and so many different walks of life. some are. on. the. street. to see. from here. to their final resting place the russians. documentary. this is the day after news asia coming up today trapped in limbo between me and mom about the. hundreds of thousands the brink of refugees remain in camps 3 yes since a brutal crackdown against me and mom drove them from their homes what needs to happen for them to return to talk to an official.

welcome to d.w. news isha glad you could join us 3 years ago today myanmar's army began a brutal military crackdown against the rohingya most the minority triggering a mass exodus of the community to neighboring bung others more than 700000 rohingya fled what one u.n. official described as a textbook example of ethnic cleansing they joined hundreds of thousands of others who had fled in idea yaz to camps like these in bangladesh overcrowded and with poor facilities but now this is attempts to return the refugees to me and from here have been unsuccessful he owes more on 3 hours of a tragedy that appears for yet more time. oldest 2017 a brutal crackdown begins in myanmar's record state triggering

a mass exodus. hundreds of thousands of range of muslims are forced to flee. many say they faced murder torture and rape at the hands of myanmar security forces . the myanmar government says the army operations were conducted against range of terrorists who would stage deadly attacks on dozens of police outposts. most ranger fled to bangladesh and found shelter in the overcrowded refugee camps around cox's bazaar. for 3 years attempts to repatriate large numbers of ranger back to myanmar have failed now the global spread of the corona virus has made that goal even more complicated. because of the covert 19 pandemic we've closed the repatriation centers for now.

oh we're always open to repatriation. but the centers are close. and the repatriation efforts have been halted for now you know about it all marco we've got to. get out get out and i will. not imagine. observateur say the situation in iraq or in state is still too unsafe to start sending refugees back to their homes. i think the idea of repatriation. at the moment is. very misguided remains a perilous situation for injure in myanmar they're still around half a 1000000 range are living in villages in rakhine state they're confined to their villages they're still confined camps further south states this is in the context in which we're back chasing can occur what's happening on the ground in rakhine state of mind is severe restrictions on movement indicate what would fall those

were hinged he returned state. i think the threat of violence to his ranges still very high. even before the huge influx of 2017 bangladesh had been hosting ranger refugees for decades. more than a 1000000 now live in the sprawling makeshift camp in the most densely populated refugee settlement on the planet. officials estimate that tens of thousands are now squeezed onto every square kilometer. to reduce the population pressure bangladesh now wants to relocate 100000 refugees to the arlen don't question chart. russian stories ready to echo what it wanted like. the air and the places will

it create and there. were no arse. sufis sharon or drinking water supply. the lists of there are a residence is much more better then their dog was his brother eric was again. but human rights groups opposed the relocation plan. they argue that the line island is prone to natural disasters. and is not suitable for long term habitation . bangladesh's government insists the relocation of range of muslims here will only be temporary. the british army's our number 1. 11 priority. or use whatever we do we do you knew we do everything you being in mind to have

the us and it's been effective so now it's meant and sending a ring of people who do. that doesn't mean that it will stop the but then doesn't mean it is just a really just displacement of the thing as a temporary ship and then eve. will wendi this will even we can send these. people from my own murderous. relocation or repack share asian to options fraught with risk and uncertainty for myanmar a huge refugees. joining me now from geneva is spokesperson of the u.n.h.c.r. the un's refugee agency mr andre my church mr magic wall camera news.

keeps insisting that repatriation of regular refugees to me and mine is its number one priority i'm wondering how the un seize it. well 1st and foremost to the repatriation is a preferred solution for most of the refugees and in fact this is the key point we should be listening to what the refugees are saying and the refugees themselves are saying that they wish to return as is the case in many other refugee crisis in the world however for this repatriation to become a reality there will need to be some improvements on the ground in myanmar. the appreciation needs to be 1st and foremost a voluntary one it needs to be a decision taken by the refugees themselves on the basis of good information about the situation back home about what they can expect in terms of conditions so what we would need to see is the lifting of the restrictions on the for example freedom

of movement we would need to see access to livelihoods to jobs we would need access to education also being granted. also a pathway to citizenship is something that the remainder refugees have repeated many times as one of the key conditions for their return so in a nutshell we should be closely listening to what the refugees themselves are saying here but the refugees are saying they want to go back but they want safety and security and as you seem to be reporting of the onus is on me and mark to provide the safety and security do you see the myanmar government working actively to improve the plight of ruin your of produce. well right now we have being calling for a while for for resumption of the of the dialogue 1st and foremost between the

myanmar authorities and the refugees themselves this is a very important element in building that trust that will be necessary for the refugees to make that decision. as we have said many times the responsibility for creating conditions conducive to return of refugees lies with me and my government it lies also with the the recommendations of the rakhine advisory commission to which the government has committed itself is the last times addition to find i'm sorry to interrupt you sir but is the myanmar government living up to that responsibility. i was just coming to that point yet maher is currently engaged with both you n.d.p. and u.n.h.c.r. the u.n. refugee agency in working on the on the 2 agencies helping. to start creating the conditions conducive for the return of refugees but in the

meantime we should not forget that currently we have an ongoing conflict in the rakhine state there is a fighting going on between aurukun army and the myanmar military the estimate is that it has displaced more than 86000 people in the in the last. since the beginning of the year and there are issues with the landmines there is use with with a constant insecurity so this is another element that also needs to be addressed and a peaceful outcome of that situation is also necessary before we can talk about a safe and sustainable and dignified return of the of the regime there are also 130000 rohingya who are internally displaced in iraq which also and they also need solutions right but they're not just internally displaced i mean i'm just quoting what human rights watch said in a recent report this event there are in general constant on living in appalling

conditions there confined to camps and villages without freedom of movement and cut off from access to adequate food medical care education and livelihoods so this is this goes beyond the conflict in the car and this is an attitude to put a pair of the me and my government to one sort of a gamble seems living in rakhine state do you see a change in the future in that attitude of the myanmar government. as i said there is there is a work going on on helping me and mark to start to create the conditions for for the return there will need to be an improvement on the ground on the conditions in the conditions on the ground with the lifting of the restrictions on on the freedom of movement for these people their ability to go back to their own villages their ability to have access to jobs to to work their ability to get education but most importantly the key condition that has been put forward especially by the ring of community is

a clear pathway to citizenship when i feel even there for the time being under my richard spokesperson of the u.n. itself i just want soft joining us. and that's it for today there's more on the dot com. and on facebook and twitter now the entire tragedy often devolves into numbers the more than 700000 who fled the nearly half a 1000000 who are still in the country dealing with restricted freedoms but behind each figure is a fear that's been. a struggle for existence. with some of these faces that define the continuing saga of the back to model.

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call people. on the phone it's the back environment soon hearts. on the brink he spoke to several leading experts in the film. just because. they call themselves long holos or long tail as some have been sick almost as long as the new coronavirus has been around. covered 19 is causing more long term damage than thought. i was diagnosed with some blood clots smaller blood clots in or if my lungs then i got

a lot of respect to treat problems and the doctors just do not understand why i've still got blood clots but i want them to find out what's going on. after because it 19 i lost almost half my hair. we hope the majority of the lesser symptoms will disappear after a time but as with the 1st sars pandemic will almost certainly witnessed permanent health issues but to what extent is unknown thousands of people of all ages staying sick for weeks even months a study by denmark's our university found a 3rd of corona patients suffered long term side effects for some the virus just comes and goes or just doesn't go rather it stays the disease can damage the longs heart and brain increasing the risk of long term health problems suzanna.

husband were among the 1st people in germany to contract the coronavirus back in march as they emerged from quarantine 2 weeks later they thought everything would be fine. but we were wrong because even now 5 months later susan ahead is still suffering from the effects of the virus before she was very active and highly sporty that's all changed. as you can see moodle i'm very tired i can easily go to bed and fall asleep at 8 o'clock that wasn't the case before and that's the main problem the tiredness it's really debilitating she's not alone many doctors say they see patients who are struggling to fully recover after an acute coronavirus infection years the person's posts here and we're seeing patients who are dogged by health problems for weeks even months afterwards even though the virus is no longer present and they should actually be

healthy again. and nicole has also suffers from exhaustion during her illness with coronavirus she lost her sense of taste and smell 3 months later she can still barely smell anything not even her morning coffee does for me it's very limiting because i can't really explain it it's something that really affects my quality of life. the cause could be an impairment in the all factory bold during the sars outbreak in 2002 experiments on animals showed the virus could work its way through the nerve endings in the linings of the nose and the olfactory nerve to the brains of factory system before heading on over the sign that says. it's likely that this can also occur with kovac 19. could be that some of these patients have actually

suffered some brain damage because with patients who present only with impairments to their senses of taste and smell which is a common neurological symptom when we investigate them with m.r. imaging we can see damage to the factory bulb. the psychological stress caused by the pandemic could play a role to recall haskett hopes she'll one day return to her old self but she says her brother's experience has scared her as a man but you know that i'm kind isn't my brother didn't have any proper symptoms and he's only started to feel really bad since he recovered he has pains in his joints his knees really hurt he constantly has the feeling that he's out of breath also artemis as yet no one knows what is actually causing such symptoms or how long they could go on for researches across the globe are working to come up with answers but it'll be some time before they have them. all of

a course joins us from the university of going and where he's a senior position great to have you on the show you found covered $1000.00 can affect the kidneys early on and that can be detected detected in a urine sample what's that mean for the course of the disease. yes it well we know that a sucker of facial that quick 90 gets sicker than others so days after onset of symptoms maybe know that some need i.c.u. care and much allergy so our idea actually was to diffuse the urine do it i don't defy the suk rupa earlier in terms of well once the urine gets who was the chief in terms of the organ infection tells us that this patient is at risk . so i actually use this urine sample. to identify

you as i'm with the organ failure patient at rest so this is a good warning sign of a serious infection are there other warning signs to yes i think there are higher if you're imagining yourself being affected as a coke 19 patient being at home canteen it is hard for your family doctor to check you every day for all different signs off. organ failure so if you use this you don't dipstick it's easy to use like a pregnancy test it makes it a lot easier for your family doctor to to identify your idea that you are at risk. and so once you are identified the family doctor will take a closer look at what you can transfer you to the hospital what about knowing yourself when whether or not you're at risk before it even gets that far mean some people have mild symptoms some have not and others get really sick that does it all

come down to how healthy we are. it's a very good question that is very hard to answer because we are still in the one face in code 19 and the data are confusing. everywhere in the world so let me put it to affect us that i think are quite important here the 1st vector is better so if you are a male in your. sixty's. and if your immune system simply over x. and we don't know why some it was into the systems over ect and become seriously ill some other factors of course are being overweight of being a smoker and that that also play a role here. and the 2nd i think even more important factor is exposed for and so the higher the virus won't you are exposed to the higher your risk is.

so think of this. people being in operation potties they we had a high exposure and by the way that the highest exposure extreme i have for the health care workers at the emergency departments and i.c.u. is being exposed to signal you little patients so please be aware that the health care workers are at the highest risk and definitely when it comes back to the patient if they take all the boxes initial to get seriously ill what measures can you take. well just to make sure that this is not an official recommendation by myself for a year as a 2 year ospital as a my personal opinion here is. if our rhythm including the ewing dipstick tells you

that this nation is at risk i would consider it to point and the 1st point is to anticoagulation yourself more aggressively in 2 to korea instrumentality iran's because we know that trump in public events major to plan the setting and the 2nd point is that once you are at risk to deteriorate it was very tempting to start the antiviral medication you actually have earlier before you would get sicker briefly as far as the length of time that patients can suffer as a possible to predict the extent of damage. we simply do not know it would not be fair to if you're clear answer you're. just don't know enough about the the long term consequences of quick 19. for sure

we know. at present that this is a move to disciplinary just a clean we need to take care of and so we course sure need all the internists a specialty is after this infection to to make sure that for example. the chronic renal failure might suffer after this infection is detected and treated each and you physician out of the course at the university of getting and thank you very much for joining us today. you'll turn to ask the questions if you haven't already getting contact on how you tube channel will get out science correspondent derek williams to look into a topics you bring up. to people living with hiv have an increased chance of dying from kovac 900 a number of different studies have looked at this issue and although the data is

still pretty limited mostly they agree that people who are living with hiv and that are on an effective treatment program where the antiviral medication are not any more likely to contract or die from covert 19 than 10 people who don't have the u.s. centers for disease control currently lists having the immunodeficiency diseases as only maybe affecting outcomes a key aspect of that though is certainly going to be whether or not hiv patients continue to get the antiviral therapies that are are keeping their disease in check the united nations program that's responsible for global action on hiv has warns that in 2020 there could be up to half a 1000000 additional aids deaths and sub-saharan africa of loan caused not by patients catching covert 19 but because it's disrupting supply lines for and

access to the medications that those patients need to survive that would basically wipe out all of the progress that's been made in the fight against aids over the last decade. and just briefly you don't need a crystal ball to know this was coming kentucky fried chicken is temporarily suspending its long time ad slogan it's finger licking good with personal hygiene top priority in stemming transmission k.f.c. says it doesn't quite.

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interview with. sky at discusses the protest posing a challenge to president bush and his 26 year also on the program russia it's fact publications and opposition. he was poisoned moscow accuses doctors of the hospital where he's being treated rushing to conclusions. president trump appears on the 1st day of the us republican national convention as delegates formally back his fit for a 2nd term. i'm sure the program is exiled opposition leader took on not sky says a peaceful revolution is underway a huge anti-government protests continue over the disputed presidential election 16 days ago the demonstrations have provided the biggest challenge yet to present

a look at 26 years in power denouncing the protesters as rats he's been defiant appearing on t.v. body armor and carrying a kalashnikov in while you're. when union is preparing to impose sanctions or the violent crackdown that saw 7000 people detained in the days following his reelection. brussels is also refusing to recognize the results of that vote drawing praise from exiled opposition leaders for atlanta taken off sky day w a correspondent constantine agate spoke with her in vilnius and if you were any of where she fled after the disputed election. the kind of scale. what do you think is going to happen in the coming days weeks and. we've seen massive demonstrations especially in minutes but not only as well we've seen alexander lukashenko being filmed by his press with a machine gun so he's showing that he's not going to leave. was going to happen are

you afraid it's going to be real violence. i have seen this video and i can't even comment on it because it's awful but. you know our people have changed and i don't know what's going on to happen in their eyes days but i know what's really happened in the nearest future. people will not step away they walk out and they want you. and. the person who has separate you still. people will not forgive him for that anything about the situation that has happened after their actions at the same time the coronation council of the bill russian opposition as well as you you say that in the next coming hopefully free and fair elections anyone can take

part so does that mean mr lucas change it to. it's own up to him. through country so i mean any person would be able to participate in this elections . do you expect the european union are you satisfied 1st or are you satisfied with the support that the european union and germany including have given to to build a russian people and for sure we feel create support from or all the countries and they decide when you countries. contacted me and. showed their support for our people they inspired of our people and i'm sure they. do their best to or agonize or support to our people. what do you think the e.u. the international community could do more to help but be awash in people.

you know it's up to ever country and i had to say that. we appreciate help they can show by that it's up to them how they can do this thank you very much thank you. opposition leaders front lawn have taken off sky are speaking with constantine act that. russia has rejected germany's calls for an immediate investigation into the suspected poisoning of opposition leader alexina valmy the kremlin accused the german doctors of jumping to conclusions by using the word poisoning when referring to mr no volley saying there was no conclusive proof of the substances behind his illness alexina felt he was brought to bear in shari tay hospital on saturday after falling ill in siberia ramping up security at the sheraton hospital in berlin alexina valley is being treated here for what his

supporters say was a case of poisoning the sheraton he confirmed that doctors treating putin's most prominent critics say he probably was poisoned. it said clinical findings indicate poisoning with a substance from the group of colon noster is inhibitors it's not clear exactly what the substance was some call an australian hibbett is a used as a treatment for alzheimer's disease but chemicals from the group can also be used as a nerve agent chancellor angela merkel and foreign minister heiko mosse are demanding an investigation. in view of mist in the valleys prominent role in the political opposition in russia the authorities there are now urgently called upon to investigate this act fairly and to do so with full transparency alexina of on the is not the 1st russian critic of the kremlin to be poisoned the former spy alexander litvinenko died in 2006 after he drank poisoned tea before

her assassination journalist anna politkovskaya said she had survived an attempt to poison her and the opposition politician porous and them soft was gunned down in 2015 and now this suspected attack for politician norbert wrote ken it's clear who's behind it these are this latest attempted murder and the threats and intimidation against anyone linked to the opposition has once again revealed the true face of the regime and in particular vladimir putin could start. doctors say alexina vellum these condition is serious but not life threatening let's get more on this from moscow correspondent emily showing that chief international editor richard walker welcome both or start with you richard a chance or merkel reacted quickly to the hospital statement diplomatically speaking how strong was that reaction. yeah well it's being received here in

germany as quite a strong diplomatic stable at least on a diplomatic level you know you have a statement produced very quickly as you said not just coming from america but also from the foreign ministers 2 very you know the 2 top heavyweight figures in the government for these purposes also representing both parties in the coalition and making it very clear in the statement that they have no questions whatever about the credibility of the findings from the hospital here and then of course going on to demand that russia find out who was responsible for it and bring them to justice and to do so in full transparency and i think that's where the questions really begin because do they really expect russia to do that i think you know people here are looking at russia's past actions of a similar cases in the past and saying that sort of a credible transparent investigation is not really what you're going to expect from the russian side at this stage from the russian side from. the moscow welcome so

how is the kremlin reacting both to the chancellor's demands for this investigation under what the doctors are saying. well so far it's kind of as richard expected we've been hearing denials on both counts the kremlin spokesperson to meet his cough said today that poisoning was just one of the options that was still being considered we shouldn't consider it as the final version and that german doctors were actually being hasty because they had only they had only mentioned a group of substances that could have potentially been used against them by name but not the one substance that was used now just a reminder that the group of substances that the german doctors mentioned also includes dangerous nerve agents earlier when it comes to the chancellor's demands on and on and investigation the kremlin had earlier said that an

investigation would be necessary if it was found that he was poisoned today we heard me say that it's not clear what has happened and that all we know at the moment about these condition is that he's in a coma ok and presumably that. this is part of the way russia tends to deal with these sorts of allegations no we didn't do it where's your proof and this is all the russian propaganda. really yeah this is a bit kind of the the strategy that we have seen in other cases kind of. questioning the evidence questioning whether the investigation is perhaps politically motivated and these are things that we are seeing now but of course it is it is worth pointing out that we don't know whether it's really is the kremlin that is behind this we may also never know in putin's russia putin is not in charge

of absolutely everything there are various ministries and various agencies. acting often of their own free will he doesn't control everything in the country it is likely it does seem likely that the security forces did know about what was happening even if they weren't directly involved we have seen media reports in recent days in the russian media about the level of surveillance that not only was under citing the security forces one paper here talked about basically what he ate the receipts that were found what where he was staying what the number of hotel rooms his team rented was and so on but then again he has a lot of enemies in russia he's known for these anti corruption investigations and reportedly he was looking into united russia politicians during his time

in siberia so ultimately we don't know who's behind this and we may never know how high up it goes to you richard while all of this is going on germany still going ahead with this massive gas pipeline project north stream too so it does look as though he's trying to be both ways in his dealings with russia. well i think it's definitely france to say that germany's pretty torn over his relationship with russia at the moment i mean you're right on the one hand it does have this enormous and very core. traversal pipeline that will link it up to russia for russian gas something that's hugely important popular among many of germany's european neighbors and not to mention the united states and in fact just recently asked the former soviet been talking about he was standing in moscow just a couple of weeks ago saying that he's not going to bow to american pressure over germany's energy needs and yet on the other side you have all of these incidents where there is no valley or the murder of a dissident here in berlin just

a year ago or hacker attack on the german parliament itself which is being blamed on russia plus of course the fact that 6 years ago russia annexed crimea something is still unresolved so you do have more and more voices coming out here in germany saying something has to give germany has to find a way to provide a disincentive to russia to pursuing these sorts of behaviors some people are focusing in on north stream to is certainly controversial here in germany as well but so far there's no sign of the government moving on that front but i think you know the more evidence mounts up over the family the more pressure there will be for more sanctions against russia certainly on the european level the question is will they change anything richard walker is. really sure what in moscow thank you for take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world officials in afghanistan say at least 12 people died and scores were injured in a wave of attacks across the country the violence included

a truck bombing which targeted a base for afghan forces a northern province of the taliban says it carried out vattel tak. the gaza strip is a full lockdown for the 1st time since the start of the corona virus pandemic it comes a day after the 1st cases of community transmission what detected health authorities are concerned about their ability to cope with an outbreak in the densely populated territory. in america's racial reckoning shows no sign of abating as people take to the streets in wisconsin to protest the shooting of a black man by police officers protesters in the city of konoha clashed with police and threw bottles set fire to cars and refused to disperse despite a curfew the unrest began after officers shot 29 year old jacob blake several times in the back on sunday bystanders filmed the shooting on this cell phones mr blake

survived but he is seriously wounded in hospital. it began as the mournful cry for help of a community suffering under the weight of injustice. the design suited the tension some protesters in the police police fired tear gas in response. shots rang out on the 2nd night of protests in wisconsin cars were torched buildings burned the family of jacob blake who shooting brought them all here pleaded for peace. support from his mother and from our from is his father courage of people to protest peacefully not to be destructive we want justice and proper justice this is why witnesses say his nephew was trying to defuse a neighborhood dispute.