our guide, nabil, grew up here. worked as a forklift driver overseas, but the beauty of iraq brought him home. now he's an environmental activist, dedicated to cleaning up the country's waterways. he says iraqis need to wake up to the nightmare they've created. this is a cancer. if we don't fix this, this cancer will spread, obviously, you can see this is a sliding down and going towards our life, which is our drinking water. it's going to affect ourfood, our children, our fish, are creatures, insects, birds, everything. the cancer will spread. so we need to kill this cancer off, basically. if i was to fall into that, would i survive? no, you would be lucky. this is the deadliest liquid, it's pure litter, and we've been dumping oil for the last ten years, of course, the garbage gets into the oil, and the litter, plus sulphur, asphalt, heavy metals, everything is in there. pure poison. yes, pure contamination. pure poison. but it's notjust the quality of iraq's water, it's quantity too. dozens of dams have been built

our guide, nabil, grew up here.lift driver overseas but the beauty of iraq brought him home. now he's an environmental activist, dedicated to cleaning up the country's waterways and he says iraqis need to wake up to the nightmare they've created. this is cancer. if we don't solve, if we don't fix this, this cancer will spread, obviously. you can see this is sliding down and going into our life, which is our drinking water, so it's going to affect our food, our children, our fish and creatures, insects, bugs, everything, so the cancer will spread so we need to kill this cancer, yes. if i was to fall into that, would i survive? no. you will be lucky if you survive. this is the deadliest liquid, this is pure litter and we've been dumping oils for the last 10 years, and of course, the garbage going to the oils plus the litter, sulphur, asphalt, heavy metals, everything in this. pure poison. yes, this is pure contamination and it's pure poison. but it's notjust the quality of iraq's water, it's the quantity as too. dozen

hoping to emulate last year's five nil aggregate triumph they got off to a good start at home with nabil says long distance shot deflected in after just five minutes played brazilian striker roberto for minos finished off a nice team move twenty minutes later to make it to nil liverpool controlled the rest of the game to maintain a comfortable first leg. german basketball great to dirk nowitzki has announced his retirement the forty year old has been has been one of the n.b.a.'s most successful european imports and was adored by fans in dallas. lively little roots he led the mavericks to their only n.b.a. title in two thousand and eleven and was crowned the league's most valuable player and twenty in two thousand and seven he bid an emotional farewell after twenty one and as you guys might expect this is my last home game. was so i want to thank my family lot of people flew in from all over the world from from germany my cats here my sister it's been an amazing ride. thank you guys so much for coming i was. and just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d.w. news i

the bbc‘s sally nabil reports.otest. it is the seventh week in a row they ta ke to it is the seventh week in a row they take to the streets. they say abdelaziz bouteflika is gone, but the regime is still in place. they accused the ruling elite of corruption and oppression and they wa nt to corruption and oppression and they want to dismantle the entire system. the mood on the street is hope all, but expectations are high. but underneath, there is a lot of anticipation for how to bring about anticipation for how to bring about a transition towards democracy. translation: we are all united here. what we need is change, absolute change. we want the entire regime to leave. notjust the president. for us, they are all the same, they are all corrupt. these have been the driving force behind the protests, the driving force behind unseating a president who ruled the country for 20 years. they are sending a clear message — they want new faces. this senate chief, a long—time bouteflika ally is now acting president, and the co

in the co-pay down mountains lines the grave of khalid nabil purportedly a christian missionary who converted to islam. here the couple is alone for the first time in days. and the fight to go with. the. yes to it feels like the first day of my life it feels so good so new. i'm here to pray that my life will always stay the way it is now. and that i'll stay together with current until the day i die. for them. if you only knew the little bubble you know. get over gets an amazing feeling that our beginning a new life with my wife now a good life. i've never felt anything like it before. but. the celebration has come to a happy end the many days of festivities and rituals are what makes a turkmen wedding ceremony a special event. it is a moment of lived tradition and a celebration of cultural identity within the multiethnic state of iran. eco africa. in guinea. yes so camera. and hopes to save the country's mangroves. the coastal forests are being used production they're also being damaged by cattle heads. yes in canberra. in thirty minutes w. . takes good personally. with a little gender fifty

sally nabil reports. the long—time leader has resigned, but algerians continue to protest.d, but algerians continue to protest. it's the seventh week in they take to the streets. they say abdelaziz bouteflika has gone, but the regime is still in place. they accuse the ruling elite of corruption and repression, and they want to dismantle the entire system. the mood on the street is hopeful, and expectations are high. but underneath, there is a lot of anticipation for how what we need is change, absolute change. translation: we want the entire regime to leave. not just the president. for us, they are all the same. they're all corrupt. the youth have been the driving force behind this protest. they have been emboldened by the success in unseating a president who ruled this country for 20 years. they're sending a clear message here. they want a new phase with new faces. senate chief abdelkader bensalah, a long—time bouteflika ally, is now acting president. and the constitution has set the path for the conditional period. the current political system should remain in place for 9

an environmental activist, he says iraqis need to wake up to the nightmare they have created a —— nabilination. all of this flows through iraq and ends up of this flows through iraq and ends up here in basra. last year, the city fell sick. the streets erupted in anger. the cause? the city's water supply. tens of thousands were rushed to hospital is, suffering stomach cramps and serious diarrhoea. in this house i meet rima, she shows me the family's water source. where is the water? rima's ten children all fell sick. translation: i blame the government. do you think any official drinks salty water? of course not. they won't even use it for washing, they are afraid of the germs. the pure have no choice. —— poor. are afraid of the germs. the pure have no choice. -- poor. the government says the crisis was caused by sewage as well as saltwater pushing up from the sea. if people keep dumping raw sewage, poison, toxins... of course it is catastrophic and the increase of population, of course, the increase of fuels, and the creation of sewage, this will destroy everything. last summer was a wa

our correspondent, sally nabil, in the capital, algiers, told us what the mood is like there at the moment finally left, but still they feel that they have not achieved all of their goals yet because to them it is not about the man any more. it is about the system and it is about the ruling elite, which includes powerful businessmen, powerful politicians... they hold this ruling elite accountable for what they say is corruption and oppression and high unemployment rates, and they say that it's notjust bouteflika that needs to go, it's also his ruling elite, the regime that dominated this country for 20 years. i have been talking to some people here since i arrived and i asked them, why were you so unhappy under bouteflika's rule? they said, because we could not speak. because we had a very high unemployment rate. and the thing is that in algiers at the moment, according to the constitution, the interim government appointed by president bouteflika before he resigned should stay in power for three months until fresh elections are held, and also the speaker of the upper house of the parliamen

in the co paint our mountains lines the grave of khalid nabil purportedly a christian missionary who converted to islam. here the couple is alone for the first time in days. it's. go. yes it feels like the first day of my life it feels so good so new. i'm here to pray that my life will always stay the way it is now. and that i'll stay together with cut him until the day i die. for the. issue over the little. boy gets overlooked an amazing feeling that i'm beginning a new life with my wife now a good long. hard never felt anything like it before. but. the celebration has come to a happy end the many days of festivities and rituals of what makes a tuchman wedding ceremony a special event. it is a moment of lived tradition and a celebration of cultural identity within the multiethnic state of iran. elephants may have thick skins they're still wary of the. package avoid places when piece of passing or. that cave environmentalist's in south africa screw their national park at night. using beehives to protect endangered tree species from offense. to today in ninety minutes on d w. every jo

—— sally nabil. it isa nabil. it is a very cheerful mood. powerful politicians. they hold this ruling elite accountable for what they say is corruption and depression and high unemployment and they have said that it is not just unemployment and they have said that it is notjust abdelaziz bouteflika that he needs to go, it is also his ruling elite, the regime that have dominated this country for 21 years. imean, i dominated this country for 21 years. i mean, i have been talking to some people here since i arrived and i asked them, why were you so unhappy under abdelaziz bouteflika's rule? they said, because we could not speak. because we had so very high unemployment. the thing is, the dilemma and algiers at the moment is that if put to the constitution, the interim government appointed by abdelaziz bouteflika before he resigned, it should stay in power for three months until fresh elections are held. and also the speaker of the upper house of the parliament should be the caretaker president, but the people in the street, they totally refuse

the bbc‘s sally nabil is covering this story for us in cairo. she has the very latest on this.ent with a sweeping majority, it is a settle m e nt with a sweeping majority, it is a settlement of amendments they would extend the president sisi term, which is his second and supposedly the last, extend this term from four to six years. an exceptionally, the amendments would allow him to run for a third term, so this is another six years. he will stay in power if he chooses until 2030. that is more than a decade from now. also, it gives way for more military intervention in and public life because that is an article that says the army should be the guardian of the army should be the guardian of the constitution and several state and these two articles in particular, the one related to the presidential terms in the wind related to the army will have drawn sharp criticism from opposition forces, they say this is militarizing egypt and turning it into a one—man state. militarizing egypt and turning it into a one-man state. stay with us. talk about the opposition now. we know there are

our correspondent, sally nabil, in the capital, algiers, told us what the mood is like there at the momentill they feel that they have not achieved all of their goals yet because to them it is not about the man any more. it is about the system and it is about the ruling elite, which includes powerful businessmen, powerful politicians... they hold this ruling elite accountable for what they say is corruption and oppression and high unemployment rates, and they say that it's notjust bouteflika that needs to go, it's also his ruling elite, the regime that dominated this country for 20 years. i have been talking to some people here since i arrived and i asked them, why were you so unhappy under bouteflika's rule? they said, because we could not speak. because we had a very high unemployment rate. and the thing is that in algiers at the moment, according to the constitution, the interim government appointed by president bouteflika before he resigned should stay in power for three months until fresh elections are held, and also the speaker of the upper house of the parliament should be the caret