brent: this is "dw news," live from berlin. the islamic republic of iran turns 40. thousands marked thehe anniversy on the streets but many have little to celebrate. four decades after they came to power. reconsider unkept thomases and the impact of u.s. sanctions. also tonight, here in berlin, christian bale is in the house, or at least on the red carpet, for the film "vice" about the life and times of dick cheney.

he was george w. bush's vice president but some say he was the power behind the presidential throne. and fewer than one third of researchers in science-related fields worldwide are female. on this international day of women in science, we ask, are gender stereotypes still getting in the way? and a flight to freedom for footballer hakeem al-araibi. authorities in thailand have released him after the country where he was born abandoned its extradition requests. el chapo has been found to of drug trafficking by a court in the united states. el chapo was extradited to the united states in 2017 after breaking out of a mexican prison twice. the 61-year-old could now spened the rest of his lifefe in priso. the e jury found himim guilty of smuggling tons of cocaine and heroin into the united states through his global drug empire.

he is expected to be sentenced in june. a short while ago, the u.s. attorney spoke outside the courthouse where that guilty verdict was delivered. >> this conviction we expect will bring a sentence of life without the possibility of parole. it is a sentence from which there is no escape, and no return. this conviction is a victory for the american people who have suffered so long and so much while guzman made billions pouring poison over our southern border. brent: that was the u.s. attorney richard donoghue speaking. let's take the story to the u.s. capitol, washington, d.c. our correspondent helena humphrey is standing by. good evening to you, helena. so, we have been saying all day that the u.s. government has really been playing a game of cat and mouse with el chapo for years. so how big of a deal is this guilty verdict?

helena: brent, this is a huge deal for the united states, as it wraps up, as you say, the decades-long cat and mouse game between law enforcement and el chapo. el chapo of course guilty of very serious and at times violent crimes, and in doing so, in m masterminding that huge d g trafficking cartel, he himself pocketed $14 billion, at least. and when we talk about serious organized crime, this man is the epitome of it. his organizational capabilities meant that he was able to mastermind a network of tunnels which allowed him to traffic mimillions of tons worth of cocaine and heroin into the united states. atat one poioint he boasted hehe trtrafficked enough cocaine into the ununited states s so that te could bebe a line for r everybon the united statates. and using those same tunnels, he was then unable to escscape from

prison in n xico not o once, but twice, most t recently in 2017 when he e escaped fromom his prn in mexico ththrough h a hole ine shower of hihis prison celell. it was at t that point in 2017 that mexico and the ththen-mexio esesident enenrique pena nieto agreed to his extradition, fearing once again he would escape their clutches, that they would not be able to serve justice, essentially, if they could not keep tabs on him. brent: it's a story that is made almost for hollywood, you could say. i mean, he was able to escape from prison two times successfully. so authorities, how were they able to capture their man? helena: well, talking about hollywood, there is another page from that hollywood playbook, and that is the thought that sean penn, the actor turned activist, meeting with el chapo in the mexican jungle after his escape may have led them to his arrest and extradition. they were meeting in the jungle.

sean penn said that he believed that his communications with el chapo had then been tracked by u.s. authorities. and in doing so, they were able to find him in a mexican hideout. el chapo tried to escape through a network of sewers. a gun battle ensued. five members of his cartel were killed in that battle. as el chapo emerged from the sewers, he was then apprehended, extradited to the united states. andy arrived back on -- and he arrived back on u.s. soil on the final day of u.s. president barack obama's presidency. brent: dw's helena humphrey on the story for us tonight in washington with the latest on that guilty verdict for the drug cartel leader known as el chapo. helena, thank you. well, from north to south america. tonight in venezuela, tens of thousands have taken to the streets to demand the military allow much-needed humanitarian aid into the country. opposition leader juan guaido called for the demonstrations.

he says the government's blockade is endangering hundreds of thousands of lives. more than 100 tons of food and medicine are waiting in neighboring colombia, but president nicolas maduro is refusing to let that aid in. he says it is part of a u.s. plot to overthrow his government. reporter: tens of thousands on the streets of caracas. backers of venezuelan opposition leader and self-declared president, juan guaido. they are responding to guaido's call to put pressure on the military to withdrdraw its suppt for president nicolas maduro, support that is making possible the blockade of desperately needed aid. >> today we are here in support of our president, juan guaido. we are here first because i want my family to return to venezuela. second, i want the elderly to eat well and live well, because ththe elderly hahave been abana.

we need urgent help. repoporter: earlier, in an exclusivive interview w with dw, guaido condemned of blockade in the strongest t possible terms. >> what is hapappening in venezuela could be considered a silent genenocide. hundreds of thousands hahave did becaususe of a shohortage of fod and medicicine. so this regime is responsible for r direct deaths, l like in e case of the special forces who killed over 70 people ina weekk for protesting, and fr indirect deaths, because they are not doing anything to solve the food and medicine crisis. reporter: food and medicine from the u.s. has been piling up at the border with colombia. maduro rejecting that aid with the help of his loyal military is part of the fight to keep venezuela free of u.s. influence. >> thousands of men and women have shown their ability, their training, their physical and moral strength, the strength that we need to tell the empire to get out of venezuela. hands off venezuela, yankee empire. yankee, go home!

reporter: guaido says he has faith that the country's armed forces can be won over, but he has not ruled out asking the u.s. to intervene militarily in venezuela should maduro refuse to step aside. brent: dw's oscar schlenker spoke with the opposition leader. i asked him whether juan guaido isis confident that he can w wie power struggle against the presidident. oscar: yes, definitelyly. actualally, one of the things he saidid is t tt time is playing agaiainst the govevernment. they a are very confident. they have sa this isis point of no return for t the oosositin in a struggle that hasas been building up for r 20 yearsrs. so, , they are verery confidentt there wiwill come chanange in venezuzuela. they do o not know whehen exact, but ththey say that t time is actuallyly playing agagainst nis maduro at this point. brent: that was dw's oscar schlenker speaking with us earlier.

here are some of the other stories making headlines around the world. in spain, 12 leaders of the catalan separatist movement have gone on trial for the role in the 2017 independence referendum. madrid deemed the referendum illegal. they are facing various charges including rebellion and misuse of public funds. the trial is expected to last at for least three months. u.s. president donald trump says he may extend his march 1 deadline for reaching a trade deal with china. mr. trump says he might do so if the two countries are clososto reaching a deal. if there is no agreement, u.s. tariffs are set to more than double on more than $200 billion worth of chinese imports. britain's prime minister has asked parliament for more time with talks for the european union to renegotiate her brexit deal. theresa may told lawmakers today she could still reach a deal on leaving the eu that they can support, despite their previous overwhelming rejection of her current deal. britain is scheduled to leave the eu on march 29.

economists have long been warning of a crisis here in germany in the labor markets. in addition to being the world's fourth-largest economy, germany also happens to have the world's second oldest population. japan is number one. that means employers here need an influx of young, skilled workers. a new study has just revealed how many immigrants will be required each year to fill the gap. reporter: this man is a project manager for a machine builder company. he is palestinian and has been in germany for 10 years. last year after finishing college in berlin, he started working for the northern german company, a stroke of luck for them, which like many companies has been anxious to contract skilled workers. >> in the coming years large numbers of qualified workers will be retiring. that means we expect increased shortages of these workers. reporter: for germany's economy

and social system, it's not just tradespeople and caregivers who will be needed, but also highly skilled workers. according to the study, 260,000 more qualified workers will be needed each year. only 114,000 immigrants could come from the eu, since all european countries are struggling with low birth rates. so an additional 146,000 immigrants would need to come from outside the eu. at the end of december, the german government passed a skilled labor immigration law following 30 years of debate. but it has yet to come into effect. the conservative cdu csu continues to quarrel over the details. just how difficult the issue of migration is for german conservatives became clear last weekend when they discussed chancellor angela merkel's refugee policy. >> when it comes to granting residency rights to migrants who

come here to work or study, we will especially have to make the conditions such that we do not increase attractiveness along the lines of somehow get in with asylum, and then everything else will work out. this process must not serve as a precedent. reporter: while german businesses are calling for an immigration law to come as soon as possible, the conservatives say it is still in need of rigorous debate. that means that some skilled laborers and some companies will have to wait even longer until they can finally get to work. brent: germany's interior minister is calling for a change in the law that would see stricter conditions apply to forward producers of telecommunications equipment. this is a big deal. berlin is mulling whether to let china's huawei be part of building germany's 5g network. the telecoms equipment maker has close ties to the chinese military. under the proposed changes, companies taking part would need to undergo s security certificatioion and they wouldld need to sign a no spying

agreement. the ininterior ministeter here n germany says that that would be aimed at monitoring huawei better as opposed to excluding it from the german market. this, after china blasted the u.s. for attempting to stop countries doing business from huawei. there is a lot at stake here. to talk about that now i'm joined by our very own janelle dumalaon from our business desk. it is good to see you. first of all, the german government, what is it trying to achieve with changing the laws here? they do not want to get rid of huawei, correct? janelle: indeed. for some context, germany is in a specific position. they badly need 5g. internet here is dismal. if it wants to retain its position as an industrial leader, that has to change. it is having those 5g networks built out. brent: which is the next generation? janelle: exactly. you have next month the spectrum auction and it has been this big question, do we let huawei in or not?

on the one hand you have a company that has high-quality technology at a good price. on the other hand there is a fear that they could be building backdoors for espionage in what could be a crucial piece of infrastructure. those are the kinds of concerns that have already made countries like the u.s., the u.k., australia and new zealand say, no, we're not letting them in, we're banning them. essentially what the german government is trying to do is to include huawei, allow to participate while blocking concerns of espionage. failing that, finding a legal basis in which to exclude huawei if it is not sufficiently satisfied that it's networks would be conducted. brent: what about this no spy pledge? how do you trust huawei? huawei can pledge not to spy, but that does not mean anything. janelle: indeed. other countries have already decided they cannot and germany has yet to make up its mind. but there are also chinese laws to consider. there is something called the

national intelligence law in china, which gives intelligence authorities sweeping powers to investigate foreign and local institutions and individuals. there is a particular article, article 14, that says the intelligence authorities may request cooperation from organizations when conducting their investigation. so depending on how you read a law, a request to cooperate could be an operation, meaning huawei might have to spy on the germans if intelligence authorities asked them to. brent: that is a very good point. janelle: what we have now are proposals. and what this can do is buy time for germany to respond and to make a decision. brent: all right. our very own janelle dumalaon from the business desk. thank you, janelle. the palestinian territory of gaza has one of the highest youth unemployment rates in the world. more than 70% of young people there can't find a job. dw's tania kramer has been speaking to young gazans who are

determined to find a way to make a living. tania: it might not be his dream job, but it is better than having no work at all. bilal helps out in his uncle's carpentry shop. having a job in gaza is precious for a young person like him. >> the economic situation today is tough. if you lose your job you will not find an alternative, but i do not want to give up hope. tania: the 29-year-old used to work for an ngo, but lost his job recently. with youth unemployment at 70%, bilal says the situation for the young g is desperate. >> if the situation does not get better there will not be any future for young people in gaza and all of them will try to leave. tania: t tight travel restrictis mean many of his generation have never been outside gaza. israel and egypt have sealed off the hamas-controlled territory for more than 12 years.

those restrictions have led rabab haij to try to build a future in the virtual world. here, the borders which have been closed for half or life, don't matter. she is trying to establish herself in onlinine marketing. >> some young people give up. after graduation they just hang the situation on the wall. others refuse to accept this reality and keep trying despite all difficult circumstances. we are now trying to invest in digital media. tania: rabab says she will not give up, despite her home being a place were conflict can erupt at any time. >> they say if you lose hope, you lose life. in gaza, no matter how hard life is, the only thing we have is hope. tania: for most young people in gaza, crossing borders is not an option. online, or in real life. hope may well remain the only thing they have to cling to for a long time to come.

brent: tonight, the refugee footballer hakeem al-araibi is back with his family in australia. he has spent the past two months in police custody in thailand where he had been facing extradition to his native bahrain as long -- as well as a long prison sentence. human rights groups say the charges were trumped up. today when he arrived at the airport in melbourne, he received a hero's welcome. reporter: at last, hakeem al-araibi is back on australian soil. after more than two months spent as a prisoner in thailand, he was finally permitted to return to his adopted home of melbourne. >> this is my country. i don't have citizenship yet, but my country is australia. i will die in australia. i love australia. reporter: al-araibi was granted refugee status in austria after fleeing his native bahrain in 2014. last year while in bangkok on his honeymoon, he was arrested on an interpol warrant, which

was later rescinded on legal grounds because of his refugee status. he had been convicted of offenses related to the 2011 arab spring protests and sentenced to 10 years in prison. but after a campaign of pressure on the bahraini and thai governments, the extradition request was rescinded and thailand freed him. his case is not the only one that human rights lawyers are pursuing with regards to the gulf kingdom. >> today is testament to everyone's efforts. and i think it is really important to note there are other bahrainis who remain in detention today in bahrain and we have to maintain the fight and we have to make sure that hakeem is not the only one that gets to go home to his family. reporter: for al-araibi, at least the ordeal is over. he is back in his adopted home, reunited with his family at last. brent: the effects of the

al-araibi case have been global. i'm joined by mary harvey, head of the centre for sports and human rights in geneva. that is where she's joining us tonight. ms. harvey, it is good to have you on the show. i know you are a past member of the u.s. soccer team and also a former fifa executive. so, how did this case, which is very much about human rights, how did it reach beyond thailand, bahrain, and australia? mary: well, first of all, thank you for having me on tonight. you know, this case really is of a player, an athlete who never shshould have been detained d ie firsrst place. and the case of hakeem really hit a chord. he's not only a refugee, he's a human rights defender. and the fact that so many people immediatately found thatat whatd hahappened to him was an injuste and the fact that he was a football player really captured the imagination of so many people who really wanted to go to bat for him.

brent: do you think because he is a f football playayer that tt is why he is a free man tonight? if he had not been a football player, do you think he would have still been let gogo? mamary: that is s a good questi. whatat we have been seeing happn in the past three years s is a movement around sport and human rights, which is how the centre was founded. but what you have here is a situation where this player captured the imagination of so many who feel that sport has an obligation to uphold human rights abuses when they occur. and so there was a platform that had been built over time to really mobilize around collective action to bring many, many voices to hakeem's case, and that is what happened and that is what people saw. brent: and what about other sports organizations? i'm thinking about fifa for example, the governing body of world soccer. i mean, are they willfully

ignoring human rights issues? i know that in bahrain every year there is a formula one race, there was just a golf tournament in saudi arabia. are these things being willfully ignored, human rights ignored so that sports can go forwardrd? mary: i think it is the contrary. i think k what you are seeing nw is, particulararly iththe case u mentioned, fifa ---- fifa a feww yearars ago commissioned johohn ruggie to write the ruggie report on how human rightsts cod be embedded intoto its operarat. so what you are seeing is fifa following ththrough on its obligation t to abide the e u.n. guiding principles on business and human rights.. d they a t the large s sport governing body that has adadoptd ththe ungngp's. as a result of that, you start to see new behavior out of plplayers like fifa. you see a letterer from the gegeneral secretarary to therime minister of thaiailand. these things would not have happened three, four, five years ago.

you are seeing both an increased sensitivity to human righthts in sports.. there is more e visibilility to. what is different now is you are also seeing sports behave differently when these abuses occur. brent: how do you think an organization like yours, the centre for sports and human rights, the name itself suggests is a connection between the two -- how can you have an impact on politics and political leaders, or even royal families like the bahraini royal family? how much power do you have? maryry: the answswer is we don't knowow. but what we do know is is that the centre is a cocollective of many different groups that a all have a role to play in the ecosystems of spsport. you have sports governining bodies, you have intergovernmental organizations susuch as the ilo or the officef the high commissioner for human rights. you have sponsors, you have ngo's likeke human rights watch, you have trade unions.

so all of these actors in the last few years with all of these issues in sportsts have come together a as a collective. so w what you are seseeing andht the centre does is we mobilize collective action to briring protections to human rights in sports. and that is memega sporting events, bubut that is also dato-dayay sports. and so, the centre wasas very acactive around the case of hakm and mobilized itself collectively. brent: mary harvey with the centre for sports and human rightsts in geneva. ms. harvey, we appreciate you talking with us tonight and putting all of these events in perspective for us. thank you. the 69th berlin international film festival has reached its halfway point, and there is a lot to talk about. to do that i'm joined by amien essif, who is down on the red carpet alone tonight. that's right. you are by yourself tonight. what has been happening today? amien: well, we are having fun

here on the red carpet. there has been several preremies tonight. we just recently had an italian film premiere called "piranhas" by claudio giovannesi. he is an up-and-coming attire and director. it's an honor for him to be on the sixth out of 10th day of the berlinale film festival. he will be in competition competing for the prized golden bear award out of 17 films, which will be awarded on saturday. brent: this film, "piranhas," what is the film about? amien: "piranhas" takes us into the heart of chaotic naples, italy. it portrays the lives of a group of teenagers, 13, 14, 15, who get involved in the life of organized crime. it follows the story of nikola, who's a very intelligent young man, 15 years old. in another situation if he was not in a poor neighborhood in naples, he might be well on his way to university, starting a career. but in his situation he is using his intelligence to get ahead

the best he can, and that is through organized crime. he rises quickly up through the ranks of the mafia. of course it is also a love story. he has a crush on a girl who at some point he cannot go inter-territory because it is owned by another gang. almost a romeo and juliet story. brent: romeo and juliet and the mafia. that is anan interesting combination. what else have you seen today? amien: well, there was also a german film that premiered today. it's an art-house film called "i was at home, but." this is by angela schanelec. it's not for general public, i would say. very long scenes. she is known for her wide shots. she said in a press conference today that she does not move the camera unless she has to. that kind of describes her style. not much dialogue. she is part of the berlin school, which is a school that emerged after the fall of the berlin wall. and like i said, there were some

people who fell a sleep during the film. but i appreciated it just because it gave me something i had not seen in a film before. very strange but very movingng. brent: well you know, those late-night parties at the berlinale are known for making people drowsy and sleepy the next day. our very own amien essif on the red carpet at the berlinale. amien, thank you. you're watching "dw news." after a short break i will be back to take you through "the day." tonight in venezuela, a promise to try those responsible for the silent genocide. ♪ [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

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