[000:00:00;00] news light from berlin. this is dw news major set back for turkey as president air to one and local elections. opposition supporters are celebrating with personal results showing the ruling a k party headed for defeat in key cities, including the biggest that he stumbled. and also on the program, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejects calls for his resignation from tens of thousands of protesters. netanyahu's st. early elections were the only benefit for months of francis leave. the eastern mass of the vatican, calling for a cease fire in gaza and praying for the victims of the water.

the am david levitz. welcome turkey is president ridge of type air to one and has conservative a k party have suffered a major setback in nationwide local elections. partial results show the main opposition party will likely keep control of key cities. the opposition, c h p, has already claimed a victory and the capital incorrect, and the largest city of assemble sundays votes are being seen as an important bell, whether of support for air to one. as the turkey battles soaring inflation at an a t p rally. she can see that his party is poor performance and promised to respect the results of the elections. got to this a. c, w, julia han gave us a snapshot of the mood and assemble opposition to puerto is here it is. symbol are

celebrating victory. many people are honking that on the dancing waving flags, and they are celebrating them a, a at, from a model you model and the set, you know, all positions c, h, b managed to retain control over this. you to be important cities of 16000000 people with a surprisingly large margin. preliminary results also suggests that president ad one's ruling a case. he lost many of the cities and provinces across the country to the opposition. one explanation is that many people you're in charge of frustrated with the economic prices and the government's failure to bring the full range innovation under control inflation currency sense at more than 65 percent. and many people seem to have expressed their frustration at the ballot box tonight. looks like his story. try him full to, to control position and like

a major flow to present an ad. one's image of invincibility. you'll be on there in is stumble. israel is prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected calls from protesters for his resignation. he said early elections would only benefit from us and jeopardize negotiations for the release of hostages. huge crowds of protesters blocked roads in jerusalem on sunday as they marched to the parliament. tens of thousands gathered in jerusalem for the beginning of a for the rally. it's the largest anti government demonstration since the october 7 terrorist attack. many are fed up with the failure to secure the release of hostages, held by him us among other things and are calling for an early election. so what i'm doing here is and to change the government, because this government is a complete and utter failure,

and the only way they will do this into the abyss that will never come out though, faced with increasing pressure to resign, is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu standing his ground a can you all to see a lot of calls for elections now during a war right before our victory would paralyze israel for at least a half a year. it would paralyze the negotiation for the release of our hostages and it would end the war before its objectives are completed. the 1st one to benefit from this would be how much you have from us keeping up the military pressure. coupled with quote, flexibility in the negotiations is netanyahu's plan to secure the hostages release . a key part of that plan is ralph of israel's planned operation. there has sparked international concerns warning of the humanitarian catastrophe. but then yeah, who insist israel will go ahead with its plan. that's what it is. we will go into

rough uh and eliminate the homeless battalions there. there will be no victory without the operation and rough uh and there will be no victory without the elimination of how most battalions there. as the fighting goes on, israel's delegation has arrived in egypt for fresh cease fire talks that both sides have cast out on whether there will be break through this time. they say the gap between their positions is still too wide. a simon may bon is the middle east analyst at the u. k. is lancaster university. we asked him what he thinks about netanyahu's arguments that early elections would only benefit from us. yeah, i think we need to contextualize this in the sense that there has been a lot of i'm good direct to the benjamin netanyahu over the past. however many years, most of his time in office has been characterized by anger, frustration, political divisiveness, and not more so than the past couple of years. he faces challenges from the right

from the religious right, from people who are frustrated out, the religious right? that are a press protest and, and growing anger at the exclusion of military service, full members of the head of the community. and so to say that this is all about the, the how must situation of the inability to get the hostages back, i think, is misguided. and i think it points to a much deep frustration that is brewing within his railey society. netanyahu's political document and his political maneuverings. simon may bond there at the is rarely military says it has killed a senior commander in the has belies missile unit. the army released this video, it says shows several air strikes and 11 on the idea of has identified the commander as is mile. l z saying he was killed when the is really air force bombed a car in a southern lebanese village, has below,

has confirmed his death. the iran back militant group has exchanged regular fire with his really forces a sense from us carried out the october 7th terror attacks as well. christians around the world are celebrating the most important day in the church calendar for the faithful easter sunday. march the de jesus christ was resurrected. 2 days after his crucifixion of francis use his eastern message at the vatican to appeal for an end to the fighting and the middle east. easter christianity's earliest holiday. as is customary pope francis let this use easter sunday services in the vatican. saint peter's square in front of some 30000 faithful during his address. he called for respect for the principles of international law and for peace and war ravaged places,

namely with conflicts in ukraine and the middle east. noticed that a foot to enroll them in the opinion though i could see i could i appeal once again that the access to humanitarian a be insured to gaza. historic and call. once more for the prompt release of the hostages seized last october 7th safety, october and for an immediate cease fire in the strip before you for calling the last 3 shot. despite for assistance speculation about the 87 year old pont himself, he appeared on good for the in jerusalem, where the bible says jesus was crucified, buried, and rose from the dead. the scale the eastern mass was held to a relatively empty church. usually the streets around the church and the whole lease of poker in jerusalem's old city would be thronging with palestinian christians. but this year since the war began on october 7th,

palestinians need special permission to cross check points. this is not the only war to in place that worship 2000 kilometers to the worth. a new crane castle lexmark, the 3rd easter since the rest is full scale invasion. with a midnight mass pilgrims inside saint nicholas cathedral in chief held candles and prayed. but priests gave blessings. many of those gathered inevitably prayed for peace and victory in britain and king charles made his 1st official public appearance since revealing his cancer diagnosis. in february, he and queen camilla attended an easter service at saint george's chapel in windsor and met well wishers afterwards. droughts in southern africa mean millions of people. there are at greater risk of going hungry. this just a year after devastating floods hit the region,

zambia in malawi have already declared national disasters. now conditions ends above. we have also become critical. first came the storms and the fonts and now extreme heat and drought. here's what's left of the seasons crops. when our food situation is difficult and we only eat once a day because we have nothing in the fields, not a single grain. every thing has dried up, not mine. we also have problems with sourcing water. we'd like to request if they could assist us with water. maybe they could build a bar hole for us. in the meantime, many come to this distribution center to get assistance. february has been the drives, didn't send bob point in a lifetime, according to the well food program i just spoke with some of the elders from the

community. and the last time they can remember this type of child is 9047. and so it's, this is not a normal circumstance and they say this route. now with this type of heat, the day of experience is it has not happened before. just a year ago, much of southern africa was hit by deadly tropical storms and floods. these climate extremes, scientists say becoming more frequent and more damaging in neighboring zambia and malawi, drought has reached critical levels. both countries have declared national, the soft is and symbolically could be on the brink of doing the same agency is one that nearly 20000000 people across southern africa are facing hung up and will need assistance in the coming months. nowadays scotland is famous for it start rocky landscapes. many people don't know. it was once rich in forests now across the country. initiatives are working to bring back the woodlands

and wild life of previous centuries. did always build good mice reports from the south in scotland. not a tree, not a bush grows. and these barren hills and south in scotland, at least not yet. so you only to grab a fun things to be a that they want to change that. the 25 for the tiers from the scottish board as far as trust one to help loan to forest check, but you're not right on top of a boat. that's a stick experience. that's fine. yep. so that's the soft ground. and denise, not to give you a whole the right size for the tray, which in our vision is to make this into night to put. and so, the chaise all around holly, all the trees pcc they expect, and the ground is good ground and the trees will do well here. it's supposed to look like it did thousands of years ago before people come down the forest for

firewood and to gain past you. when i bought it, i feel like i get the feeling of being a mother. i need to get arrived so i saw it and then wish it could grow out very strongly and have a heavy lies sort of that. so i'm really, it's just this punting traces the i think is the best thing. ordinary people can do . it's so easy to do is just isn't investments in the future. really, a flaunting many thousands of saplings which she passed for centuries, munched up everything. but take some physical outfit. this makes sense of purpose here, so this land won't be sold to the highest bidder in 20 years time. it will stay as it is in the neighboring valley. the boat, as far as charles has already planted around 750000 trees. since then, 20 species of the us have recycled as of many wide plants and hubs. and eco power

dies in the scale to choose. the volunteers hope it comes up as a model to regenerate many of the valleys. well, many trees have started the flower here in germany, somewhat earlier than usual in the western city of bon japanese cherry trees are putting on a spectacular display meteorologist say this winter has been one of the warmest in recent years, causing the trees to flower a few weeks earlier than normal. as a result, several streets in the old town have been close to traffic so that everyone can enjoy the spectacle. so here's a reminder of our top story. turkey is main opposition party is celebrating as it has to awards and major victories and nationwide local elections. partial results showing the ruling a k party and president air, the one having suffered defeats in the key cities of bunker and system

coming up next to w reports on russia's opposition, an exile after pretend arrival alexis of all these death in the siberian prison. k . i m david levitz from the on the whole team here in for when, thanks for watching dw, for more than years, check out d, w dot com, or follow us on social media, the, the innovation green, the green revolution global. so listen to a whole lot of crime, it's probably up to speed if the carriers subscribe to those channels to subscribe to plan, it's a why do humming does not get drunk.