♪ >> hello and welcome this is "dw news" live from berlin. another powerful quake hits japan, the earthshaking, a tsunami warning lifted, resident spending another night without sleep after thursday's quake and aftershocks. the political satire that is no laughing matter. germany's chancellor paves the way for criminal inquiry into a tv host who mocked turkey's president.

thousands of angry egyptian protesters voiced their anger at the government's giveaway of two uninhabited islands in the red sea. security forces in cairo using tear gas to disperse the crowd. ♪ >> thank you for joining us. as a new day dawns and japan, rescue workers will be assessing the damage done by a second powerful earthquake that hit the island overnight. the magnitude 7.1 tremor was on the western side of the island, adding to the was of -- woes of residents rattled out of their home on thursday. >> another frightening night in

southern japan, violent tremors caught on camera. emergency crews are reported to behead it out again to rescue people trapped under buildings. it is the region's third major earthquake in two days. management of this hotel asked guests to assemble in the lobby. for these businessmen and tourists come on night interrupted with worry. this couple from hong kong does not know how long they will be stranded. we are worried and want to go. we want to leave tomorrow, but if there is no train or bus, we don't know when we will go. the region was already in the middle of a major cleanup effort. the earlier quakes collapsed buildings and put gaping holes in two major traffic routes.

the japanese army cook rise and handed out food parcels for those forced to leave their homes, some returning to ruins. it came suddenly with a loud thud, and just next to us was a big cupboard, and that covered collapsed towards my husband. it was such a close all. my husband could have ended up underneath. i thought i was going to die and i could not bear it any longer. i grabbed the sides of the bathtub, but the watcher in the tub was about 70% filled with water, going like this, all the water splashed out of the tub. the quakes renewed concerns of the safety of two nuclear reactors, 120 kilometers away from the epicenter. they are said to be operating normally. for people on the island, the most immediate concern is how to

peace their lives back together. -- how to peace their lives back together. >> on the line now, a journalist for the japan times based where the epicenter of this earthquake has been. i believe you have just been evacuated. where are you now and what can you tell us about the earthquake so far? >> i am in the central area of the city, about 15 minutes away from the station. i was talking to a couple of people who evacuated with me, and they were saying that the aftershock that happened a couple of hours ago was as big as the first earthquake that they experienced two days ago. >> do we know whether there have been any human casualties in the second quake? >> in the second quake, i talked

to the security guard and he told me that if it is regarding the area around me, there are no injuries. >> that is good news. what about the extent of damage? what can you tell us about that? >> i was just walking around the shopping arcade and it has additional damages. the rooftops are falling off, and there are shattered glass and signs on the floor. even if it is not shaking, things are constantly falling down. right now i am in a situation where i should be avoiding areas

with a roof on top of me. >> ok, thank you very much for taking time to talk to us. >> thank you. >> the japan times talking to us . ok, former technical perspective on this earthquake, we will talk to the director of operations at the united states national earthquake information center in colorado. thank you for joining us. we have seen three major quakes now in the space of 24 hours, are they linked to each other? >> yeah, this series of earthquakes is definitely linked to each other. this is somewhat unique, but this does happen that we have very large shocks followed by a significant magnitude earthquake today, so we have two magnitude six quakes yesterday, followed by today's quake. >> does this mean we will be seeing more? >> there will absolutely, and

there have been aftershocks. how large those aftershocks will get, we can't really say. generally speaking, this about a 5% chance you will see an earthquake as large or larger than the main shock. this magnitude seven would be considered the main shock. >> ok, so does that mean we have seen the worst but there are still aftershock still to come? >> we can't say for sure that we have seen the worst. it is likely we have seen the worst, but there would deftly be aftershocks. we have seen aftershocks from the magnitude five range from this magnitude seven, and we expected to continue for days and weeks. >> from the national earthquake information center in the united states, thank you for talking with us. >> you are welcome. >> moving on to other news. in germany, chancellor angle merkel -- chancellor angela merkel has approved a criminal

inquiry into a talk show host who poked fun at the turkish president. he recited up home on live tv that marked the president with crude references to be cialis. -- beastie ality. >> chancellor angela merkel took a week to respond to the explosive requests from ankara, and had three government ministers examine it. she has cleared the way to launch a criminal probe against the satirist. >> the rule of law, it is not up to the government, but rather to prosecutors in the courts to weigh the freedom of the individual against freedom of the oppressed and of artistic expression. he has been at the center of much political discussions and the end of march. >> in his show, he said what

happens next is something that sets are in germany is not allowed to do, and then he recited a taunting poem about the turkish president. his response was a criminal complaint. the turkish president has evoked a clause that has existed since 1871, whoever insults a head of state must face detention or find. the german government would now like to get rid of this clause. it is to late to get too late to relieve the pressure of the current situation. chancellor angela merkel's party members have their own opinion. >> the corresponding clauses should not have been evoked. freedom of opinion and artistic expression are the most highly protected items in our constitution. the majority of germans do not agree with chancellor angela merkel's decision. >> it was bad taste, but

artistic expression must somehow be protected. >> i think it is still just satire, and it is we have freedom of opinion and press, there is nothing to question here. >> i don't think her decision is right, she is probably under pressure. >> chancellor angela merkel decision want stop the discussion. the opposition says she is appeasing the turkish president to protect the deal with turkey on the migration crisis. >> ok, let's get more on this. the opposition accusing chancellor angela merkel of bowing to pressure from the turkish president, is that accusation justified? >> many germans have this impression, but on the other side we could also say that chancellor angela merkel managed to find a rather elegant solution to the problem by letting the prosecutors do their work, starting a formal investigation. chancellor angela merkel has

given the decision out of her hands into the hands of the jurisdiction where it actually belongs. she said during her press conference that she does not feel to be in the position to judge whether the turkish president was insulted or not, but nevertheless the price she is paying is rather high. the impression that the german government is giving into turkish pressure. >> how have germans in general reacted to the government's decision to allow this inquiry? >> as we have seen in our report, the overall majority is very much disappointed in this decision by chancellor angela merkel. most of the people feel that the freedom of press and opinion and artistic expression is at stake, and if we speak of the political arena, the coalition partner of chancellor angela merkel, the social democrats, have made it clear that they think this decision is wrong, but this we also have to say is something of

a sharpening of profile than actually a real rift whe within the coalition. >> let's talk about that rift in the coalition. what does is but an opinion mean for chancellor angela merkel's coalition of conservatives and the junior coalition partners, the social democrats? >> what we have to have in mind is the next elections are already coming up. the next general election is 2017, and especially the social democrats are in dire need to show there is some difference between them and chancellor angela merkel's governing conservative hearty, so they use this as a very good opportunity. >> many thanks for that. there have been angry protests in major egypt in cities, where

security forces detained over 100 people and fired tear gas to disperse demonstrators. the outcry is in response to a government decision to hand over two red sea islands to saudi arabia. >> these islands are in egyptian, protesters chant. thousands gathered in cairo in the nearby city, the first significant wave of protests as the army chief became president in 2014. best and simply they are angry over the decision to hand over to red sea islands to saudi arabia. the egyptian government may contain that they belong to the saudi's, who asked egypt to protect them from israel and 1950, but the protesters are not buying it. >> i am here today because they gave it away without anything in return. it is our right and property. we have read that these two islands have been under in+ egyptian sovereignty.

they are egypt and territory, and of saudi arabia had a right to them, they should have gone to the international court with the documents. we are objecting to it. it is clear that it is not all about the islands. leave, leave, leave, they call, frustrated with the president. revolution, they shout. echoing the cries of the 2011 arab spring, down with the regime. >> it is a dangerous cry, unauthorized demonstrations are illegal. security forces fired tear gas and detained dozens of protesters. the president is not backing down on the islands or his presidency. >> you are watching "dw news" in berlin. we will take a short break, and

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>> welcome back with "dw news" in berlin. our top stories, another powerful earthquake has struck japan, the 7.1 magnitude quake was centered in the city, no reports of significant damage. residents are spending a second sleepless night after thursday's quake and 100 aftershocks killed nine people and injured hundreds. chancellor angela merkel has approved a criminal inquiry into a comedian, said to be investigated for allegedly insulting the turkish president.

chancellor angela merkel also announced her government would be scrapping the antiquated law that criminalizes the mockery of four indignant carries. time now for the latest business news with helen humphrey. you have the latest on that meeting of world financial leaders in washington? >> that's right. spring has sprung and washington, d.c., and the big economic players are in town. leaders of the imf and world bank have pledged to redouble efforts to bolster global growth prospects, and they say they also want to combat increasing political attacks on free trade. on friday, they were joined by world financial leaders from the g20, which includes traditional economic powers like the united states and germany, as well as india and china. another issue high on their agenda is of course tackling that problem of international tax evasion. >> the g20 gathering comes amid

pressure on nations to use infrastructures spending, deregulate industries, and spur employment, but it is also a chance for a world governments to formulate a response to the panama paper revelations. germany's financial ministers spelled out the task. >> identifying the ultimate beneficial owner is clear to fight tax evasion. in the future, nobody should be able to hide its activities it requires a global response.s. >> on growth, despite forecasting a slowdown in global expansion, the imf said friday that european growth will remain stable this year at 1.6%. >> meanwhile, g20 members also warned that conflict, terrorism,

migration, and a possible brexit pose major threats to global growth. our correspondent in washington, richard walker, has been falling that meeting, and here's what he told us. >> the recipe always sounds pretty much the same, talk from the g20, imf, setting things like interest rates, fiscal policy, tax and spending, and structural policy, like reforming job markets, and that each country needs to use the right recipe of those three instruments to suit its own circumstances. i think attributing to a sense of nervousness at this year's meetings is a sense that all of these policies have been pretty much maxed out by a lot of different countries and that the scope to actually respond if one of those risks you mentioned does turn into a big crisis, that the scope of countries to respond to these policies is now more limited than it has been in a wild. >> now the oil market take

center stage this weekend when the world's top oil-producing nations meet to discuss a possible output freeze. doubts are high as to whether the oil producers will actually managed to agree on such a deal. media reports suggested that russia and saudi arabia had already reached a deal, pushing oil prices to their highest level of the year, but iran has so far rejected attempts to freeze production and is eager to reclaim marke share. our man on wall street joins us now. all eyes will be on the meeting this weekend, what are u.s. investors expecting to come out of that meeting? >> a lot of talk and little action, that is basically what it comes down to. even if we talk about russia and saudi arabia, we got some

comments out of russia that we probably should not expect any big decisions being made over this weekend. there were also reports that iran is actually not even sending an oil minister, but some second tier guy over there. so u.s. investors do not expect too much to come out of that meeting, and that reflected in oil prices. the price on friday was down almost 3%. >> what does that mean then for u.s. oil companies? how great is the pressure on them at the moment? >> the pressure is immense, and you see more and more companies actually losing their breath. on friday, goodrich petroleum, another oil and gas producer, had to file for bankruptcy protection. since the downturn began, about

60 companies from the injury industry in north america had to file for bankruptcy protection, and it is not just the oil industry. they are feeling the pressure of falling commodity prices just this week. the biggest coproducer also filed this week for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, so the longer the prices they low, the more companies obviously have huge difficulties to pay for their loans and eventually have to file for bankruptcy protection. >> absolutely. on wall street, many thanks. now for years china has been an engine for global growth, but the economy is slowing, making investors nervous. china has released the latest gdp figures for the first quarter of 2016, growth of 6.7%, so let's look how that figure compares to numbers over the past decade. in 2007, there was a spike in

growth of 14.16%, which then drop significantly to 9.2% in 2009. those figures released today showed the slowest growth -- those growth since 2007. with this quarter's growth, you can see here at 6.7% for the first three months of this year. the chinese government says that is still within their expectations and shows the economy is starting to stabilize. >> construction wherever you look, is this a turning point? is it the end of the downward trend? the chinese economy is suffering from a fundamental problem, immense overproduction. on that, but has changed. 6.7% growth as expected, a good start to the new year is the official line, but there is still a lot to do. >> the economy is at a critical stage.

the pain and an adjustment process is still persisting. the real economy still has difficulties. the downward pressure on the economy cannot be ignored. there are signs the chinese economy could have bought them. industrial production rose in march, more than experts had predicted. the retail sector exceeded expectations, sales increased by 10.5% in march. demand will be boosted by higher lending, the bill for that might come later. >> all right, that's it for your business news. christopher, back over to you. >> thank you for that. we will catch up with some soccer news. the jar has been made for the semifinals for the continents to competitions. let's start with the champions league facing a true ski -- a tricky task. in the other semi, it is

manchester city against real madrid, and that means there is a possibility of an all madrid champions league final, the second time in three years that those two clubs face each other in the final. in the europa league, --back to the bundesliga in the day or two for munich after booking their spot. they play at home on saturday, but play -- face a tough test. >> after jumping over another hurdle in the champions league, the focus is bundesliga back on the -- the focus is back on the bundesliga. for the coach, the concentration is key if they are to win this season. >> the most important thing is the self belief of our players. they must remember that we aren't german champions yet, and we can't forget the draw.

they have one every bundesliga game following a champions league match this season. they are still in the run to win three trophies. >> we can keep the pace going, and we also have the ability to rotate. we have been able to manage that, and it has been no drop in or quality. the season has featured plenty of setbacks. young stars have been far from consistent. >> it's going to be a difficult game. we are all aware of that. if we go there and don't give it our all, we won't be successful. we will do our very best, and contrary to what has been said, we can pick up some points. the derby j-roll has shown they

are capable of being on the same league. they must day focused in order to avoid dropping bible points. >> you are watching "dw news" in berlin. after a short rate, we are looking back at the days of stories, giving you end up with a dallas -- in-depth analysis. do stay with us if you can. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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