the, the, this is the w news coming to live from berlin, turkeys main opposition, party sweeps to unexpected victory and local election. some blow for turkey's present wrench, of time add one, as his rivals make huge gains across the country. it's their biggest victory since our one came to power 2 decades ago. also in the program, israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu reject calls from tens of thousands of protesters for him to resign. this is early elections with only benefits from us. and high times is new kind of as low as come into effect in germany as fair want us focus, celebrate. we look at what the potential legalization means and why some are against

the hello. i'm terry martin. thanks for joining us. turkey is president, richard type air, the one and his conservative a k party have suffered a major blow in local elections, turkeys, main opposition party, the secular c h p, claim victory in key cities including is tumble, and the capital incorrect adeline called the set back a loss of altitude and said his party would analyze the message and the people have given him. the boats are seen as a bellwether of support for the president after more than 20 years and power of position supporters is done. boots are painting the town, read, celebrating the main opposition, c h b. but that love big pieces in local elections across doki the

secular bodies use it as a sign that it's still stand the jones at the national level, against the ruling e k. parking these election results have been response to the a k p 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 boys under general do not told me. 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. is done by mayor efram and my model. this is his 2nd victory in doki is mega city. a my model has achieve superstar status and douglas politics. putting him on the bottom nation of our many see him as president other ones,

cheap rival 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 that about so the period of one man rule is over as of today, but it is done because it's a republic and democracy can go full speed ahead from now on time to set a jake who stood as good. but adults, mazda was defeat part, or the one in his indicate body in more than 2 decades in power. the president had thrown everything at winning as dunbar can all make. and politically, the bible house, he conceded the loss of his body's headquarters and, and got a whole year is it gives my city is really sort of that mean we will not disrespect a nation's decision under any circumstances. us, miller,

we will stay away from being stopping with the nice, the acting against the nation's will. in questioning the nation's discretion. well, good as we have done since today, you know, like through all through march 30. first is not the end for us. 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 type deals ago. know, many sees potentially challenger following in his footsteps. the less we saw, one of the big winners in the elections was, is timble mer extra in memorial. i asked id in this get to professor of international relations. it's a bunch a university. what amable, who is victory means for president 31? well this means that the most probably has a major challenge. it the him for the next presidential rains,

which will most likely take place in 2028. it also means that in his family he has lost to the opposition to him. all the impasse and for the 3rd time now, you know, rose after the 2 consecutive defeats in 2019 i. it also shows that here you have a trend of the to can have both of not just the core may not position constituency, but also the social segment from the current to the democrats to the lift road to the center, right? so he cannot see that it is the phones at the very segment of the song talk to us about what voters were concerned about in this election. what topics did the opposition do, particularly well with in the selection as well? i think the economy was the number one concern because the economy has been doing

much was even before the elections of past year. that is the presidential and parliamentary race of 2023. so of the economy, because you cannot make prices with sales much more strongly across the tepid republics. the inflation rates have been very high, unemployment had been rising. so this is of course, an important i would say the primary concern. but also you had, of course, bad management by the a t p, right, both of the center but also the local level. and it's not just the failings of the a t p, but i believe that the main position was particularly successful in terms of putting out the right candidates in the right places. and also in performing wells, in places where they were actually the income that was when they were office in the office isn't assembled. i mean, how cut out in particular so these were local elections, but do they tell us something about the political landscape of turkey as

a whole to yes, they do pass the full they show that you can never take victory for granted and tacky that things can change very, very quickly when you are perhaps the least expecting it. and also the goal to show that this is the message of the electra to handle, that they are not happy with the way in which the country is being governor. and i think he made it very clear and exceed yesterday that he got this message. and that's why he's not going to have it on the elections that you will work at for the lease when the next general election we just to come in for years time. but it's basically, i would say also to show that the tufty show position can still succeed even given the very own the nature of the election landscape. so i think this is very, very important. i mean, we should not assume that these elections were fair. in fact,

the people who playing field was high, you skewed in favor of the incumbent, and yet still the opposition made it. and i think that's also important. important finding or end result. professor, thank you very much for your analysis. that was professor sent i'm, i didn't do is get from is a bunch a university. it is simple. thank you. now to israel, where demands are growing for the resignation of the countries. prime minister, after more protests on sunday demonstrators clashed with police during march, is calling for ben. you mean to to know who to go? they also demanded for more to be done to secure the release of hostages. still being held in gaza. huge crowds, blocked roads and lit fires as they march towards these rarely parliament. that's it now who has rejected any criticism of his handling of ceasefire negotiations and israel's war against some os. the 10s 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 trying 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 israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu standing his ground. okay, you want 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 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 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. are jerusalem, correspond to rebecca rivers has more on what's driving the mass protest against

prime minister netanyahu. it was there's a huge division of a net, benjamin netanyahu and the government in israel. terry, many people, a majority of people want to see the government stepped down. i want to say benjamin netanyahu step down and take responsibility. largely many people blame him for the events that led out to october 7. they blame him for a poor handling of it. in the immediate aftermath of the attack on october 7, and they sent me a blame him for the way that he carried out these hostage negotiations and for a lack of progress on them. still more than a $130.00 hostages inside guns or, and no sign of a hostage do eminence. they say that he's putting his own personal political survival in front of the security and the safety of bringing home the hostages. we're seeing the tensions rise. there was already a great division of prior to october 7, and prior to this more breaking out,

we see those tensions rise even with most of and now when you talk about people who, who have families and loved ones in side gaza, they're saying that, you know, this government is, isn't putting that as a top priority, and they want to see a change in the government. now, benjamin netanyahu coming out saying that will let me play in the hands to have mass, but the protest is, and many people on the straight saying, but, you know, the country is already in paralysis. and as long as the hostages of the nothing is being done about it, we need to do something and elections could be one way of breaking that deadlock. and that was dw, as rebecca richards reporting for us from jerusalem. now, here in germany, a new law partially legalizing kind of this has come into effect at midnight hundreds gathered in central berlin to celebrate the moment. legislation over eighteens can now possess up to 25 grams in public for personal use and cultivate up to 3 plants at home. but the legislation has its critics who point to health and

law and order concerns in germany's conservative. all physicians say they'll revoke the law if they get into power again. we smokers in germany are lighting up 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 at 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. so it looks up on the social clubs can have up to $500.00 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 sweep plans and conducts produce the members monthly supply, which is a maximum of 50 grams. and then give it to the vendor puts you in on site in berlin, people hope of the new law will reduce the illegal market for the drug, i think make an assertion, is a good idea and all because it decreases the black markets, which is essentially the problem because people are finding stuff they don't know what's in it, it's better to regulate regulated the whole whole process then just have a huge black margin while many in germany are celebrating, some have raise concerns about the legalize ation. well police union say it will be hard to enforce regulations, checks and penalties. doctors are worried that the new law sends the wrong message

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