abdel-aziz bouteflika had initially said he would run again.pted widespread demonstrations in rece weeks,wd as cs demanded he give up power after 20 years in office. today's announcement delays the april election, and calls for a special body to write a new constitution. schools and businesses across venezuela were forced to close again today, as much of the country remained blacked out. a power station explosion in caracas added to the misery for people who have been living without electrical power since thursday. >> ( translated ): friday, saturday and sunday was horrible. i was going crazy wi no water, electricity. for god's sake, how long are we going to continue like thi the government does not want to accept that it's their fault because they he to carry out maintenance and for years, they have not done this. >> woodruff: the opposition and the venezuelan government have british prime minister theresa may traveled to strasbourg, france tonight, in a bid to salvage her brexit plan. she is hoping for concessions from the european union befo

hundreds of thousands of protestered the streets in central algiers-- demanding that president abdel aziz bouteflikaign. it was the largest turnout since protests began six weeks ago. the 82-year-old bouteflika has since dropped his bid for a fifth term. but crowds are demanding his immediate ouster without the >> ( translated ): w a the people reject this regime, and in a civilized, democratic way. jo why would you stifle them in their own country? >> woodruff: at one point, police fired tear gas and rubber bullets after some in the crowd threw stones.te there were ps in a number of other cities, as well. health officia in mozambique have confirmed 139 cases of cholera in the wake of a tropical cyclone two wks ago. the outbreak was first declared on wednesday, with just five confirmed case hundreds of thousands are at insk from the deadly water-borne disease, especiallhe ravaged city of beira. the world health organization says it will start mass vaccations next week. thousands of stusknts in germany ped school today to demand action on climate change. they marched and carried signs that said, "i w

of thousands of protesters filled the streets in central algiers-- demanding that president abdel aziz bouteflikaign. it was the largest turnout since protests began six weeks ago.th e 82-year-old bouteflika has since dropped his bid for a fifth term. but crowds are demanding his immediate ouster without the ruling class hand-picking his successor. >> ( translated ): we came out today to show that all the apeople reject this regim in a civilized, democratic way. algeria has many candidates who are competent to take on the job, why would you stifle them in the own country? >> woodruff: at one point, lice fired tear gas and rubber bullets after some in the crowd threw stones. there were protests in a numberh of cities, as well. health officials in mozambique havef confirmed 139 cases cholera in the wake of a tropical cyclone two weeks ago. the utbreak was first declared on wednesday, with just five confirmed cases. hundreds of thousands are at rine from the deadly water-b disease, especially in the ravaged city of beira. the world health organization says it will start mass vaccinations next week.

algeria's army chief has called for president abdel aziz bouteflika to be declared unfit to rule put a freak has been in power for two decades and is now in failing health the army's announcement comes after weeks of peaceful mass protests calling for the president's resignation. was. in the british lawmakers have set out details of their plan to consider other breakfast options it's part of efforts to reach a consensus on the way forward for the u.k.'s departure from the e.u. the house of commons will begin voting on alternatives on wednesday in a process likely to continue into next week. china's president xi jinping has held talks with the european union leaders in paris french president emanuel my call. and german chancellor angela merkel are trying to find a common approach to china's growing investment in europe amid security and economic concerns workers only god i am. tonight two major stories here in europe the european parliament has approved a controversial copyright law designed to tame the wild west of the internet opponents call it a dark day for internet freedom suppor