>> this is "dw news" live from berlin. we have got him -- the prime suspect in the paris terror attacks has been arrested after four months at large. also on the show, the eu and turkey's selah deal to curb the migrant crisis. in return europe will accept syrian refugees directly from turkey. more than 10,000 refugees remain

stuck at the squalid tent camp on the border of greece and macedonia. former german chancellor and deputy minister guido westerwelle has died. he was germany fell first openly gay government minister. welcome to the show. "we've got him." that is how the belgian justice minister managed to confirm the capture of of delisle psalm -- he had been at large for four months. and president francois hollande says he expects it is extradition to take place as quickly as possible. they discovered the fugitive's

fingerprints in an apartment earlier this week. so there was a joint press conference. what have they been saying? >> there were congratulations from the french president towards the belgian prime minister and those stressing the close cooperation the two securities services of had since the attacks in november in paris, so this was sort of a victory, a sort of celebration. the french president said also this was not over, he was not finished, and there were more arrests to come. what we have seen today, the security forces finally managed to lift some corners of this vast network of terrorists behind these attacks.

anchor: you were there during this operation. roll out the sequence of events? reporter: there was a sequence of anti-terror operations and one of them, the police obviously having had a tip found salah abdeslam while he was walking in the street, as incredible as it sounds. and then they were running after him. there was a second man. the second one was shot first, one did in the leg, and they shot salah abdeslam, wounded him, and they collected both of them and take them to the hospital. they have, of course, been arrested. there was a lengthy surrounding of the group of buildings where they had been holed up. someone has been pulled from the

building. we're not quite sure. police were still searching this block of buildings. there may be someone else hidden there. the main guy they were after since november, they found him. he was one of the most sought after men in europe by police. there is a certain victorious feeling. phil: tell us about this area of belgium where he was arrested. it seems extraordinary he could have been at large for so long. reporter:ice. there are large e e e e e e e gs assembling where police pushed back the press and the inhabitants were curious to see what happened. the police would make volleys and come out and chase them away, and you could feel the hostility.

the police do not get much help there. nobody talks in that area. it seems the belgian services do not really know who lives there, who is connected to whom. there are rental contracts. names of people that cannot be traced back. it is a war and. -- it is a warren. police have been trying really hard to find salah abdeslam. they feel a bit better now they have managed to do it. in the end, there are other people out there. the network seems to be rather larger than everybody thought in the beginning. phil: thank you. as you have been hearing the anti-terror raid has ended, the primary fugitive in the paris terror attacks arrested along with the d-up other men.

salah abdeslam had been at large since november when 130 people were killed. reporter: salah abdeslam's life on the run is over. it began in the hours after the paris terrace attacks -- terror attacks. he managed to slip through police dragnets. he was tracked to a petrol station between paris and brussels. despite several raids, he continued to elude capture. law enforcement speculated that he might have fled to syria. but the chase heated up this week. one man was killed in a police shootout. [dog barking] reporter: two others escaped. investigators found salah abdeslam's fingerprints in the hideout. they finally cornered him, and

he was shot in the leg and arrested. phil: on to other news now -- the eu has sealed a deal with to deal with the flow of migrants into europe. the pact will see thousands of illegal migrants sent back to turkey from -- ankara will also receive billions. reporter: hundreds of detainees at the turkish coast. turkish authorities intercepted their boat as they were trying to set sail to the greek island of less post. turkey's ability to stop the influx of migrants is at the core of the controversial deal between european leaders and brussels. >> i do not have any illusions that there will not be any setbacks to what we agreed on today. there are, for example, huge

logistic challenges. but i believe we made a deal that is now your reversible. -- irreversible. reporter: under the pact reached today, turkey agrees to take back all of the illegal migrants who was over to greece. in return, migrants will be resettled directly from turkish migrant camps. turkey does not fully honor the geneva convention on refugees. >> the international standards have to be respected. that goes for every country, including turkey. every time there is an issue with human rights, we will have to react. reporter: the turkish president accused the european union of

hypocrisy. >> at a time when turkey is hosting or than 3 million refugees, those countries that cannot find space for even a handful of refugees must first look at themselves. reporter: the turkish prime minister joins eu leaders in brussels and praised it as a stepping stone to turkey-eu relations. >> turkey and the eu have the same destiny, the same challenges, the same future. reporter: to seal the deal, eu leaders also agreed to grant turkish citizens visa free travel and give ankara financial aid to combat the crisis. the deal will begin as early as sunday. phil: max hoffman has been following these developments for us in brussels. max, tell us about this deal. is everybody a winner in this

deal? max: some consider the eu to be the loser because they cannot control the migrant situation and had to strike this deal with turkey, with their shady civil rights record, as many claim. but if you look, if you look at what turkey wanted and what they got, you might say, you may be a winner on some of the issues -- for example, visa free travel. but there is no clear commitment to when this will happen. basically all the eu leaders said, as soon as turkey fulfills all of the benchmarks, more than 70 by the way, they are ready for it. this may be sooner. this may be later. as far as the accession talks, the only chapter that they are opening is a rather harmless one that deals with the eu budget. they do not have to give up too

much except a lot of money, but if they are capable, able to transform the illegal migration into legal migration, it would be a success. but that's far from certain. phil: max, lots of countries and the you voice skepticism about this deal. lots of eu states are not keen on it. how all have they been able to get this unanimous deal? max: the skepticism about the visa deal was there all along, but the decision to allow turkey to have these of the -- these are free traffic was there. they said, we will look at this faster. if the benchmarks are fulfilled, turkey will have the possibility to look at it earlier. cyprus was a bigger problem. of course, a huge conflict with turkey. they always want to block the eu accession talks.

they only allowed this one chapter to be opened because cyprus cannot block that one. everything else, they continued to block it. there is some suspicion, unconfirmed, this may have to do with a possible reunification of cyprus, which of course, the island is divided and the german chancellor did confirm they talked about that a lot. phil: the deal has been criticized as illegal and immoral. how are these objections being addressed? max: they inserted a statement into the paper we saw earlier today, saying they want to be in full compliance. they want to work with the united nations to ensure that. on paper, it is fine. a lot of human rights organization saying it will be very, very difficult to do that. it is hard to individually check

on every person arriving in greece, and of course, the human rights record in turkey is a concern for many, and we will just have to see how this plays out and realized. we have the words, we have the paper, we have the migration crisis in many different settings, and many times it does not work out on the ground. why should it be different this time? a lot of people are still skeptical. phil: our correspondent spoke to a syrian refugee about to -- today's deal between turkey and the eu. reporter: we are catching up with a refugee from syria, whose story we have been following. good to have you with us. the refugees were just waiting for the summit in brussels. are you happy with the result? >> actually, no.

there is no solution for us. it's just waiting after the summit today, and it's terrible because they did not say anything for us -- maybe we are stuck here for two years, three years. reporter: they are offering a relocation program. with that the in option for you? >> no, this is a program, like a joke, but not a fun joke. i am alone here. they will take first the family and that they will take the underage and then the special cases, and that is why i must wait for tw's or three years waiting here. reporter: so what are your plans now? >> really, i have spent to weeks

-- two weeks and five days sleeping in a tent. i do not have any plan. reporter: good luck to you. >> thank you. phil: you are watching "dw news ," live from berlin. we will have business news in just a moment.

phil: this is "dw news" live from berlin. our top stories -- a prime suspect from the paris attacks has been captured in brussels. salah abdeslam was arrested after four months at large. the eu and turkey have reached a landmark deal on the migration crisis. thousands of migrants will be sent back to turkey. in return, the eu will accept syrian refugees directly from turkey. ankara will also get billions

and key concessions. and two porsche executives are off the hook? >> absolutely. a long-awaited verdict, phil. thank you very much. the x ceo and the company finance officer have walked free . the judge ruling in the case said there was no wait to allegations -- no weight to the allegations against the two men. reporter: the verdict was delivered in unusually blunt terms. that there had been no covert arrangements. they were visibly relieved after the verdict was handed down. >> i am exceptionally pleased

with this verdict. i said at the start of the trial and from the beginning that we are not guilty. we were correct and proper at all times and the court has confirmed this. reporter: the relatively small luxury carmaker set out to swallow the volkswagen empire. the prosecutor said that investors were willfully misled into thousand eight. the plan was to buy of 75% of volkswagen shares. at the time, vw stock was declining and investors sold off willingly. but when the plan emerged, vw shares shot up. small investors felt duped. fund managers had to pay astronomical sums to cover obligations. some say it was a board room thriller with much to learn. >> win german carmakers move

away from being fantastic engineers to becoming financial engineers, things can go seriously wrong. reporter: it suddenly went wrong. they incur too much debt. and they were taken over by volkswagen. >> there are reports that tesla will buy -- that ub willer -- uber will buy 10,000 mercedes. conservative estimates put th deal at $10 million. uber runs in many countries, but has run into widespread resistance to its business model.

critics say that it ignores safety regulations. u.s. president barack obama will touchdown in havana, cuba on sunday. travel and financial restrictions against cuba have been lifted and you can get your hands on cuban rum and cigars in the states, that there is still a ways to go before lifting the entire embargo, and that is likely to be a topic of discussion when obama and castro sit down this weekend. reporter: for the first time in half a century, there are direct lights between cuba and the united states. passenger flights will begin later this year. there is talk about 110 connections today between the two formally hostile states. american hotel chains are crowding onto the island nation. they sense a coming boom, and cuba does not have the

infrastructure to handle mass tourism. the country is expecting 5 million people this year. travel restrictions lifted. financial transactions in dollars, fewer import dance on products like cuban cigars. a whole range of things that is easier since the thaw began two years ago when u.s. president barack obama broke the ice. president obama: the embargo is now codified in legislation. i look forward to engaging congress in an honest and serious debate about lifting the embargo. reporter: congress has been stonewalling ever since. republicans dislike obama's initiative. there is little chance of lifting the embargo during his remaining time in office. it is they're officially for the

foreseeable future, but with a few loopholes for now. >> for more on this story, let's cross over to new york. things are being with us. have you got your holiday to cuba booked? surely a lot of money will flow to the islands now that the restrictions from the u.s. have been lifted. >> so far i have not been to cuba and i am curious overall and if you look at the tourism industry, cuba is the caribbean, and is probably one of the most booming industries on that island. but that said, one of the big questions remains, if cuba itself wants to do most of his business with american corporations. one ohio businessman is quoted saying it was at the end of the u.s. government that shut the door to cuba a good 50 years ago

and through the key away. there are a lot of other countries that would love to do more business, especially when it comes to a business with cuba from the american side. you have the cruise ships, the hotel ships, all hoping to get a piece of the cake. >> talking about doing business then, what impact do u.s. companies setting up shop have? do you think they will boost infrastructure, or could they risk taking over cuba somehow? >> at some point, yes, there probably will be an improvement to the infrastructure. there is hardly any internet service on the island. and u.s. telecommunication names like at&t and verizon would certainly like to do business in cuba. that said, if you look at other destinations -- take the dominican republic for example

-- you have a few hotspots. and the rest of the island, you do not see such a big improvement for the people. so, talking about cuba, it will probably take quite some time before you see an overall improvement for cubans overall. >> all right, thank you for joining us. well, that's all of the business news. for now though back over to phil for more world news. phil: thank you. former german minister guido westerwelle has died. he was the first openly gay cabinet minister and campaigned relentlessly for human rights. >> the key campaign was when the ftp one almost 50% of the vote in german elections -- fdp won

almost 50% of the vote in german elections in 2009. he publicly acknowledged he was gay back then. his partner is a successful sports manager. former foreign minister -- was his political mentor, and he came into close contact with powerful world leaders. at first he appeared uncertain in his new role, but as time went on, he became increasingly confident. after completing a doctoral degree, he practiced briefly as a law your before going into politics -- as a law your in -- a lawyer before

going into politics. in the 2014 general elections, the fdp failed to make it into the german parliament, the bundestag, for the first time since world war ii. he was no longer a prominent political figure. in 2014, he announced he had leukemia and completely withdrew from public life. reliable, controversially direct, and committed to advancing german interests, this is how guido westerwelle will be remembered. phil: and the choice is up and made for the champions league quarterfinals. in the champions league -- munich and lisbon. there will be a all spanish clash and manchester city in the first leg and those games take place on the fifth and sixth of april.

the portuguese will face -- while spain plays the czech t eam, and liverpool has been drawn against dortmund. our main story -- the prime suspect in the paris attacks has been captured in a police raid in brussels. salah abdeslam was arrested after four months on the run. kristen spring gate will be here in just a moment. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] y&faaúy

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