for now swati monday was hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and. now some of the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed and more than a dozen others injured in clashes between madagascar security forces and thousands of opposition activists have been demonstrating against new election laws ahead of a vote later this year the opposition says the three new laws favor of the ruling party and hinder opponents. saudi state media says security forces have shot down an identified small drone in the capital riyadh it was hovering in a neighborhood where royal palaces are located online video showed gunfire sparking fears of unrest officials say king solomon was not at his palace in riyadh at the time of the incident the basque separatist group is expected to announce next month the group carried out of four decade long armed campaign for the basque regions independence from france and spain it sees its violent activity in two thousand and eleven but just a day ago add

for now swati hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and. absent the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed and sixteen others injured in clashes between madagascar are sick. curity forces and thousands of opposition activists they have been protesting against new electoral laws ahead of presidential and legislative elections later this year. tens of thousands of hungry and have taken to the streets of budapest to demonstrate against government influence on the media and the electoral system prime minister viktor orban party won the country's parliamentary elections earlier this month picking up two thirds of the seats with just half of the vote. army and police have detained dozens of protesters in the capital yet of and that's after thousands again block city streets is the ninth successive day of demonstrations protesters want the new prime minister to quit he already served two terms as president and they fear he intends to rule armenia for life. around

for now swati hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and. now to some the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed and more than a dozen others injured in clashes between madagascar security forces and thousands of opposition activists have been demonstrating against new election laws ahead of a vote later this year the opposition says the three new laws favor of the ruling party and hinder opponents. to the tens of thousands of hung varian's have taken to the streets of budapest to demonstrate against government influence on the media and the electoral system prime minister viktor orban fidesz party won the country's parliamentary elections earlier this month picking up two thirds of the seats with just how of the vote. saudi state media say security forces have shot down an an identified small drone in the capital riyadh it was hovering in a neighborhood where boyle palaces are located online video showed gunfire sparking fears of on rest officials say king

for now swati hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and. now some of the other stories making news around the world at least one person has been killed and more than a dozen others injured in clashes between madagascar. forces and thousands of opposition activists have been demonstrating against new election laws ahead of a vote later this year the opposition says the three new laws they were the ruling party and hinder opponents. armenian police have detained dozens of protesters in the capital yeah that's after thousands again walks city's streets it's the ninth successive day of demonstrations protesters want the new prime minister to resign he already served two terms as president and they fear he intends to rule armenia for life. family friends and past presidents have attended a private funeral for former u.s. first lady barbara bush the wife of the forty first american president george h.w. bush the service took place in houston texas mrs bush died on tuesday at the age of ninety two. fan

for now swati hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and girls. thousands of demonstrators took to the streets of bilbao in northern spain yesterday calling for better conditions for jailed members of the boss separatist group. the group conducted a forty year campaign for the boss region's independence from france and spain and twenty eleven and then declared a permanent ceasefire and is june to disband completely next month on friday at a college as to its civilian victims for the first time but for some that's proving hard to accept. that still has supporters here thousands gathered in b. vowed to demand the government move the last edit prisoners to jails closer to their homes the militant group recently asked its victims for forgiveness marking the end of an era for many here. it's pretty much because he dropped out i hope we can finally end the conflict in the basque region. on friday published a statement apologizing to nonpartizan victims who were caught up in the violence. more than eigh

for now swati molly was hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and girls. and we can bring in our correspondent d.w. sonia found a guy who is in delhi so any of the indian cabinet approved the death penalty for child rapists today after an emergency meeting called by the prime minister narendra modi why the rush on this now and what does it mean. you're right i mean it is really rushed and this is literally the most of the meeting of course within literally hours of prime minister narendra modi returning today from his fight the trip abroad so that really underlines how urgent it was and i think you know the background to this is that the government of the ruling elite of the party compliments criticism and is on the intense fire for failing to do what many say is trying to do an architect of crimes against women there's also been a lot of international criticism by mr never in of all the compared to fix criticism over his dealings response to the problem and you know this is basically focused on two l

for now swati molly was hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and girls. here in germany all eyes today are on the western city of east boston where the struggling social democrats are meeting to elect a new leader for the first time a woman will be taking charge since both candidates are female the party's parliamentary leader and is running against the longer she's the mayor of the northern city of flint sports nonis widely expected to win the forty seven year old faces a huge chance in reviving have parties dwindling fortunes the s.p.d. had its worst election result last september winning just twenty point five percent of the national vote. standing by for us at the espy's party conference in v. spot and thomas sparrow political correspondent thomas nonis as i mentioned very likely to be the next social democrat leader she's well known of course here in germany not so abroad is that about to change is she going to how big is her role going to be from now on. it is certainly going to be big christop

for now swati hunger strike has resonated with many angry at what they see as government inaction and a failure to protect the country's women and. fans of d.j. of ichi have been paying their respects to the electronic music superstar who was found dead in amman on friday. in the cheese hometown in stockholm attended a spontaneous memorial party to pay tribute to him the twenty eight year old was a pioneer of the electronic dance movement helping to bring it into the mainstream the cause of his death remains unknown. now it's been a free scoring weekend so far in the bonus league or including a spectacular tar yesterday between abhi lights ace and hoffenheim both steam both teams rather still in the running for european competition next season in their last encounter light say he suffered their biggest bonus they get a feat to date an embarrassing four nil defeat to hoffenheim as it turned out there was more of the same in this encounter. so it's an average goals of five hoffenheim to within touching distance of the champions league places so it was no surprise to see the by lonely in

welcome back swati international the u.s. will not be given a military base that's according to the president of the west african nation you officially announce that on thursday going to has not offered a military base and will not offer a military base to the united states of america with statement comes off mass protests in gone a couple you can see them there against the military deal with the united states the demonstrators were worried such an agreement would give washington too much influence over the country sovereignty. looks at how the u.s. and some other nations have been trying to gain a stronger foothold on the calls i don't. uncle sam is wooing africa boasting about their strong historical bond a family tree washington's key argument is seven thousand strong. scattered all across the continent the impression this mob makes is unambiguous africa is no one's playpen but america's this impression is wrong though in fact many african nations prefer relations are not secured by the u.s. dollar and ghana is the latest

welcome back swati international crown prince mohammed bin solomon of saudi arabia has been on a three day visit to paris it seems like he's made quite an impression on the french president is now asking critics of the saudi yet to give him a chance. reports. the saudis crown prince is being on a global charm offensive of the west for the past three days here in france it seems like it's being all hugs and handshakes for mohammed bin salman he's even joked about having asked special bond with the french president. that's despite the fact that bin selman is the leader of an absolute monarchy considered to be one of the world's most oppressive regimes yet on his visit to france saudi arabia's new tourist reputation for human rights offenses seem to have been swept under the carpet. or your legitimate questions from civil society and from journalists about human rights and various sensitive issues concerning your country we have the choice to stick to our traditional positions and we can decide that the first act of modernization of this society will be cosmetic as the prince was winded a

they've all rehearsal for a long time and are nervous that includes neil swati but he tries to remain as cool as possible. he's been up for many hours already. songs no i'm not tired i'm used to getting up early now above all i'm happy songs. at last i can show what i can to say and i have an audience so the larger than life can be me to be at the end of one of them on whatever they're as back to that in. a sizable audience because innocent playing and joking around are rare in afghanistan an hour at the circus means an hour long holiday from the war the terror and the poverty of the three hundred thousand. one. hundred. feet in the nails while he and his friends have to battle the wind to form their human pyramid but the effort is far outweighed by the joy it brings that the simple pleasures can lead you to it. that was great i wish i could do it too we all want to be circus performers and be as good as they are. two feet. beneath the air. lot of them up like a one when the children watch suddenly they're happy. you know and out of it just for life it is otherwise a very bad. there's

changed the name of his country to the kingdom of esau teenie the new name means the place of the swati the announcement comes as the african country celebrates fifty years of independence from britain king with swati the third has ruled by decree since one nine hundred eighty six. i love as he wants solidarity she wants compromise will macular macor ever make up over the eurozone reform plans that have deeply dividing the continent. coming up power cashing in on gender stereotypes and a big box for the toy industry now parents of research is saying enough with the pink and blue. and south african farmers facing bankruptcy the drought is drying up everything in sight. the face is your business update on helena humphrey in berlin thanks for joining me bridging the deep divide over the euro zone reform french president of a new way to call paid a visit to berlin on thursday to convince his counterparts to overhaul the bloc giving it a finance minister and a common budget but it seems that angela merkel is holding on to those purse strings. germany's chancellor angela merkel received.

announcement comes as the african country celebrates fifty years of independence from britain king with swati the third has ruled by decree since nine hundred eighty six. for the first time in six decades a man with the name castro is in charge of the island nation of cuba tonight history in the making but just how much new history is about to be written does miguel diaz canel does he represent change in cuba or change in name only i'm bringing off from berlin this is the day. the world. i assume the responsibility for which i have been elected they ask now will do his best for the country. to give continues each of the cuban revolution in a crucial historical moment with. the outcome they need to make things better in the stores so we can support ourselves with the salary to make. it more from whichever job we hold in the trenches of the socialist nation.