the the, you're watching dw news lived from berlin, a major setback for turkeys president air, the one in nationwide elections. opposition supporters celebrating as partial results show the ruling a q party headed for defeats in key cities including assembled, also on the program. israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu rejects calls from tens of thousands of protesters for him to resign. that's on yahoo saying early elections with only benefit from us. and pub, francis leaves the eastern mass at the vatican, calling for a cease fire in gaza. and praying for the victims of the

i'm david levitz. good to have you with us. turkey is president ridge of type air to one and has conservative a k party have suffered a major blow in local elections across the country. turkeys main opposition party of the secular c h p, claiming victory in key cities including assemble and the capital anchor. the votes are seen as a bell, whether of support for air to one and has increasingly authoritarian rule. the positions of products is done booth or painting the town, read, celebrating the main opposition, c h. b, 's, spectacular victories in local elections across doki. the secular bodies use it as a sign that it still stands, the jones, the national level,

against the ruling, a k parking these election results have been response to the a k t regimes repression to what they've done to the economy. and the social structure of this contract, and that's why i'm very happy now for my country was under general, do not to we were very disillusioned of the last 2 years to know where the electrons. but now being here celebrating with people being able to tear. we really miss these kind of feelings. we are very happy and so is the mind of the hour. just on the mirror, efram in my model. this is his 2nd victory in ducky is mega city. a. my model has achieved superstar status, the case politics. put him on the bottom nation of our many see him as president of the ones. chief arrival is stumbling blocks of the nation itself gives the order and the instructions to not just one

person. the officials receive instructions from the nation the about. so the period of one man rule is over. as of today, it is done part of the republic and democracy can go full speed ahead from now on how you set a jack, who's the developed mom, the was defeat, or the one n as a k party in more than 2 decades in power. i just told you the president had thrown everything at winning is done by duck easy can all make and politically powerhouse he conceded the loss at his body's headquarters and and got a whole year is it gives my city is really sort of the mean we will not disrespect a nation's decision, but under any circumstances, that we will stay away from being stopping with the nice of the acting against the nation's will. in questioning the nation's discretion. what good as we have done

since today, you know, like through all to march 31st is not the end for us this day. it is actually a turning point to the just on, but it was wet or the one launched has bothered to go. courier as me or 2 years ago . know, many sees potentially challenger, following in his footsteps. a dw is usually a hon, give us a snapshot of the mood and assemble opposition supporters. here it is, symbol are celebrating victory. many people are on doing that. on the dancing waving flags, and they are celebrating them a us at from a model you model and the set, you know, all positions c, h, b managed to retain control over this used to be important cities of 60000000 people with a surprisingly large margin, preliminary results also suggests that president ad ones ruling a k

t. last 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 orange inflation 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 positions. and uh like a major flow to present an ad. one's image of invincibility. that was usually a han is done. bull well, israel is prime minister benny i'm in that time yahoo 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, a 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 of faced with increasing pressure to resign. israeli 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 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 minus yeah, 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 that's 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 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. a simon may bonnet is a middle east analyst at the u. k. is lancaster university. we asked him what he thinks about and nothing yahoo, his argument 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 anger, frustration, political divisiveness, and not more so than the past couple of years. the face of 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 the. ready tree 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, simon may bon there. meanwhile, because really military says that it has killed a senior commander and has ball laws missile unit. the army released this video, it says it shows several airstrikes and lab, and on. the adf has identified the commander as, as well as in saying he was killed when the as rarely air force bombed a car in southern lebanon. has the law has confirmed his death. the run back to militant group has exchanged regular fire with his rarely forces since hum us carried out the october 7th the terror attacks. let's take a look now at some other stories making news around the world. a new palestinian authority cabinet including 6 ministers from gaza was sworn in on sunday. the palestinian government, led by president mahmoud abbas is under pressure from washington to play

a greater role in the gaza strip after the war. the palestinian authority has had almost no influence in gaza since from us to power there in 2007 india is opposition parties of held a mass rallied in delhi. this follows the arrest of a senior opposition figure in connection with a long running corruption prob protesters. say india is democracy has been decaying under prime minister and urine drug moody. he's seeking a 3rd term and next month's general election. a people were killed in the shooting and ecuador in the 2nd mass killing, and as many days their group has claimed responsibility for the latest attack. on friday, 5 tourists were executed by an armed gang. for we said, drug traffickers mistook them for arrival game. 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. more than 500 emergency workers have been mobilized. while 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, pope francis used his eastern message at the vatican to appeal for an end to the fighting in the middle east. easter christianity is wholly as 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 or during his address. he called for respect for the

principles of international law and for peace and war ravaged places, namely we 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. he's so 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 around the church of 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 one place. it worship 2000 kilometers to the north and ukraine catholic smoke. the 3rd eastern since the rest is full scale invasion. with a midnight mass pilgrims inside saint nicholas cathedral in chief held candles and prayed for priests gave blessings. many of those gathered inevitably prayed for peace and victory. in britain, 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 many

trees have started into a flower 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 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 and been closed to traffic, so that everyone can enjoy the spectacle. here's a reminder now of our top story turkey's main opposition party is celebrating as it has towards major victories a nation wide local elections. partial results show the ruling a k party of president air. the one suffered defeats in the keys, cities of anchor of an estimate of next year on dw global us asks if you can put

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