this is deja vu news life from her land a court of myanmar rejects an appeal by two boarders journalists sentenced to seven years in jail myanmar accuses them of foreigners of trying to undermine national security they say they are innocent and bushranger by police but the judge says their punishment is suitable. also coming up snowed under people in alpine regions in germany and austria struggles with their record amounts of snow some villages are cut off an emergency workers warned of the danger from an avalanche plus angle

americal says she is aware of how much suffering nazi germany inflicted on the least during the war her comments come as afghans makes another demand for reparations. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a court of myanmar has rejected an appeal by two journalists serving seven year prison terms while lone and quasi two were arrested in december of twenty seventeen after investigating the massacre of ten rohinton boys and men during the army's brutal crackdown on the muslim community the two reuters journalists were later sentence for breaking the official secrets act by possessing classified documents their lawyers argued that they were entrapped in the police stay. on the line now from goon is journalists days. eve. thank you so much for joining us dave the

reuters correspondent they were arrested while reporting on the ethnic cleansing in myanmar you have been covering this story how difficult is it today to work in myanmar and get an accurate account of the situation for the right into. so the area where this i'm counterinsurgency campaign has been going on by the military which is a northern are kind state that's basically closed off you only get to go in there if you're on a government supervised trip so then you're only seeing what they let you see you have access to that they give you access to legs they made that a very highly restricted area. as far as reporting here certainly from the local press and you talk about the local media that's based here or of the mi amor press i mean they will tell you the degree of this case has just put a chill over all of them because what these reporters did these two warders journalist it was an incredible groundbreaking investigation that had been

documented through the murder of and the growth in demand by the security forces were joined by some civilians even the military admitted that this is what happened it was incredible investigation and now they were essentially entrapped they were entrapped and set up and then placed in jail and sentenced to seven years so this is basically a warning from the military to the journalists here that if you cross certain lines you could be next so that has put a chilling effect on the local press the stars the international press but more media. certainly is everyone is getting trying to do their best. there is some very aggressive reporting going on by the foreign press and they brought out a lot of great stories but still not having complete access makes it tighter to get to all that i mean so how does all this make you feel because we understand that you have been working there as a journalist in myanmar for many years now what's your reaction to this verdict are you worried for your own safety. i mean i don't sit here worrying at night that i'm

going to get arrested. i think it's you know you can't rule anything out but i think it's different you know i have a u.s. passport and it's certainly different than say for me m.r. citizen who although there are many international diplomats and ambassadors here about our lobbying on the behalf the fact is they do not directly represent these myanmar nationals and i think for me i'm our national it's a different story than for a foreign reporter i can tell you someone who's been here for the better part of of five almost six years during that time this is the worst case for press freedom that i've seen and we know that in this case in particular that the the sentencing has been condemned by organizations by governments around the world so you're not alone in sharing those thoughts. journalist working there in myanmar we thank you so much for joining us this afternoon to share your reaction. now let's get

a quick check of some other stories making news around the world the u.s. led coalition against the so-called islamic state has started the process of withdrawing from syria a spokesperson for the u.s. military confirms the move but would not discuss specific timelines locations or troop movements out of concern for operational security president trump announced the planned withdrawal last month. romania has taken over the rotating presidency for the next six months european commission president john for the younger ones that the e.u. would not accept any compromise in tackling corruption in the country the commission wants romania's left leaning government to scrap controversial to dish a look forms which russell says undermine the battle against graft. and austria and germany are struggling to cope with the heaviest snowfall in two decades at least seven people have died in alpine regions in the past week authorities warning that the risk of avalanches in the mountains is extremely high some communities in

bavaria have declared a state of emergency and forecasters warn more snow is on the way. although it's become a military operation german soldiers called in to help back to scotland where a state of emergency has been declared the bavarian town hasn't seen snow like this for years and the changes are old to rio. untreated so we have many requests to help clear the roofs of buildings in the tunnel but if i can help thirteen years ago fifteen people died many of them children when a roof collapsed it's important to keep a close eye on the roofs and secure any that pose a danger. heavy snowfall has completely conscious off the southern german town of yakka now it may look like a perfect picture postcard but there are increasing concerns that food supplies are running low. in switzerland guests were lucky to survive an avalanche that

came crashing through their hotel photos on social media show the devastation as the three hundred metre avalanche swept into the building at this funk out mountain pass injuring three people. in the mountains around innsbruck in austria they too are on avalanche standby there are concerns that if the weather improves people may take unnecessary risks says shown the first day of improved weather is really dangerous it's where most avalanche accidents happen to most of you for. more than four metres of snow has already fallen in this region for those living here the hard work looks set to last some time yet. and it appears i'm in s.f. is covering the story for us from out to say austria which is struggling with extreme snowfall. well it's not again last night and i wouldn't be exaggerating if i said

that this city this town is completely buried when you go through the streets or gives the impression of walking through a tunnel i mean the walls of snow are literally twice as tall as i am the headline this morning in the local newspaper was hope and trepidation hope would probably describe this side of the village a moment i'll say which has had some of the heaviest snowfall but the villagers are really dealing with it the bakeries open the hotels open people are walking through the streets there's not snow plows they don't have snow plows here actually they have they have shovels steam shovels going through the streets literally carrying the snow because there's nowhere to put it they have to put it in giant piles down the street now trepidation would describe the other side of this village about a kilometer down the street there they have been evacuated it's completely closed off no one's allowed to go there and that's because of the danger of avalanches austrian authorities have history highest avalanche warning for that area even the

mayor had to evacuate as house i don't know if you can hear but there's a helicopter flying overhead and all those helicopters are doing are checking situation to see if an avalanche is about to to go down and so people had to get out of that area and i was on and joining us from austria german chancellor angela merkel has said that germany recognizes its historical responsibility for crimes committed by nazis in greece merkel made the comments during a meeting with the greek president on the second day of her trip to athens it also comes as greece says that it has grounds to pursue a legal claim for two hundred eighty nine billion euros in reparations for the nazi occupation of the country in world war two. agreed president procopius pablo gave the german chancellor an exceptionally warm welcome after years of frosty relations between the two countries uncle americal appeared to appreciate the friendly reception but tensions linger greece is still pursuing its demand for

war reparations said his country had not forgotten its call for germany to pay compensation for the nazi occupation during world war two greece estimates it suffered hundreds of billions of euros worth of damage berlin's position is clear the matter was settled in one thousand nine hundred sixty in a deal with several european governments. to all i know you can be certain that we recognize our historical responsibility we also know how much suffering we as germany during the nazi era brought to greece that's why it's our duty to do everything we can to maintain good relations with greece and to lend each other mutual support for the benefit of both greece and germany. so who are the conditions of. this was chancellor merkel's first visit to greece since two thousand and fourteen back then germany pushed for austerity which led to frequent protests and resistance this conflict has not been forgotten but the mood between

the two countries has improved noticeably. in the world of sports tennis star andy murray has announced that he will retire this year saying that he may have been quit after the upcoming australian open. with roger federer rafael a doll and novak djokovic have dominated the men's game in recent years winning the lion's share of major titles and earning the name the big four but the quartet good soon become a trio in just a couple of weeks. ahead of this year's grand slam opener andy murray currently ranked two hundred thirty it addressed his lack of performance and dealing with chronic pain. i can still play it's a level low level that i'm happy playing. but also. you know it's not just the pain as it is. you know is just too much for.

in two thousand and thirteen murray became the first brit since one thousand nine hundred thirty six to win wimbledon bringing the title and tennis fever back to the u.k. but it was in twenty six team marie really took charge we need the a.t.p. world tour finals gold at the rio olympics a masters one thousand title and a grand slam all in the same calendar was a historic achievement in the sport maria said it's a world number one it nears becoming the first brit to do so since one nine hundred seventy three sadly in twenty seventeen murray injured his right hip and was forced to cut his season short opting to have surgery rarely making tournaments over the last two seasons murray withdrew from last year's australian open french open and wimbledon he had initially planned to quit after this year's wimbledon but now feels melbourne might be his final of it.

yeah i think i think it is because there's a chance that for sure. you know there's a chance of that for sure because. like i said i'm not i'm not sure. i'm not sure i'm able to. to flow through to you know for another. four or five months with murray set to leave the court to this will have to do without one of its cornerstones making way for the next generation of talent to break through. now when you think about the sport about legs vatican city probably doesn't come to mind but the tiny state has just launched its own international track and field team so will it be god's feet for the vatican in route to the olympics let's find out. a rare sight in st peter's square.

this is part of the vatican city's new athletics team and they are ready to take on the world the vatican may be the smallest state on earth but the team as lofty ambitions because where they live. with regards to the olympics the dream we have is to be carrying the vatican flag during the opening ceremony of the games. they joke here to be a marathon running priest and a half marathon loving none are among the team members. for me when i began running it gave me the chance to rediscover inner peace to find a balance you need we need we would have time for silence. the vatican competing at the olympics may still be a way off but a leap of faith is all they need. you're watching news still to come on the program as japanese prosecutors filed more charges against will no c.e.o.

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