the, the, you're watching dw news live from berlin, major set back for turkey as president air the one in nationwide elections, opposition supporters celebrating as partial results show the ruling a k party headed for defeats in key cities including assembled, also in the program. as well as prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejects calls from tens of thousands of protesters for him to resign. antonio, who's saying early elections were the only benefit from us, and we'd smokers are free to light up in germany as new cannabis laws come into effect. we'll look at what the personal legalization means and why some are against

it. the i'm david love, it's good to have you with us turkeys president regina type air to one and his conservative a k party have suffered a major blow in local elections across the country. partial results show the main opposition party on course to keep control of key cities. the secular c h p has already claimed victory in the capital on colorado and in turkey is biggest city assemble sundays. elections are being seen as a bell, whether of support for the president or the one had been pushing for years for his party to win back as simple. but he said he will respect the outcome of the election. says does. and speaking to supporters as symbols, newly re elective mirror at currently my molar said the vote had delivered a historic message. east stumbling blocks of the nation itself

gives the order and the instructions, not just one person. the officials receive instructions from the nation. the period of one man rule is over. as of today it is done cause the republic and democracy can go full speed ahead from now on how you set a jack dw is usually a hon. give us a snapshot of the mood and assemble how position to puerto is here it is symbol are celebrating victory. many people are honking their horns, their dancing waving flags, and they are celebrating them a, a at, from a model you model and the section off position 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 full range information 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 a historic try in full to, to control position and like a major flow to present an ad. one's image of invincibility are usually a hun bear. and as symbol israel, as a prime minister benjamin netanyahu has rejected calls from protesters for his resignation. he said early elections would only benefit from us and would jeopardize negotiations for the release of hostages. huge crowds of protesters and blocked roads in jerusalem on sunday,

as they marched toward 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 off among other things and are calling for an early election. so what i'm doing here is trying to change the government because this government is a complete and utter failure. and the only way they will need us into the abyss that will never come out though, faced with increasing pressure to resign, is rarely prime minister benjamin netanyahu standing his ground. okay, you have to pay a lot of calls for elections now during a war right before a 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 know 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 but it's plan. so that's what it is that we will go into rough uh and eliminate the homeless battalions there. there will be no victory without the operation in rough. uh and there will be no victory without the elimination of the homeless battalions there. as the fighting goes on, israel's delegation has arrived in egypt for fresh. these 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. earlier we spoke to simon

may bonn, he's a middle east analyst at the you guys, lancaster university. we asked him what he thinks about nothing yahoo, his 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 that benjamin netanyahu over the past. however many years, most of his time in office has been characterized by and 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 oppressed protests 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 much situational the inability to get the hostages back, i think,

is misguided. and i think it points to a much, the frustration that is brewing within his railey society at nothing. yahoo! whose political like to man and his political maneuverings, a simon may button there. well, meanwhile them, these rarely military says it has killed a senior commander and has belies missile unit. the army released this video, it says shows several air strikes and 11 on the idea as has identified the commander as a smile. l z him saying he was killed when the is really air force bombed a car and southern lab and on his below has confirmed his desk. the iran backed militant group has exchanged regular fire with his really forces. since i'm aust carried out the october 7th terror attacks. well, let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world's palestinian authority. president mahmoud abbas a sworn in a new government which includes both guidance and for women. the re shuffle is an

attempt by a boss to meet international demands for change and has administration. the palestinian authority which controls parts of the occupied west bank is under pressure from the us to play a part in post word garza. india's opposition parties have held a mass rally in delhi as follows, the arrest of a senior opposition figure in connection with a long run. incorrect corruption, pro, protest or say india is democracy has been decaying under prime minister in the rend remote e who's teaching a 3rd term. and next month's general election of the kayaker is missing in western france. after heavy rains and overflowing rivers flooded several regions, authorities are expecting a 100 year flood in some areas, with water levels rising up to 7 meters and 500 emergency workers have been mobilized. 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 frances used his eastern message at the vatican to appeal for an end to the fighting in the middle east. easter christianity's holiest 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 and ukraine and the middle east noticed that a functional i'm in the opinion though, i can see i can, i appeal once again that the access to humanitarian a be insured to gaza. you still can call once more for the prompt release of the

hostages seized last october 7th, safety october and for an immediate cease fire in the strategy for you, for calling their last 3 check. despite for assistance speculation about the 87 year old pump 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 of on the church of the holy supposed good 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 one place. it worship 2000 kilometers to the north and ukraine. 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. what 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. as of a few hours ago, we had smokers, here in germany, can light up illegally a new laws now enforce allowing anyone over 18 to possess cannabis and to grow it at home. but the legal ization has its critics who points to health and law in order concerns. germany's conservative opposition says they'll revoke the law if

they get to power. as we smokers in germany are lighting a legally for the 1st time from april. first, many are celebrating kenzie, you know the pictures when carol's out loud out to pester for the 1st time after winter. they jump with joy. and of course that will be us in the beginning of april . but the new cannabis measures are only a partial legalization. so what do they mean exactly? adults over 18 in germany are now allowed to carry up to 25 grams of cannabis on them. they can smoke weed in public, but not within 100 meters of schools, sports facilities, or playgrounds. people can also grow up to 3 plants at home and store up to 50 grams of cannabis for personal use. for now, there won't be any shop selling it directly to customers. the only way to buy we legally will be through a so called kind of a social club membership, but only from july 1st sorts itself. and the social clubs can have up to 500

members. and they all actively participate in the kind of bas production with working for each individual member on the club can grow up to a suite plans and conducted produce the members monthly supply, which is a maximum of 50 grams, and then give it to them the unit on the side in berlin, people hope of the new law will reduce the illegal market for the drug. conversion is a good idea and all because it decreases the black markets, which is essentially the robot because people are buying stuff and they don't know what's in it. it's better to regulate, regulate as the whole process then just have a brack margin. well, many in germany are celebrating. some have raise concerns about the legalize ation . while police union say it will be hard to enforce regulations checks and penalties. doctors are worried that the new law sends the wrong message and plays down the dangers of cannabis use and the diction. many trees have started to

flour here in germany somewhat earlier than usual, apparently due to climate change. in the western city of bon japanese cherry trees are putting on a spectacular display, media or ologist. save 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 had been closed to traffic so that everyone can enjoy the spectacle. there is a reminder of our top story turkeys, main opposition party is celebrating as it has towards major victories in nationwide local elections. partial results showing the ruling a k party of president hare to one has suffered defeats in the key cities of on correct and system of next year and dw sports life takes a look at the boil. money in english soccer at the saudi owns newcastle,

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