please. god please t.w. november focus. this is d. w. news coming to you live from berlin the dangers of being a journalist in the real mark more and more reporters in the country are being mocked simply for doing their job clients deprived their leader on songs or cheese so determined to silence her critics we have a special report from. an spanish football judge barcelona are opening three used

academies in china as they look to recruit the asian a little messy and boost their breath in the reach. below ontario martin welcome to the program to journalists in myanmar jailed in connection with their reporting of the ranger crisis are expected to file appeals this week the reuters reporters wallonia. were sentenced to seven years in prison while investigating the massacre of revenge of muslims during a military crackdown last year many countries condemned the trial but as deep w.'s southeast asia correspondent boston heartache reports it's part of a wider push by the government in myanmar to stifle freedom of the press. a workers' strike on the outskirts of yangon. things get heated when protesters confront the police. lying to us in why is right

in the middle reporting it live on facebook. but situations like these are not the dangers journalists like him fear most it's criticizing the powerful which has once again become a present danger in me and mark a risk like kids in why has to weigh up carefully whenever i have to publish a news and story i need to think. three times. that this story my security or this story can love me in the deal was in many kids that i thought he went to. to hide the real situation the true information so. so they also had already tried to address the threat alone and just only too well the two reuters

journalists were sentenced to seven years in prison after investigating the involvement of me and maher security forces in mass killings in rakhine state these are the walls of yangon's notorious insein prison back in the days of military rule that housed many a political prisoner nowadays more and more journalists have to do time here not only wallow and enjoy also whose case to international attention there are many more just recently three journalists were arrested and brought here because they reported on shady business deals by the yangon regional government and its head of human tame a close confidant of state councilor and nobel peace prize laureate aung san suu chiefs three journalists have been released on bail but the incitement charges so far have not been dropped if convicted they face up to two years in prison. de facto leader on sense that she was once the figurehead of the democracy movement in her country a symbol of resistance against the decades long oppression by me and mars' military

rulers now she heads a party into government that alongside that same military cattails press freedom in intimidates critical voices. they are lying runs me in march first investigative magazine he says the laws like the official secrets act the two reuters journalists were charged under need urgent reform as things stand he says journalists remain under threat. even when we using our phone we very nervous who are sent which if a mission to my for everyone can sense if a mission for to me if some official. fall some secret if. it will be valid into the secrecy very we are very nervous not only me but also my family. that's the last threatening journalists like they are lying are currently under review a spokesperson for cities party told us but it's not only the interests of the

media the civilian leaders are considering they are also careful to avoid confrontation with the country's powerful military. who file that report joins us now as we mentioned we are expecting a reuters journalist to appeal their prison sentences this week how likely is it that there are certain says will be overturned. just a very it's very hard to see how the court is going to rule in that second case should it come to that and that second trial should it come to that the credit fact of the matter is that the first trial was widely criticized also for example because one of the witnesses the police officer testified that the police basically set the two up they lured them into a trap gave them documents and then immediately after they were arrested and that's only possible because of this law this official secrets act which dates back to

colonial times and it makes it a crime to possess state secrets you don't even have to do anything with them it's just the possession itself is already punishable under that i under that law and state counsel uncensored she said that this conviction is according to the law but the problem really are these laws they're so broad in this official secrets act is not the only one there are others as well defamation laws telecommunication laws in the easily lend themselves to intimidating silencing critics and as long as they need to be amended that's what critics are saying and as long as they're in place like this there's there's little chance of things changing mustn't you mention aung sun suu chee the former pro-democracy activist who is now myanmar's de facto leader some say that press freedom has actually declined since she took office was it naive to expect an improvement under her leadership. was

definitely a surprise to me that things developed in the way they have many expected things to get better sense that she and her party the national league for democracy taking power that they expected that things were going to improve freedoms were going to going to improve and things were going to go more towards a democratic system but the fact is that it seems that the opposite is. actually the case many journalists in myanmar say that they feel they had more freedom under the previous president taint seign who was a member of the military or former general and so the question is why is it happening and many are pointing their fingers to the military especially within the government saying this is the military's fault but it's also true that it's not only the military because if we consider for example that case that we heard about in the report of those three journalists who were recently arrested they report it on the regional government of yangon and that's headed by an n l team member and

they're the ones who press charges indeed they wouldn't have to do that so it is a surprise and also disappointing for many that things are developing in this direction terry bustin thank you so much d.w. southeast asia correspondent bastian hearty there talking to us from bangkok. now to some of the other stories making news around the world today german chancellor angela merkel will be in warsaw today for a joint session of the polish and german cabinets bilateral relations are tense germany and the european commission are concerned that the polish government's controversial judicial reforms are undermining the rule of law. police in china say an on board quarrel between a bus driver and a passenger is to blame for a deadly accident in the country's southwest a bus plunged off merican migrants who throw rocks at u.s. border troops would be treated as if they were armed trump told journalists that a group of several thousand migrants moving north toward the border had already

thrown rocks at mexican police and that the u.s. would quote not put up with that. and grace and saudi arabia's crown prince is reported to have told the u.s. that he considered jamal khashoggi to be a dangerous islamist the washington post newspaper says mohamed bin so moms made the remarks in a bone call with white house of bizer is jared and john bolton call was made after the writer disappeared but before saudi arabia admitted killing. the u.s. ministration has called for a cease fire in yemen where the most where the worst humanitarian catastrophe in decades could be developing that's the warning from the u.n. the impoverished country on the arabian peninsula has been a war zone since two thousand and fourteen iran backed who the rebels are fighting the yemeni government which is supported by saudi arabia twenty eight thousand people have died and nearly fourteen million are threatened by hunger and disease.

this is a bitter harvest the leaves of this runoff plant are all there is for lunch no bread rice or noodles to be had anywhere the members of the family have to fend for themselves. but you know aid organization has helped us a tool i've been asking for help for families who are suffering in the war. and the money out of. this family is one of many who have fled to the remote region of hijacked to escape the fighting between the saudi led coalition and the iran back to some rebels. but the lack of humanitarian aid and means subsisting on less which don't really nourishing life. now you can chalk i know what this woman explains that when her husband still had work they could buy anything for their seven children rice fish chicken milk juice whatever they wanted. yet even. the family is far from alone many acutely malnourished children have

been brought to have just central hospital the i there he and i did she says this year the number of malnourished children is higher than in two thousand and seventeen and i think is a different thing from. the u.n. fears that if no ceasefire is forthcoming yet more children will perish now the u.s. which has supported the saudi led coalition in yemen may be rethinking its position thirty days from now we want to see everybody around a peace table based on a ceasefire based on a pullback from the border and then based on sheesh him dropping a bomb it sounds like a clear call to the saudis who have pounded yemen with air strikes for three years . spanish football club barcelona is opening three football schools across china's southwestern you know it's in collaboration with us company grounded sports academy

the project aims to force the next generation of footballers in china but it's also seen as a savvy marketing move. for these young lads the dream of being the next messi has just become a tiny bit like. three barcelona football academies promise to bring the beautiful game to chinese youngsters one in the city of cuming has already opened and will admit more than one hundred students aged between six and fourteen every year. barcelona famed for their player development will surely also have other benefits in mind china is a massive market for football the english premier league with its stoss studded teams is currently the most popular league there but the castle club have begun cultivating the next generation of bossa fans and who knows if they heed the advice

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double faulted federer is ten career victories behind men's record holder jimmy carter. but it's like a giant spawn mini car in hot water over a photograph from a hollow in party that defender jerome boateng posted on twitter in the photo which the club itself also posted later brazilian defender wore a traditional arab headdress and a fake mustache while holding a box that says danger. social media users have widely criticized the choice of costs here. since tweeted that it was not his intention to hurt any feel. they're watching t.v. news coming to you live from berlin forget you can always get the latest news only go just download. google player from the apple store i'll give you access to all the latest news from around the world as well as push notification breaking news and also send. us photos and videos.

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