from berlin. tonight, in -- a controversial internet copy right law. lawmakers as it is time to move the internet and the 21st century. protest at the vote in the european parliament. critics were a changes could lead to chanter ship. they say it is time for o online platformrms to compensate creats fairly. also, unfit to rule. the algerian president faces fresh calls to step aside, this time from the country's powerful

army chief. we get an update from algiers. a window of hope e for abused women in jordan. we take you inside the country's first protective shelter for battered women. also coming up, a german court upholds murder convictions f for two men after they are drag raced down an iconic roaoad left two men dead. they say the men knew dragracing could be deadly. i am brent goff, to our viewers around the world, welcome. we begin with sweeping changes here in the european union that could have a big impact. the content you see online. the eu parliament photo to

approve legislation to overhaul copyright laws. the new legislation is aimed at online content and it aims to make internet platforms such as google and youtube liable for copyright violations. supporters say this will protect intellectual property. opponents fear that it could limit creativity and online freedoms. >> four years of argument cacame to a hdd w when the p parliament debated pypyright refoform. a german lawmaker r negotiated e deal on behalf of the parliament. >> this is about the r rule of law. we are talking about protecting a fundndamental right.t. it is abouout propertyty and the right toto intellectual propert. finally, it is about fair payment for content creators. it is up to us to save european cultural products and not to hand them over to tech

monopolies to o plunder. >> the aim of this reform is to require those who profit from content shared on the internet to obtain permission to do so and if necessary, to pay the originators. people like a musician who currently finds it a most to benefit when their creative work is uploaded to the internet. >> this is about a fundamental right that creatures who want to live from their efforts, composers, photographers, whatever, have a right to share in the commercial exploitation of their work. that means to receive payment. >> critics fear the change will make the internet less free and lead to defective censosorship s legitimate content is mistakenly kept off-line. they worry that small platforms

will struggle to chase down the licenses to use content. tens of thousands of people across europe have demonstrated against the plans. many feel strongly regulation of the internet should be as light as possible, although others say the protests were part of a managed campaign by big corporations like google. with european elections just weeks away, the issue of copyright on the internet has become intensely controversial. opponents of the reforms say the change means content will be checked by automatic filters rather than human beings. >> what the politicians expect algorithms to be able to do is to tell the difference between copyright infringement and satire. as long as artificial intelligence does not develop a sense of humor, this will remain impossible. i trust --- we shouldld not trut

the black box of a an algorithm. >> in the end, the strasburg parliament voted in favor of copyright reforms. the united -- the states must approve the legislation before it can take effect. >> we want to explore both sides of this issue. to my right is carl, and my colleague and a musician. if you consider what was passed today, that would imply that for years you had been shortchanged by these online platforms. >> indeed i have and many others. these companies like youtube, google, facebook, to been using a lot of facebook -- a lot of content and not been reimbursing is properly. they are paying a lot less than

even competitors like spotify. it is quite a dire situation. brent: are you not a real -- able to demand a fair price? >> we will now. they have had a deal with a german collection agency but it was not a good one and this will force them to properly licensed this material that they want to use and if we're lucky, it will be like a like a license -- a blanket license with a make deals with the whole industry so it gives us a better chance of getting close to fair renumeration. brent: is it a situation that they need the european union to force these big platforms to pay for what they are using? >> tech platforms will not evolve on their own. we have seen it with facebook, with all the legislation around the company. i think the protesters who don't support article 13 would support an artists right to make money. that is not the issue here in terms of who's protesting. they say they don't like the

law. it is too broad and it covers so much content. movies, images, text, anything that can be copyrighted, but it is very vague. it is not say how a company like youtube detects a copyright information from the billions of bits of information brent: uploaded online. did they say they don't have the technology to do that? >> there is technology, but it is not very good. you might need something like an upload filter which scans the content before it is uploaded and will block it if it is copyrighted. you have false positives, and the protesters say will catch copyrighted material that is being used legally. it is a remix, a piece of art or what have you. that could be stopped and that could stop freedom of expression on the which are not. brent: is it a valiant argument -- a valid argument? warner: partially, but there are so many instances where if you have to publish something, you have to do due diligence.

you can just publish material. for me, it is a bit of a copout, because there are rules. can just take stuff. carl: right now, we are all content creators. real tweets, we'll upload. you could take a picture, turn it into something funny and would be your own content. it's not just artists, it is everyone. brent: is this a mindset that has to be changed? i cannot member there was once a gentleman who said if you go into a bookstore and take a book without paying for it, that is stealing, but if it is online and someone gives you the data and you take it, do consider that stealing? i think a lot of people would say, actually i don't. but it is stealing. at least for the author. carl: totally. -- warner: totally. the musisic industry has sufferd greatly. it is not the same as it was 20 years ago. news media is running -- print

is fighting a downhill battle against this as well. which is in article 11, which would put this link tax in there. that might be the saving grace for some media. brent: on this link tax, what is that? carl: this is saying that google should no longer be able to tate news from other platforms input into its a google news without paying for it. some companies say great, others say, we want that reach. we want to show up in google news, because we get a much bigger audience. maybe google would say this is too much effort. brent: is it the threat that if we don't accept lope then google will just not allow us to be shown? carl: this just should you have any problems there are with the internet that can be fixed with one directive. you open up a can of worms and have more problems. brent: 10 seconds left, when do you expect to get the money that is owed to you? warner: unfortunately, it will take at least 12 years for the european countries --

carl: two years. not 12. brent: as they say, a late check is better than no check. here are some of the other stories making headlines. china's president has held talks with european union leaders in paris. french president ameren will -- french president emmanuel macron, jean-claude juncker, and angela merkel are trying to find a solution to the takeover of numerous companies by chinese competitors. authorities said have seized more than 1000 kilograms of cocainine from a book that capsized. ofofficials say the drugs have a market valueue of up to 300 million euros. two suspects have been detained. nasa has canceled the fifit all-femalele could do to a lackf available space suits in the right size. astronaut christina, or you see

on the left, was going to be joined at her colleague, but there is only one medium-sized suit available, so a male astronaut will now join her on that . -- on that spacewalk. now to algeria. the nations powerful army chief is now demanding that the president be declared unfit for office. that is after weeks of protests demanding that he step down. the army is calling for the start of a constitutional crisis that would put a caretaker leader in place. he is now in failing health. >> algeria's reclusive and ailing president has faced weeks of protest demanding he step down. now, the country's army chief has stepped in on the side of the protesters. the general declared the president too ill to serve.

the general intends to trigger an article of the constitution that could bring down the president. >> this will be done with respect to the legitimate demands of the algerian people. this is the solution in accordance with the constitution that allows for the continuity. >> if the request is approved, the senate president will take charge of the government until new elections can be held. elections had already been scheduled to take place in april, but in february, the president announced his intention to run for a fifth term beforeostponing elections altogether. tens of thousands of algerian's took to the streets during the past month to demand an e end to th2020 year rule.

the generaral's announcement cae to many as welcome news. >> this is a brave decision and the first step on the path to democracy. a path is still long. we appreciate this step and are awaiting others. this will continue until the election of a democratic republic. >> it is a good step for the algerian people, but we won't stop here. we will keep up the movement and keep watching what happens u unl we reach our aim. it is the change of government. they all have to go. >> the president's fate may now be in the hands of government -- of parliament, which is expected to vote soon. brent: it looks at the military is going to get involved. is this a political powder keg? >> i want to talk about that.

talk to me about the head of the army. he is now saying he wants the president out, because the president is unfit. is this a benign move or something we should be worried about? >> i think he has other choices. the chief of the army was an ally. he was invested in this position, and he tried in the beginning of the protests to threaten the people. he called it civil war in algeria. future parallels to syria, iraq and egypt. the people of algeria didn't get threatened. they protested in the street for 10 days. they're almost 20 million calling for the ouster of the whole regime. brent: these protests have not done the job, but it appears the

army chief may be willing to. he is invoking an article in the constitution that says if a president is too old or not good health that president can be removed. it sounds like he is abiding by the law, allowing the rule of law to steer this. can we trust him? >> indeed, he is apparently invested in protecting the constitution of algeria, but what we have on the other side is that the clan of the president violated the constitution when they said they would promulgate his office for many other years until a new constitution would be drawn. i think this is a maneuver to gain time and to find other solutions. brent: to make sure there is social peace and to remove the

president, but then what happens? i know he said that he would not run for office again. he said he wanted a new constitution to be written. what is that new constitution going to achieve? who is going to benefit? >> no one knows. there is no plan, no material plan to how they will get this transition period. that is why people don't have any faith in them and there is a big mistrust between the population and the regime. that is why -- brent: no way to know how the situational and for sure. our arabic guest, thank you very much. we appreciate your insights. you are watching dw news. the u.s. congresswoman, ilhan

omar, courts controversy. dw travels to her home district. we will to you why her constituents are standing by her despite charges of anti-semitism. we go now from north africa to the middle east. years of campaigning in jordan for better protection for women threatened by domestic abuse. it is beginning -- it is hard to believe, but it is common practice to place women at risk of abuse in prison. supposedly for their own protection. last year covering debt --last year, the government announced that it is giving women a new way to start new lives. >> it has been years since this woman l lasts our h husband, bue abuse she suffered is still fresh in mind. >> when the beating got really

bad, i would run away to the neighbors. my hususband suspected i was having an affair w with my neighbor, so he beat me again and strangled me. >> authorities feared her husband d might kill her in the name of family honor, so they put her in prison. the 42-year-old mother of eight was incarcerated for seven months under a georgian crime prevention law, which has long been used to indefinitely jail women considered to be at risk. supposedly for their own protection. >> they jailed me with women facing the death sentence, women convicted of drug crimes. the ononce on death row are hard to be with. >> lawyers are able to get her out of prison after her husband left the country. the circumstances of her release are extremely rarare. >> a woman is usually told that someone e must come and they'll her out anand guarantee her safety. usually,y, a brother, father, sn

oror husband. that is difficult, because these are often the same people who are threatening her. >> is estimated that hundreds of women have been jailed under the pretext of protection, with some spending over a decade in prison. after years of campaigning, things are finally starting to change. accocording to the government, cases like m mona won't have to spend any more time in prison. the dravidiaian ministry f for social d development openened s homeme, the pururpose of it is o use women whose liveves are under threat. today, we are being giving a rare look into the home and its residents. the shelter is subject to round-the-clock protection andnd surveillanance. its location is kept secret. ththis woman is one of the f fit to be transferred fromom the jal to the shelter. after spending more than six years in prison. for safety reasons, we cannot

give detetails about her stotor, only that her r life is undeder threat from multiple members of her r family. >> when i arrived here, for two days i could not believe i could just go out on the balcony and see people, the world and life. it had been almost six years and i had not seen the e sun or peoplele. > the shelter director insiss this is not just a place for the women to eat and sleep. here, they receive psychological counseling, legal aid, and vocational training, with the aim of reintntegrate them m into society. children up to six years old can remain with their mothers. >> when a woman comes,, she is entering an unfamiliar sisituation. wewe let her know t tt b bng hee isis voluntary, one of her chchoices. our first task is to comfort her and once that happens, working with her becomes easier. >> since its opening, 20 womomen

have been transferred from prison to the shelter. around 12 still remain in prison, but the ministry intends to gradually move them here. three of the women transferred from prison have left the shelter after they were deemed to no longer be in shelter. if a woman wants to leave before hand, she is informed of the risks and cannot be held against her will. >> my goal is to one day be able to leave and find a suitable place to live. i do not want to be threatened anymore. >> the opening of the shelter has been hailed as a major step forward, but activists say t t law w that allow thehese women e held in ththe fit p place must e repealed to guarantee this never happens again. brent: here in berlin, a court has upheld the murder convictions of two men whose midnight car race ended in the death of another man. investigators say the reached speeds of 170 kilometers in the heart of the city and the trip

through several red lights. this case takes german courts into new judicial terrain. the judges upheld the murder convictions, saying both men knew that drag racing could have a deadly results. >> the judge at today's trial said the m men's actions had nonothing to do with negligence and everythining to do with selfishness and ruthlessness. both men were sentenced to life imprisonment for murder. >> you come out here -- the chamber has accepted a charge of intent to kill and stated that the defendants had alternative options but actively decided against it to win the race. >> driving at a speed of up to 170 kilometers power on a main berlin shopping street, one man had this car. the 69-year-old drdriver died at the scscene. at the first trial, berlin's regional court sentenced them to life in prison. the federal court of justice

cited insufficient evidence of intent to kill. today, the district court upheld its original ruling. it maintained there were several indications of intent to kill. the victim's son expresses relief. >> is a small compensation. i am satisfied. but no sentence anand the world can compensate foror my griefnd the grief of my family. >> the trial could continue. directly after the ruling, one of the defense lawyers stated he is already appealed today's verdict. brent: to the united states. the controversy surrounding elon omar, the new congresswoman from minnesota. she is one of the country's first phenom a -- first female muslim lawmakers and has drawn controversy for comments some say are anti-semitic. her own constituents are on her side. >> a busy morning at the village

market, with its barbershops. the mall is highly popular along members of indianapolis similarly community. they tell me they are proud to be represented by ilhan omar, an immigrant like them. >> we will support her 100%. she should not fear anybody, she should not fear any group in those what she is doing. >> put him believe it is anti-semitic. fellow jews and muslims and everybody else, we coexist. >> in washington, ilhan omar drew an intense battle after suggesting american support for israel was all about the benjamin's, baby. a reference to $100 bills. and for remarks she made about aipac, a pro-israel lobby group. >> i want to talk k about political influence in this country that says it is ok for

people to push for allegiance to a foreign country. i want to o ask, why is it ok fr me t to talk about the influence of t the nrara or fossilil fuel industries or big pharma and not talk about a powerfull lobbying group that is influencing policy? >> comments some think play dangerously on anti-jewish stereotypes. the director of the jewish community relations council in minnesota met with omar three times. >> when we met o on february 19i brought along this picture. on this side is a picture of my maternal grandfather, and this gentleman, he would have been my cousin if he lived. he was killed in action in

france. laidid to rest in the military cemeteryry. i brought the picture with me to make the point representative omar to understand american jews have to understand their profound patriotism. >> omar's critics, her comments are especially problematic amid a recent spike in anti-semitic incidents in the u.s. we tried to talk to ilhan omar about her controversial statements, but the congresswoman declined our request for an interview, stating that she wants to focus on her constituents and not the media. afternoon prayer at the islamic center. in august 2017, the center was the target of a bomb attack. some think the distraction about

the congresswoman is a distraction against all kinds of controversies. >> we all getting caught up in all -- not paying attention to what is going on. we need to call out white supremacy, white nationalism. this is the new threat that is emerging in this world. >> as well, he says that jews -- he says is targeting jews and muslims. brent: after a short break, i will be back. in britain's brexit chaos, lawmakers tell the prime minister, you are not in charge anymore. we will be right back. [captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org]

fonts twenty four correspondents around the world. welcome back to live in paris hit on a front twenty four is nine pm and hero all headlines. declareded unfit for office thoe ththe words of the cocountry's y chief in a bread i interventiony the ministry. made weeksks of anti government protests. a tentative ceasefire holds and gaza quiet rains in the region tonight but israel's prime minister warns that more violence is possible. the day after the last exchange of fire that involves. and the holding copyright laws the european parliament house is the first major online content reform since the buses you chie. opponents say the move