a motion in principle this option would be possibly at them but under one condition if the constitutional court of the russian federation gives an official conclusion that's that such an amendment will not contradict the principle as understatement of the main laws of the constitution. the former k.g.b. officer and deputy mayor rose to power as the name successor of president boris yeltsin that was in 1999 when yeltsin resigned and appointed putin as acting president a few months later putin won his 1st presidential election followed by reelection victory in 2004 having served 2 presidential terms putin couldn't run again in 2008 but he stayed center stage he became prime minister while his close ally dmitri mir feared if was president 4 years later putin returned to the presidency for a 3rd time he serves 6 years after presidential term limit was extended that victory was followed by protests alleging voter fraud after his landslide reelection victory 2 years ago his 4th term is supposed to end in 4 years' time. let's bring in our panel of guests to discuss this further in moscow we have victo

and paying to die germany's constitutional court repealed a 5 year old ban on assisted suicide services sparking fears of an exploitative trade in death. this is the weekly here on our t.v. welcome to our round up of the day's news along with the headlines that shape the week. there are fears of a new migrant crisis with almost $50000.00 people crossing into europe in one day that's after turkey opened its borders and affectively tore up an agreement with brussels under which it took charge of millions of asylum seekers in return for financial aid on the other side of the border greek police greeted the newcomers with tear gas. but it. was the earth. below. it all follows a flare up in tensions in syria's last remaining terrorist stronghold of province turkey threatened to launch a full scale military operation there after dozens of its troops were killed and a syrian airstrike that was targeting to hottest hostilities have all but ruined turkey's deescalation agreement with russia rif a notion that takes up the story. it's maybe syria's last remaining terrorist stronghold but a blip se

during the vote on april 22nd this option would only be possible under one condition if the constitutional court gives an official ruling that this will not contradict the laws of the constitution it worth mentioning is that vladimir putin didn't say whether he would run for another term if the constitutional court deemed these potential amendments regarding resetting his presidential terms as legitimate as legal so you know that's still up in the air and how do you think the public would react to this then if they had the chance to vote on what people people are going to react differently i mean likely of putin's support his support levels his poll numbers away up he still has a majority support an overwhelming majority support but he this is his 4th presidential term ease an old face and he said himself that you know new blood is needed new faces are needed in government people people want new people want evolution. and here again people will be voting only on whether vladimir putin is allowed to run for another 2 terms this is a whole host of issues and the moments that people will be voting

some of which turned violent the protesters have been calling for new elections after the constitutional court nullified the results of last year's disputed paul barbara and go purports. up to $5000.00 people marched in solidarity with timothy a separate pair to hand himself to police in the long term believes the human rights defenders coalition which is organized and to government protests since last year's disputed elections some have turned violent people recent decided to dispense to the old things with jack actually this is this something that just distanced our police from the people this time to this day here in case people did go in there with police have been looking from the time since sunday when 2 other activists were arrested in blantyre. mcdonalds and give stratton's are accused of inciting violence. from the high court in the wrong way. then these 2 gentlemen should be taken back you don't know where they have been used and do we had the alledged of things while i was commuted malawi's constitutional court canceled the results of last year's elections in february citing irregul

it was in the position of the constitutional court but they did not change anything in this system of power. this is a heap of strange absurd norms which even the authorities can't really explain. cracks in the system that's what. cracks that russian president vladimir putin could use. either as prime minister from within parliament itself or by using the reform to effectively restart his term in office it's now up to members of parliament to make a choice one that could determine the fate of russia for years to come. president putin's plan seems to be what. he wouldn't mind what comes next. well and now seems clear that the mere putin does intend to stay on as president rather than in one of those other roles though he will have to run again for that for that role in 2024 what happens next is that tomorrow there will be another reading of the bill on the amendments to this constitution in the duma today and the 2nd reading of the bill it passed with a huge moderate majority that's likely to happen again tomorrow and then the main thing to watch out for is a public vote that is set to

his call for fresh elections following last year's disputed presidential vote last month the constitutional court an old those ballots results citing irregularities but the incumbent president himself has to approve a fresh vote. in the united states democratic party rivals joe biden and bernie sanders canceled rallies in ohio today because of coronavirus fears ohio ohio's primary election for the democratic 2020 nomination takes place next week 6 other states are holding primaries now including the battleground state of michigan biden and sanders are both in their late seventies our correspondent alexander voters if their advanced age was a problem. here is the current run from the former vice president joe biden at the age of $77.00. his rival bernie sanders is watching your older of the self-proclaimed democratic socialist campaigns tirelessly at this by having a heart attack. they've both been combin to in the white house president. he's age 73 but that age really matter. and for a younger candidate but i also really appreciate experience the wisdom and experience is definitely important but

the people to decide in a public vote next month and would also have to be approved by the constitutional court got more details from moderate gas the. soma reported that mr putin say exactly well he's speeches address to the parliament was basically a summary of why this is needed why these constitutional amendments are necessary he also address the number of points additional amendments that the parliament had come up with among them was an amendment that would potentially lift the constitutional limit on the number of presidential terms anyone president can serve here blog me of putin was asked whether he supported it. to which he replied no. for the long run society should have guarantees that the regular changes. we need to think about future generations will do should i consider it inappropriate to remove from the constitution. the number of presidential term look he said russia has had its fair share of revolutions upheavals changes in power you know every time people expected something better to come of it and every time what they got was the opposite of corruption mass deaths it's been

constitutional changes will meet these measures essentially if they are passed and if the constitutional court here in russia proves them they mean they mean a kind of reset button for presidential terms here in russia after all president putin is currently in his 2nd of 2 consecutive terms his term in office and in 2024 and according to the current constitution he can't run again after that now these measures could remove that hurdle and could mean that he can run again in 2024 now we just heard him saying that he doesn't want term limits to be gotten rid of overall but essentially since he started his term in office people have been discussing what will happen next and when he announced constitutional changes in january everyone has been here experts have been theorizing about what that could mean for putin himself what role he could take on and it seems that he does want to stay president in what observers here have been calling a kind of sting operation to keep him in power i was over there reporting from democratic rivals. have. today because of fears over the coronavirus. primary electio

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and paid to die germany's constitutional court repeals a 5 year old ban on assisted suicide service is sparking fears of an exploitative trade in. good afternoon welcome you're watching the weekly here on out. there are fears of a new migration crisis with almost $50000.00 people crossing into europe in just a day that's after turkey opened its e.u. borders and terrific tiddly tore up an agreement with brussels under which it took charge of millions of asylum seekers in return for financial aid and the other side of the border police created the new comer's with tear gas. but it. well so far there's a flare up in tensions in syria's last remaining terrorist stronghold province turkey threatened to launch a full scale military operation that dozens of its troops were killed in a syrian airstrike that was targeting jihadists and chris were it did it wouldn't handle a potential influx of refugees fleeing the hostilities of all but ruined turkey's deescalation agreement with russia if enough shouldn't picks up the story. it may be syria's last remaining terrorist stronghold but seems to be

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know yeah but they are based and where the alledged of things while was commuted malawi's constitutional courtncelled the results of last year's elections in february citing irregularities parliament approved a bill to hold fresh elections in may but president putin with 3 has not signed it . is vowing to keep up the pressure saying he'll call on 5000000 people to shut down the president's official residences if he refuses to act. al-jazeera. and the king of the netherlands has apologized for the violence his country inflicted on indonesians during colonial rule it's the 1st such admission by the monarchy speaking on his 1st state visit to the country king lim alexander expressed regret for the conduct of dutch forces in the 4 years after indonesia declared independence in 1945 the dutch government. has already apologized and paid compensation. australia's high court is hearing a final appeal from the disgraced cardinal george pell who wants to overturn his child sex abuse conviction the 78 year old former treasurer to the vatican was jailed for 6 years for sexually abusing 2 teenage choir boy

constitutional court the presidential. to be reset then bad it's going into the future he wouldn't he would consider it he would consider perhaps running. that he was stressing more than one occasion evolutionary changes we're doing here it's all about released redevelopment of the country it's not about a revolution because the country's had too many before it's really making i think trying to make it clear to people this is not panic stations these are going to be gradual things that will be done that will help the sovereignty and the development of the country well he did say the constitutional changes are long overdue because he said look at the world things are changing so rapidly too fast sometimes to keep up with look at the global economy the shocks and the spasms that is going through corona virus which has left entire country squire n.t. we have huge instability in markets dow jones 'd jumping up and down the russian market 10 percent down just the world crisis which swinging you know hard in price in days there

last month, the constitutional court annulled those ballot results, citing irregularities.ut the incumbent president has to greenlight any fresh election. the british rep and led zeppelin have won a long-running copyright dispute over there hit, "stairway to heaven." an appeals court ruled they did not steal the song's opening riff. they could have faced millions of dollars in damages. you're watching "dw news." still to come, we want you to meet bombel. at less than 60 centimeters tall, he has made into the guinness book of records as the world's tiniest stallion. no horsing around. russia's lower house of parliament has backed president putin's plans to allow him to stay in office until the year 2036. he told the duma today that the changes to the constitution are necessary to guarantee the country's future stability. currently, the russian president can only serve two consecutive terms. if the changes are approved, that limit would remain, but putin would be allowed to run again by effectively pressing a reset button after his current term ends in 2024. >> we are not pas

or the practice is that the constitutional court will look at this amendment potential amendment and decide whether it's legal or illegal and then people will vote for it to be much public support for it well largely impudent ease both internationally and domestically polarizing figure he doesn't joy majority support in russia but then again it's anyone's guess as to whether people would support another potential 2 terms of life to me or putin you can't look at poll numbers his support numbers and say that that guarantees that people will accept these changes 1st because the constitutional amendments that are being voted on next month by the russian and by the russian public very wide reaching so it isn't only about resetting putin's term limits in it's you know it's established in that 'd 'd that marriage can only be between a man and woman it's a minimum wage it's making sure that people with jule citizenship can serve as a highly highly placed official so there's you know there's a lot of factors going into what people will vote for but ultimately you know if people find that acce

that blocking assisted suicide is unconstitutional and making its ruling on wednesday the constitutional court in culture is said everyone has a right to live and a right to die article 217 of the german criminal code outlawed euthanasia as well as the advertising of the services what this ruling from the constitutional court means is that that's being overturned and not only could companies offer euthanasia but that advertising for the day could also stop being seeing the thinking behind wednesday's court ruling is that this will allow those in extreme paying and suffering from terminal illnesses to end their lives on their terms however senior voices within palliative care are warning that this could perhaps only to the normalization and indeed the commodification of suicide in society now the facilitation of suicide for the sick and tired of life is turning into a normal service anyone who allows you to nature will sooner or later make it compulsory to die especially in this society is economize designers knowledge of experience across all other countries shows that supply creates demand im

under one condition if the constitutional court gives an official ruling that this will not contradict the delusion of the constitution. so essentially vladimir putin said that he's against he doesn't see the point in removing term limits but he does see potentially if the people supported during during a vote in in april. a reset of his soon presidential term given that the constitutional amendments that are being made are so so so you know the across the spectrum the. big he will also came out against a potential vote an early vote early parliamentary election snap elections saying that if the people vote to give the parliament more power and this is essential what this constitution when all these constitutional amendments will do is that they will power the office of president and m. power the parliament so you know the vertical of power is being spread horizontally the people the members of parliament elected directly by the people will have a lot more say in how things are run in the country once and if these constitutional amendments go through. evasion i don't see a snap electio