this is the deputy is coming to you live from berlin china moves from quarantine to crackdown. you are not even scared of death you think i'm a lot of communist party. reports from china indicate that critics who shared unauthorized images of the coronavirus response are being forcibly disappeared also coming up a push by syrian government troops into that country's last rebel held stronghold triggers an international standoff and a humanitarian crisis. and boy interrupted

a former child soldier tries to make a new life after escaping the militants trained him to kill. and unwelcome. china has reported 97 more deaths from the corona virus and more than 2000 new infections almost all the new debts 94 well in who by province the epicenter of the opry but the chinese has official said these are the lowest figures since january and they predict the epidemic could be over by april the international health experts warn it's too early to make that assumption. meanwhile a growing number of people in china have begun to express anger at the government's handling of the situation authorities have moved to silence criticism senses of

scrub social media posts and at least 2 outspoken citizens trying to expose the reality of what the seeing have disappeared raising fears for this ifti. these are images the chinese government doesn't want you to see a medical center and we han the epicenter of the coronavirus are break under stress short on supplies overwhelmed with patients the video is from. a lawyer who made the risky choice to become a citizen journalist and defy government efforts to control information in front of me is the virus and behind me the legal and administrative power of china as long as i live in the city you know i will continue to report i only report what i see what i hear. mark you well i'm not even scared of death you think i'm afraid of the communist party. is gone he disappeared last week and has not

responded to messages so far authorities will only say he has called under control the sea international say he's been forcibly quarantined. and he's not the only one to pay the price for defying state authority the blogger been took this video from a hospital in han it seems to show body bikes victims of the virus then he received a menacing knock on his door. well if you want to know all of us what do you intend . to do almost your you know what do you want. you there you know the gardener well what do you like the other night. you would you go by video you're going to have a view about how all those other nice e-mails. will you know when it's on. fighting had been posting videos daily proof that he was free those upload stopped on monday and he's been on reachable by phone fueling speculation over the rest.

of the virus and december authorities accuse him and several others of severely disturbing the social order no he's dead one of the more than 1000 people in china to succumb to corona virus so far mourning and i have marked his passing online and off in defiance of the state's threats pressure is mounting on chinese authorities to come clean on what's happening in. wanting to know what's happened to people like to intro and find bin. and joining me now is correspondent. let's use a government as a huge just trying to control the spread of the coronavirus that as we could not report this growing anger among people what are you hearing. yeah these 2 cases that we've just heard fung been unturned soules sure they were among very few people who uncovered what was happening as the state media do

not dare to report many things that are happening in there and that these 2 have disappeared is of course a sign that the government is trying to control information even tighter than they have before i spoke to which until sure about 2 weeks ago he told me that he did expect something like this to have more he was aware that it could happen and now he has disappeared he disappeared the same day when. the doctor who 1st uncovered information about the virus disappeared and of course this has angered people a lot of people do not trust the information they get from the government they do not trust the figures nobody knows whether the figures we are seeing are accurate that is in part because. testing kits are lacking and not everybody

can be diagnosed we are getting a lot of reports from one about people who are not yet tested but people also do suspect their government is trying to cover up certain facts as they have before and as they have admitted that they had before and let us all do this state propaganda says anybody who tries to cover up the extent of the outbreak will be punished the opposite seems to be happening. it is not the opposite the opposite was happening before the state said it now we are seeing more numbers we are seeing more information but what we are not seeing is an independent verification of that information so it is very hard to judge now what we can believe and what we cannot believe there are no independent join or lists who come report from the ground and their experts are also very limited

international experts are also very limited in what they can do it is this control of information that the government is exercising that is making people here very wary of what you're hearing right mathias berlin in beijing thank you very much for that update and formula one is announced it will postpone the chinese girl predicting the corona virus epidemic it was for shanghai in april and. let me having up to date that some of the stories making news around the wild in the united states bernie sanders has won the new hampshire primary they democrat voters are selecting a candidate to take on president donald trump and november's election 2nd in the race is for men pete who won the iowa caucuses. beaches of image of the devastation caused by last week's deadly violence in

kazakhstan reports say ethnic conflicts clashed with members of the don't guns a muslim group at least 10 people were killed the monster caught in the sudden john bill region many doing guns fled across the border into the neighboring republic of kyrgyzstan. but listen in president mahmoud abbas has rejected u.s. president middle east plan saying it destroyed the concept of a 2 state solution to the israeli palestinian conflict speaking at the united nations abbas said he was ready to resume peace negotiations under an international umbrella. and advance by syrian government troops into the rebel stronghold of italy province has ruptured relations between the key international players involved in the conflict the past 10 days have seen deadly clashes between rebel allied turkish soldiers and syrian regime forces president ed on has lashed out at both syria and its russian backers vowing to retaliate against any renewed attacks

meanwhile the fighting has unleashed a humanitarian crisis. the roads out of sarmad province in the last 2 months more people have fled the fighting here than at any other time in the syria conflict many are braving the harsh winter conditions simply to get types. it's really sad to see people here in. the most of them are children what are we going to do we've got nothing left for sleeping under all of trees. it's a terrible sight. this road is completely cut off because it's part full of cars. and people have no idea where they're going. this is what they are leaving behind violence has flared and it's late in recent weeks and strained ties between 2 of the main international players in the region

russia and turkey. has sent more troops to the area and has warned it will strike syrian regime forces if its soldiers come under renewed just tack. anyone targeting turkey should know that they will pay the price for this not only at the sort of the attack but everywhere. hundreds of thousands of people have left in recent weeks but not everyone can get. those still stuck in a face an actual wait and a worsening humanitarian crisis. and for more on the situation in syria i'm joined by abdel coffey unharmed though he's a teacher indicted as a village on the western countryside of aleppo welcome mr hamdan tell us what is the situation like for you right dark for you and your family hello how are you all in fact today the situation is getting worse because

this the regime is getting closer. hello can you hear me yes i can hear you please do go on. great ok in fact this is your resume is getting so close these days in fact yesterday and today in fact yesterday we couldn't sleep very well my little daughter in fact because of the bombs came to me after ike and told me i want to sleep beside you because i'm fred because i just imagine that yesterday my friends who are in the closer villages they ran away on food because no cars in fact. dared to go to these areas in fact now these more than 2 millions of people in it live at the western country side of. lift their homes and the situation and the fact they are going to nowhere these people are just yes they want to flee they want to go they want to run away from to farming by they don't know where to go and

they know that the regime is going to be following them again and they might die yes just yesterday i die 7 month. son in fact died because of cold because the situation the humanitarian situation for those people who flee who came from their houses are in very curable situation they are in tents or even sometimes without tents either in their cars or under the trees in this cold weather it's about $60.00 and nevertheless it's 2 held the hill of cold and the hills of warplanes and rockets which are on their heads so very very difficult situation feel mr until a very of a difficult situation from what you're seeing what i got planned are you also planning to leave the area and go on to for level. in fact look this is the

question that my my wife is asking to me all the time i've been kathy what should we do where should we go the most difficult question that we've fathers or the breadwinners that we don't know what we don't know where to go we don't know what to do yes i in fact i've repaired all my things all my important things just because anyone any time any movement i mine it leave my home with my kids but where this is the biggest question this is the most difficult question for us. just when i see when i look at my my children's eyes and i don't know what to do for them it's a very difficult situation for me as a father and for me family really now yes to leave i burbridge everything i went away to the last moment because i can't you know stand living in the wild in the cold because i might see my kids dying in front of my eyes so really this is

the very difficult question for me what should you do so what about what is the situation like in the village is there enough food and water and essential supplies to people who are trapped there right now with the syrian troops advancing and as well as incredible courage that you talked about. yes in fact yes my village because it's a little bit close to the border is number of this it's now close to the bombing because yeah the cedar ridge you know is getting closer to the borders of turkey and yes there is food and drinks but believe me this is now the last thing that people think of they don't think of who they don't think i'm going to because in the morning i went to the market to buy many things for my wife and i didn't buy i didn't see anyone. buying anything just i'm alone in the market this treats are just empty but the long lines of people who are fleeing from their homes

because my village it's a little bit like a corridor for people who tries to move to north and the poor so yeah this is a 2 way the material situation here but of course according to those people who left everything behind and only they had nothing in fact they can they can't do nothing for themselves they can't feed their kids or they can't you know at least to have the station things until coffee and handle a teacher and it live thank you very much for sharing your thoughts with us and we do wish you and your family all the very best hope you stay safe and you're able to get out of harm's way in time just a when they want to send a message that if it's ok for me. and oh yes i think we have to leave it there i'm the thank you very much for talking to us and d.-w. thank. young impressionable entrained to reach for it's estimated that some

250000 child soldiers were recruited and deployed in 2018 in at least 16 countries worldwide from south america. that as you can see the problem is most grave in africa and next report excess to south sudan which has one of the highest rates of child soldiers in the world there the age group save the children help the child soldier who managed to escape a boy beside 2 guns the 14 year old peter draws himself in order to protect him we can't reveal his identity or use his real name peter is still trying to come to terms with what he experienced in south sudan's civil war. when i left. i was 10 years old. i fled because of the war i had never heard the sound of gunshots before i was afraid that i might be shot so i ran. a civil war broke out in south sudan after the country gained independence since then

different groups have been fighting for power some 400000 people have died so far millions have been forced to flee the violence abruptly ended peter's childhood he struggled on his own at 1st until a rebel group took him in. how to hide ourselves and run. they trained you on how to load a gun. and how to shoot. peter was in the militia for 2 years he was then able to flee to uganda he likes being able to go to school there with help from save the children his life is slowly returning to normal. well my heart was happy when i arrived in uganda. and i saw schools and hospitals and i was excited and said this is

a place where you can at least study and get medication whenever you're so. as soon as peter finishes his homework he takes care of his pigeon his pride and joy he spread a good doesn't say fall he just says living in safety has given him the strength to be hopeful about the future. joining me now on the line from london is christine mccormack she's a child protection advisor for save the children welcome the christian mccormick and you've worked in south sudan can you tell us more about what children like to have to go through as chancellor jace. yes. this would be an experience that is has had has had been had by peta but also many other children in the sun and in other countries that. where we have recruitment our children can be forcibly recruited to adoption or through coercion to to poverty or social pressure i think

the example is in the shot that you've given hideouts that children may have happened number of. during their recruitment also who will be combatants other roles can include acting as spies porters god's. children include boys and girls can be recruited for sexual purposes and in some situations they may be used as human shields and other roles as well what is the to concerning is the experience of very high levels of violence stream violence and abuse that children. of all ages who created will have experienced throughout that the recruitment. plus the fact that they have very limited access to school and health care because social support. and all of the long term physical and psychological effects of 4 child soldiers.

in the physical community things like that of. the chronic impact of injuries and illnesses jus to the conditions that they've been living in and this may also include physical disability that you can see it as. and also. the species that you can see such as a step. programs. that kind of be some of the drug. companies where children be given drugs or that's been common place common practice psychological impacts can very much dependent on the circumstances of children in the personal levels of resilience and levels of development for each child so we're going to fred does your organization give these children in order that they can lead a normal life after the trauma they've suffered as child soldiers. there's

a common approach to the reintegration support the agencies like save the children and provide to turn itself around and then as a country. common supporting support from from caseworkers like social workers to both children and family were files to education training and livelihood opportunity there was an example of that in your churches as well is very important that. families are also able to access these services because we need to look at hamleys ability to care for children either to help reintegration but also to to prevent recruitment and it's very important that you know was there a formal release process and for children to be released many children who are recruited do not go to such processes the essential services are available in communities say that weekly gauge well with communities which is essential for.

good reintegration but also support of the vulnerable children. christine mccormick a child protection advisor for save the children london thank you very much. in other news the alleged mastermind of the 2008 and mumbai terrorist attacks has been jailed for 5 years by a pakistani court. that was convicted on 2 challenges of financing terrorism he's the founder of a group are blamed by india for the mumbai attacks in which 160 people were kids he has denied any involvement in those attacks. dutch police extrusion is the motive for 2 letter bombs that exploded early on wednesday one went off in the mailroom of the dutch bank a.b.n. amro and amsterdam the other in the offices of the japanese company ricoh in the city of cape cod no injuries were reported in either blast. pope francis is

not induced a proposal to allow married men in the amazon to become catholic priests amazon bishops have called for an exception to the celibacy rule to make up for an acute lack of priests in remote train for a forest regions but conservative catholics bitterly opposed the move the. self-proclaimed venezuelan president says he has the backing of the free world in his bit to overthrow president nicolas maduro brother was speaking on his return from a 3 week global tour where he was received by as it isn't as head of state in the united states france and britain. refugees and asylum seekers trying to make their way into the european union often live in dangerous conditions in countries just beyond its borders thousands are camping out in bosnia-herzegovina just across from the e.u. member state. many reports brutal beatings at the hands of border guards rights

groups accuse the e.u. of not doing enough to stop abuses taking place right at its doorstep. when near the border between both of them to herzegovina and croatia it's icy cold minus a. want to be outside in these temperatures but many are some have taken shelter in a former army barracks said to be about 2000 of them. there's no electricity no running water to stay warm they blitzer far in the middle of the room 13 men live in here from park. stand there waiting for their chance to somehow get across the border to croatia and past the heavily armed front here control officers. many. many. times.

many here claim border guards use serious violence threats dollars and weapons but still they say the worst part of their situation is hunger and boredom in the qur'an a river forms part of the croatian border which means the european union lies just on the other side but it's heavily guarded because if the men actually do manage to make it across with or without papers they are protected by e.u. and international law. the men document their injuries themselves so too does the center for peace studies inside grab they say they've recorded some 10000 cases so far under preparing legal action. beating and stripping

the most common. yeah taking their possession as well. and in some cases also like using dogs dock them. sexual harassment. stamping like wait. with ira and like hot iron burning to skin. researches say there have been some 35000 illegal and sometimes brutal deportations from croatia suggesting the e.u. protects its borders in violation of human rights with a 6 and a half 1000 border guards croatia is tasked with stopping people crossing illegally into the e.u. . but these men will not be deterred their goal is to make it across the border into the european union to live there in peace and prosperity but they also know

they might have to endure many more freezing nights in the barracks facing the boredom the hunger and the threats of violence. coming up next t w c asia to stay with us for that if you can an apple international sphere at the top of the i'll look forward to seeing you then. good. news.

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