted version of history on friday mad dog locals came out to commemorate the bombing and to voice their opposition to the far right. people filed through the center of town to commemorate the unimaginable hundreds dying as their city burned on friday that the book is gathered in a spirit of reconciliation with a message of warning to far right groups who seek to exploit this anniversary to their own and. other stuff and why

a lot of suffering happened at the hands of germans without germans world war 2 would never have happened to work would never have been bombed. like great fear is that the far right could come into power again and i know what happened in the nazi era. is. 4 months before the end of world war 2 when you're at the center of multiple it was almost completely destroyed in a bombing campaign by the western allies historians estimate that 2000 residents were killed. far right groups exaggerate the number of bombing victims and portrayed the destruction of the city to fit their politics of victimhood. but many others turned out to show they're against this mentality. the 75th anniversary of the bombing of multiple work will be marked by commemorative events throughout the weekend. the

u.s. is edging closer to launching its astronauts into space again since retiring its shuttles back in 2011 the space agency nasa has relied on russian capsules for trips to and from the international space station but the plan has been to have private american industry to take over space taxi duties one company space x. is planning to destroy a rocket in a safety test on saturday. in today's test space x. is launching its crew dragon to check the spacecraft emergency aboard system mike earlier tests it's meant to show that the capsule can pull astronaut crews to safety if the rocket fire. eales catastrophic play during launch. space x. has already sent many unmanned to resupply missions to the i.s.o.'s with its cargo dragon this one returned to earth an early january and the company is now conducting what could be the final test on the crew dragon which is designed to

transport humans if successful the spacecraft might be cleared to carry astronauts up to the station as early as this spring. the crew dragon seeds up to 7 astronauts it's been built under a commercial contract for nasa the american space agency has outsourced to near earth activities my flights to the i access to the private sector growth space x. and boeing signed contracts with nasa in 2014 to build their own versions of the space tax a space x. currently has a lead over boeing in the race to receive nasa certification back in december boeing starliner failed to rendezvous with the i assert as planned unlike here in the animation the mission was supposed to be the system's final test flight before taking on astronauts despite the problems the capsule managed to land without a hitch and it's still not clear whether nasa will now demand further tests before

certifying the starliner. those companies were supposed to begin ferrying astronauts back and forth and 2017 but building vehicles for space travel is a risky business and there have also been setbacks for space x. along the way including a launch pad explosion but the company has sent an empty crew dragon to the i.o.c. successfully and now is hoping the system will take this final hurdle if it passes the abort test space-x. could be ferrying astronauts up to the i access within the next few months. french designer john cole got here has decide as announced his next pyres fashion show will be his last the flamboyant creator said he will be making his last appearance on the catwalk after debuting his latest collection celebrating his 50th year in the business but he assured fans that his brands would live on even if

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