>> live from the dw studios here in berlin, welcome to the journal. >> great to have you with us. coming up in the show, the heat is on for the french president. his socialist government resigned after sunday's elections. >> most of the flights will be cancelled later this week. >> and dire warnings from the united nations on climate change saying the world needs to take urgent action to combat global warming.

the french president is calling on the european union to do more to help the country's economy after an unprecedented setback at the polls at the hands of the national front. >> the former interior minister has been named the country's new prime minister, part of a cabinet reshuffle after heavy losses in polls. in a televised speech he said he took personal responsibility for the election route and promised tax cuts and other promises for workers. french unemployment remains stubbornly high. more than 10%. growth was just .3% last year. >> a humiliating result for the french president. what does it mean for france? let's bring our correspondent now in paris.

will the cabinet reshuffle make a difference? >> well for the president i certainly hope so. after the dismal performance of the party in the elections he had to do something and do it quickly and this is the cabinet shuffle announced today. the person that paid the price frlt dismal promise has been the prime minister. he handed in his resignation this afternoon and whether the shuffle will make a big difference will be left up to the new team that will be announced within the rest of the week. >> we already know one person. who is the new prime minister? >> he is the interior minister. he is a young, popular person in france. this has been quite a bold move by the president that might increase internal divisions within the party.

what will be expected from him is social and economic policy shifts this . is what the government needs. they need to show they can onor the goals they set out for themselves. he ran in the presidential elections in 2012 and does have presidential ambitions and he might be tipped for the 2017 elections. >> the national front saw historic gains. is it fair to say that france has swung to the right? >> i think it is a fair analysis. the french have grown impatient to make good on his promises of his presidency. and they decided really to show that by voting either for the u.n.p. or swinging to the far right, which is quite a significant shift. the people wlt socialist

government there was abstained vote, people that just did not vote. i think the french are saying we want change. we are asking the government to change. and we are also looking to more central to right government to make those changes. >> thanks so very much. >> air travelers in germany are bracing for major disruption this is week when pilots go on a three-day strike. the airline announced it is canceling almost 4,000 flights. >> pilots have been in negotiations over their pay package for two years now. their union says in that time management failed to make any concrete offers. >> it is one of the biggest strikes in their history. the three-day walk out is not scheduled to start until the middle of the week but they will start canceling domestic and international flights on tuesday.

>> we would have liked to have waited since it is the third strike in five weeks. we will try to restart negotiations as soon as possible because the strike itself does not solve the problem. this time it is the company's pilots that are protesting, demanding a pay raise and want them to call off plans to cut early retirement contracts. hardest hit the nearly half million passengers estimated to be caught up in the strike. they are canceling most of their flights. only about 500 will be ready for takeoff. it is offering passengers to shift to other carriers or travel by rail. the strike can't end soon enough. the pilots promise they will get everyone home for easter. >> it is the dread of center bankers, deflation and it is taking root in spain where the government is slashing ways to bring down the deficit. >> now the country could see a

downward spiral with prices tumbling, leaving no choice but to ask the already low interest rates to go even lower. it is already happening in spain. the crisis country is in serious danger of sliding into deflationary phase. in march the spanish inflation rate fell below zero for the first time in years. that reflects the tendancey across the entire euro zone. since the end of 2009 at the height of the deep recession and in the wake of the crisis inflation began to rise. now it has fallen to extremely low levels. the problem is worse in debt stricken countries. what seems good for consumers is poison for the economy. companies put off investments in the hope of obtaining cheaper deals later, a process

that gradually paralyzes the economy. what did investors make of the recent data? we received this summary from the trading floor in frankfurt. >> it was the last day of march and also last day of the quarter. the dax had a weak trading session. recent inflation data is suggesting that there is more pressure to actually act on the weaker and weaker inflation. the deflation threat is getting better. some are thinking that the e.c.b. might actually cut rates or might go bolder by doing something which is called quality easing, buying bonds on the market in order to spur inflation. >> a closer look at the closing numbers for you with germany's

d.a.x. in the mid9,000 mark. across the atlantic the dow at this hour is up over 14,400. euro 1.3778. russia say its started to withdraw some of the armed forces they deployed along the border with ukraine. the russian president informed the german chancellor in a telephone call earlier today. >> repeated calls on moscow to pull their troops back. chuck hagel could not confirm the troop withdrawal but underscored the experience of the measure. >> you know president obama made it very clear to president putin in their conversation that that will be required and necessary in order for us to have any further meaningful

conversation about how we resolve and deescalate this crisis. it was also made pretty clear by secretary kerry yesterday in his conversations. >> and how did germany respond to the partial withdrawal of troops? >> berlin has welcomed the removal of some troops from ukraine's border but the move is only partial and not enough to satisfy the german government or its allies. they described it as a small signal that the situation was improving but simultaneously issued a joint statement with his french and polish counterparts describing the annexation of crimea as an active aggression in that same statement he described that annexation as a violation of

ukraine's territorial integrity, violation of its sophearn tee and as a breech of international law. so it is clear that germany is certainly welcoming the move that russia has made, the partial withdrawal of troops but it is only seen as a small step in the right direction. >> meanwhile the russian prime minister made a surprise visit to crimea's main city. >> he outlined plans to revive the struggling economy and a and economic zone to attract investors. he is the highest ranking russian official to visit crimea since it was annexed earlier this month. the visit is called a crude violation of rules of diplomacy. the u.s. secretary of state john kerry dashed back to the middle east in a peace process. that may be hard to do.

reports are coming in that the palestinians gave kerry 24 hours to resolve a dispute with israel over the release of prisoners. >> he will be meeting with israeli and palestinian leaders. the two sides have until the end of april to make a deal. >> the former president of pakistan has been officially charged with five counts of treason. >> this is a long running drama between the active judiciary and the former leader. he is charged in the series of murder cases for which he is out on bail. >> the military is rarely challenged in pakistan and this is the first time a former military officer has appeared before a court. >> it took him less than a day to overthrow the pakistani government. he got word that the prime

minister at the time was planning to sack him, mobilized the army and took over the country. he led pakistan from 2001 to 2008 and his rule was not always popular. his support for george w. bush's war on terror spurred controversy at home. but it was his suspension of the constitution in 2007 that was to seal his political fate. he imposed a state of emergency during which he was both president and head of the army. after losing power in elections and spending years in exile he is under house arrest in pakistan currently being treated for a heart condition and faces treason charges for suspending the constitution. he pleaded not guilty to the charges. if he is convicted, he could face the death penalty. >> well, a medical charity, doctors without borders says

west african nations are facing an unprecedented outbreak of the e bola virus. >> the epidemic began in january and now has spread to the capital and it is spread through contact with infeblingted people or animals that carry the i have ruts, such as bats. up to 90% of cases result in death. >> environmentalists are calling it a victory after decades of struggle. japan has been ordered to halt their controversial whale hunting program in the antarctic. >> the country is killing handleds of whales every year claiming it is for scientific purposes but critics say they are only interested in the meat. the following report contains graphic images. >> killing whales in the name of science is what japan has been saying for years.

critics say that it is just a smokescreen. now the international court of jflt in the hague sided with environmentalists. they accuse japan of violation of an international moratorium passed in 1986. the court said that japan abused a loophole that allowed countries to hunt whales for scientific purposes. judges ordered japan to revoke existing permits. japan captures about 1,000 whales each year. the meat is popular there. many japanese consider it ayodele cassy. tokyo says that it will respect the court's ruling and stop hunting. activists hope the ruling puts pressure on norway and iceland. the scandinavian countries continue to reject the moratorium defending what they say is a centuries old tradition.

>> still to come here on dw startling new filings from the united nation on global warming. bart: welcome back. a u.n. panel released the most extensive report yet. >> up to 4.8 degrees celsius bilet end of the century and would raise sent meters by 82 centimeters. >> it will only increase the risk of floods, hunger, conflicts and mass migration. >> melting glaciers off of greenland. coral reefs dying out.

extreme heat and wildfires in australia floods in england. climate change is already taking a toll. the panel is clear on that. hundreds of scientists worked for years on the latest report. >> we are not in an era where climate change is a future hypothetical. we live in a world where impacts of climate changes are widespread and sequential. impacts from the equators to the poles and coasts to the mountains. there is no question we live in a world altered by climate change. >> the report says that the change is set to continue. it threatens the survival of animal and plant species. rising sea levels means erosion. subtropical regions in particular face increasing drought. many areas will see dwindling

harvests, high temperatures, food and water shortage could lead to outbreaks of disease. >> the one message that comes out very clearly is that the world has to adapt and the world has to mitigate. and the sooner that we do that the less the chances of some of the worst impacts of climate change in different parts of the world. >> scientists agree humans are at least partly to blame for climate change calling for a reduction of carbon emissions to slow global warming. but it is a goal the panel can't achieve on their own. the earth's future is said to lie in the hands of politicians. are are we are here to remind the world leaders that this is the time to act to fight climate change. >> in two weeks they will present the third and final part of their report in berlin. it is then set to make concrete

recommendations for world leaders on how to prevent the worst case scenarios from becoming realities. >> as we heard in that report the study looked at the human cause of climate change. how will it be for people in affected areas where the temperature is two degrees higher. i put that question to our environment expert. >> and that is a major change in this report. up until now they focused on who lives near the coastlines, what types of structures are you dealing with and the natural environment that creates challenges. now they are looking at the human impact, how it will affect individual communities in the way we conduct our daily lives. sinking island states, tell involve looking at what are we going to do with the people that have nowhere to live because the area where they live or work has been submerged. as the temperatures go up the

coastal lines rise and that creates a real problem people don't have a place to live but have to ask what is my nationality. we will see people displaced because of climate change. the idea of the report is not to emphasize that but to focus policy makers on what to do dealing with cross national issues. you have sinking areas. those people have to have somewhere to live. we have to ask ourselves what we are responsible for as an international community. two to three or four degrees of change will present major challenges along the way. >> some say it is too alarmist. is it? >> i think that is a personal decision that people have to make. in my personal decision it is not. this document is for policy makers and has been contributed to by scientists from all over the world, thousands of experts participated in the producing

of this document and these are the leading minds of our times on climate change and food shortages and water. these are the people that we trust to tell us what the future is go to look like. i think it is quite dangerous then to throw all of that knowledge away saying we don't have to worry about it. this is the most comprehensive document on climate change we have ever had. each person probably needs to tink about what that means for them and what they are go to do with it. but it would be a mistake to put it aside saying it is not our problem. >> thanks so much. north and south korea traded live artillery fire a day after they threatened to conduct new nuclear tests. >> a north korean live fire exercise with 100 shells falling into south korean waters. residents of five islands were

evacuated as a precaution. the white house condemned north korea's actions. >> to turkey and local elections held led to a boost. >> 45% scored in sunday's vote, better than the last local elections five years ago. they won the race for mayor in istanbull. in the victory speech he vowed to make his critics pay. speculation that he will run for president also later this year. >> a half century ago, a military cue changed the face of brazil ushering in atrocities. >> 400 people were killed or disappeared. understands of thousands were imprisonned and torture was frequent. >> brazil acknowledges this but have been slow in the pursuit

of justice. >> there are some unhappy with the government for other reasons. >> these protesters are demonstrating against the current government and reveling for nostalgia. they believe the country has been going downhill since the military lost power in 1985. >> the armed forces are not the only ones that can restore order. it was never a dictatorship. in a dictatorship you do not have any rights. the military took good care of brazil. it was a golden period. >> that is not how opponents of the dictatorship remember it. today she is 65 years old. she came back to this notorious prison, a place she was tortured and kept behind bars for five years, all for

supporting a hunger strike when she was 21. they had absolute control over. that tortured, killed and destroyed. sexual abuse was common place. many of my friends went mad. others committed suicide. 30 of her friends did not come out of prison alive. she can't believe today there is not even a small plaque in memory of all of the people that were tortured here. in contrast monuments to leaders of the dictatorship are easy to find this . huge bridge is named after silva, president during the dictatorship and passed laws to authorize torture and murder. about a year ago a commission was set up to document the

dictatorship abuses. they said efforts have met stiff resistance. the henchmen remain protected by law from prosecution. >> the transition from dictatorship to democracy was a deal. the military guaranteed their continued influence, including in deal width past. the brazilian state knows exactly what happened and must not remain silent on this issue. >> breaking that silence has become anna's life mission and shares her story as often as possible. she seems alarming parallels between brazil's dictatorship and police brutality in dealing with protests today. >> you can only build a better future if you are aware of what happened back then. it is vital that brazil does not repeat the same mistakes or worse. >> today the secret police

former headquarters has been turned into a museum. the organization wants to remember the murders that took place there. but authorities blocked efforts leaving them silenced and narge marginalized. >> to the united states where two german soccer greats are teaming up. >> jurgen klinsmann, already manages the u.s. team now he is bringing over his old boss as an advisor. fox coached germany's national squad in the 1990's and will help jurgen klinsmann develop strategy ahead of the world cup this year in brazil. in 1996 he led the german side to victory in the urine een championship with jurgen klinsmann as striker and team captain. >> we don't always have soccer. we have winter sports as well.

and this world record in speed ski. >> clocked out at 250 kilometers per hour as he raced down the slopes on monday. it took him nearly a decade to break his last world record in the event. >> well done. >> big clap to him. >> stay tuned to dw. d

>> those are the headlines tonight. our main headline is of course the announcement by francois hollande of a reshuffle after the disastrous showing in local elections for the socialist party. speaking for the nation an hour ago, francois hollande, concerned that france's interior minister was to become its new prime minister, manuel valls, who is the most popular of franos