says she never overstepped the mark it was her strong denials that prompted naomi and ruby to tell their story because stating that we can definitely confirm these baseless allegations that the other girls have made. 2 or 3 of them are with us in candidates and we witnessed how badly they were treated. we can easily say it's not baseless. and they convince us that. these days the twins only compete in the national league no longer dreaming of international success which at least now they can perform again with a smile on their faces. joining me now is doug modify tog who chairs the sports committee of the german bundestag. talk of thanks for joining us what is your reaction to these allegations that have come out here in germany. well good morning i heard about the allegations

a couple of weeks ago and i can say for me it sounds credible what the people say and i think it's worth. working with it and talking about it because you know sports is a field with a very close relation between the staff and the athletes think of the coaches think of the medical doctors think of the physicians they all have a close contact to a very young people and they can make the young athletes strong self-confident. but to misuse of the power can destroy the souls of the young people and that's not acceptable it or not acceptable but i am surprised by the allegations. no not really we have learned the nasa case for instance we heard about the cases in the netherlands we head to

some cases in other parts of germany no i'm not really surprised but in the end i'm surprised about the handling of it was ports federation's of the so-called stakeholders how they have handled it since $2918.00. i think there could have been done much more and that is why i hope my spots committee will deal with the. whole issue next year or what exactly can your sports committee the parliamentary sports committee do about this. well we can place the topic on the agenda of our sports committee who we can invite stakeholders that means we can invite the president of the gymnastics federation we could invite the boss of these so-called olympians to insects. and of course we are in close contact with the sports ministry that of course has

the power to to do something if they are not satisfied with the handling by the federations. what do you think needs to change in gymnastics in germany. where you see so far we have a league ations but investigations are going on so it's too early to state what exactly has to happen but what is clear to me that it's not acceptable to have anything like pressure on very young athletes on talking about their weight for instance you can talk to athletes but you have to do it in a responsible way and that must be commonsense not only in gymnastics contact

my 500 chair of the sports committee of the german parliament thank you. thank you . 10 years ago today a tennessean street vendor stood in front of his local government offices and set himself on fire it was a desperate act in protest at official corruption and it sparked a revolutionary wave across the region that became known as the arab spring but while the protests led to the toppling of longtime dictators they also foreshadowed a number of civil wars still raging today. this man lit the spark that left scorch marks across the entire hour bridgend on december 17th 2010 mohamed bouazizi says some cell phone fire to protest official corruption in tunisia he died from his injuries a few weeks later but by then his story of desperation had inspired a nationwide outpouring of rage. and soon afterwards the arab

spring protests took down their 1st high profile political target. tunis is vasher an autocrat zina. fled to saudi arabia with only a few family members and close aides into. the anti government protests multiplied rapidly be on chin izzie as borders with anger over repressive regimes economic hardship and political failures spilling on to the streets social media was used to spread the word unorganized and few of our countries were left untouched by the unrest some of the biggest upheaval was experienced in egypt where decades long ruler hosni mubarak was overthrown setting the stage for a power struggle eventually won by the military. and libya syria and yemen became embroiled in for trucks of conflicts which are still

taking a huge humanitarian toll today. by now by. research fellow with the global public policy institute focusing on democracy and human rights in the middle east and north africa this is lisa thanks for joining us the revolution in the arab spring the so-called arab spring was fueled by hopes of a better future and david many regime they is were toppled yet today many people in the arab spring countries say their lives are worse than before a big gap between rich and poor and the like was the arab spring therefore worth it thanks for having me back there well the hopes that europe's uprising sparked for more of the more perceived human rights justice and less repression corruption and so if you're going to quality has been smart as you have pointed out repressive government responses military coups and civil war and the underlying structures

sectors actually still remain in place such as so if you're going to quality widespread poverty and the lack of job opportunities for the young people prevailing corruption and repressive regime regime apparatuses so all in all although we know draw a rather negative picture i would say it's difficult to judge kind of someone risking their see their life going on the street demanding their rights 10 years ago by the suspects as they have been the result largely from government responses . so my next question was well what went wrong do you think it was really the government responses is that the reason they weren't successful. well i would say that's the main reason the main reason is that but then again not every trajectory was the same but to a large extent the brutal crackdown that has actually follows followed the protest movements by the incumbent regimes in the region even leading in some cases as you

mentioned just simple worst of the total collapse of state of libya yemen and syria for example has actually triggered this result that we are seeing today to a large extent another aspect might be that the regional corporation of autocratic regimes in order to support each other as also fuels district or it and we of course can't not mention the international community that former u.s. president barack obama famously threw a red line in the sand in syria and then failed to act when the syrian government crossed it just one example how much blame or responsibility does the international community carry for the failures of the arab spring movement. well to blame the international community at large is a bit difficult but we should definitely look at the western democracies and how they have impacted development and since 2011 as they have often publicly claimed and stated that they support the ideas of these revolutions protest movements right

and 1st and foremost that you know european union and its member states and the united states have actually put their interest in stability in the region over the protection of human rights and the demands of the protesters for the most part at least the basic assumption underlying this is that the autocrats of the region will provide stability and but that is fundamentally flawed in my opinion as long as citizens in most arab countries experience this high levels of inequality the repression and injustice that has actually sparked the protests 10 years ago. and these are actually the very basis of the author of carrying rulers in those countries they do not contribute to stability in the region quite the opposite much to be done the n.a.s. sullivan research fellow with the global public policy institute thanks very much for your insight. thanks for having

a chinese luna probe has successfully returned to earth landing in an amount mongolia to completing an historic mission china is only the 3rd country to have brought back samples from the incest a fate lost and changed by both the soviet union and the u.s. in the 1970 s. . thermal imaging shows the capsule with its precious cargo touching back down to. helicopters then spot the lunar probe in the icy wasteland support staff quickly move in to recover the spacecraft china hopes the contents will help scientists discover new information about the geology and history of earth satellite. 5 was one of the most complicated and challenging missions in china's aerospace history. when the rocket was launched on november 23rd it was a source of national pride. the probe was made up of 4 modules one was the

lander which has dug for rocks and soil the materials were then transferred into a return capsule for the journey back to earth it's the 1st time in 4 decades that material has been brought back from the moon. beijing now has its sights set on building a moon base cementing its role as a superpower in the news space race. and watching data in the news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you french president emanuel mccall has tested positive for covert 9 tain his office says he'll isolate full 7 days in the latest you've had recent contact with michael are concerned spain's prime minister is already in partain and the leader of island is restricting his movements as well. coming up next in day to the news asia and just 15 years old this young hong kong protester has made a drastic choice it could mean she'll never return home again. and why millions of

filipinos fear they'll go hungry cheering the pandemic. all that know coming up in the news asia with. a short break that's all from may well be more news at the top of the hour timer better way to thank you for watching.

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i'm british welcome to d.w. news asia glad you could join us a 15 year old girl is believed to have become the youngest ever hong kong protester to seek asylum in the united kingdom called she applied for asylum last week she joins a growing list of hong kong pro-democracy activists fleeing the territory in the wake of beijing's increased crackdown on dissidents correspondent phoebe kong met before she travelled to the u.k. her story. aged 15 junior high school student aurora is packing for a trip of no return. it will be her 1st times hovering alone this frock plushy the icon of last year protest and a gift from her boyfriend will be her only companion on her journey to the u.k.

where she is seeking political asylum. once a shelter for political dissidents from mainland china hong kong no longer seems safe even for locals a role is among the city's youngest excels the teenage protestor was arrested in may and has been living in fear ever since i was a horse who sometimes i feel like being tailed i'm terrified of knots on the door as police may come after me. all my teammates during protests are charged for serious offenses like rioting and arson. i'm afraid i'll be the next one some day my boyfriends identity makes me feel more insecure. auroras boyfriend. was the 1st protester shot by police with a live bullet last year his now facing 3 criminal charges the 19 year old was among a group of 5 activist who made a failed bid was silent and assistance at the u.s.

consulate in hong kong this october 1 of them formally though of a pro independence group tony jones was arrested before he could breach the consummate gate and prosecuted and the national security. sources told b.w. that the other brought out the best you couldn't tell see if it would develop as permission to enter the consulate compound but all were turned away after a brief stay without specific ways that either one of them is it was said that. the u.s. consulate general in hong kong said it is unable to comment due to privacy issues you have i don't know we're worried about unfair. trials and treatment in custody. the 3 protest related charges some cheekiness facing me put him behind bars for 6 to 7 years. he was shocked and hopeless of being rejected by the

consulate hong kong authorities are trying every means to silence the dissidents we are even more fearful under a security law the couple haven't seen each other in weeks because of safety concerns a rollover gretz having to leave without saying goodbye to most of her friends so family but she doesn't regret how her activism has affected her life and. my generation is losing our freedoms day by day. that's why i don't see my future. seeking asylum may force myself into exile for the rest of my life which makes me upset and anxious but sacrifices have to be made it's still worth fighting despite repression. otherwise hong kong might be dead a lot sooner. a roar has now arrived in the u.k. where would take 6 to 10 months to validate her asylum application 2020 months to

start of a new political era in hong kong but a generation of exiles like aurora hope they can sustain the activism from afar and some of the noise all about sustaining that activism. he joins me now from london. a 15 year old. young people. stephanie devastating because just in her shoot 15 year old go trying to protect the city's freedom but and up living in exile and has to apply in another country is that effort stating is an experience for her and it also shows that. if out it's young people went and the people in general because well we were just fighting for democracy and autonomy but the city's judiciary system and also their government put all the political

persecutions on these freedom fighters yes indeed the political situation is really bad and i think the 15 year old go of feeling imminent danger and make that unfavorable choice how do you serve where you has made it possible for hong kong those who were born before 9 to 97 the year of the handover. to british citizenship but that does not include people who were born after 99 to 7 do you think the u.k. government needs to rethink its policy that in italy with being close contact with the u.k. government and has been proposing that the scheme include individuals who were born after 1900 mostly age from $18.00 to $23.00 and also in the main part of the protest to be able to have a pathway to citizenship in the u.k. so indeed we have very grateful for the being no scheme which allows through i mean

an eligible b.n. or holders to come to the u.k. but i think it's a full weight in the scheme we work hard to kind of make all the people in need have the opportunity to go to a free place as they wish how confident are you in your dealings with the u.k. government that the government is actually thinking of changing this policy. i think the government is considering of course there are lots of factors that the government has to consider and we appreciate that because. it is a big policy so that must be a lot of cooperation between departments and a lot of policy consideration but i think the government is indeed rethinking about the policy and i really do hope that we can get good news in the coming future not a surge or oh there are many other young protesters who are also feeling hongkong and seeking asylum in countries like germany canada and the united states how often

have you found the countries to granting asylum to hong kong activists i think is quite early to say with court cases in germany and canada and some other paid places. normally the asylum seeking procedure takes 2 years so for now we don't have a massive amount of cases for mo review or adequate reference but i think in general. the reception of the countries arrived with the exposure of protest and for all calm people we've got better documentation etc so i think indeed there are many countries improving they are policy towards hong kong people who are flat for example in the us and i hope that by communicating with them. and housing they fish and see off the asylum seeking process that we can

let these countries to have a better understanding of what's happening in hong kong and benefit those who have left if someone finally what is it like to leave one's life behind where one grew up and never be able to go back again. for me i left the city ideation of 27. for 5 to 6 months but occasionally i think about home i've been thinking about staying with my parents and my family having dinner together so it's definitely devastating and broken when you think of these memories and you realise that you are in the able to go back possibly in decades times or even for a longer time frame so i think it's definitely psychological pain for

a lot of people and. it's difficult but i think for us we have great of course we we are pursuing a course that is larger than ourselves and it's for the people for calling for their basic rights so i think for me i've never regret and i think most of the others share the same feeling with the law thank you very much for speaking to us. not hunger was already a problem in the philippines and then the pandemic struck but as distractions put dooley were journos out of work and pushed me into poverty it workers are struggling to meet demand for food with millions across the country need here's what one family feels is one of duty bruce's. volunteers prepare meals at a center in manila they're working overtime to meet their country's growing crisis

2200000 families now face sivia hunger. i believe that the hunger has affected so nearly to the point that even goals with all means but they're living already in that desperate mold would come in ask for wood from oz. the charity says it expects to reach 200000 people this year after the coronavirus crippled the economy sending many into poverty. they don't come more destitute than daniel and his family he lost his painting job when the pandemic hit now the face hunger and homelessness. i lost my job so my family can't eat when they want to and i can't even buy my daughter milk or diapers because i have no work. on.

the family are able to get some help at busy free food centers like this one. the charity that runs it says they're overwhelmed with demand as the ranks of the city's poor swell nonetheless hope has not vanished. a little by the way i wish our life would go back to how it was when we were happy when we had a proper shelter when we could well when we could take a bath and sleep i wish we could live life as before. daniel carries his 2 year old daughter back to their bed for the night an underpass where they can finally settle down for something to eat. and since the pandemic began numbers of families going hungry has gone up in the philippines a crisis just forced many to beg and queue up for food handouts these pictures that story.

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with disabilities are used to facing obstacles. as a group they often struggle to access tailored education and are more likely to fall into poverty yet their experiences. far more widespread than you might think. 15 percent of the global population has some form of a disability as people age the experience becomes more common. half of those over 60 are disabled among children it is one in 10.

for many especially in developing nations has made things all the more challenging overstretched health care systems and lockdowns mean many of the services they rely on day to day have disappeared. how has covered 9000 affected the staff 1st group of people and what can be done to make sure their needs aren't neglected. welcome to over $900.00 special i'm chris called rowland now doesn't come as a surprise that people in need of special care are facing extra difficulties during a time when health care systems around the world are stretched sometimes beyond the limits of the pandemic is taking its toll on people with disabilities on several fronts here's one example from india. samir khan was just 10 when he was 1st diagnosed with spinal muscular atrophy a rare genetic disorder that has a crippling effect on his whole body it means he needs help from others for all of

his daily activities. but despite his condition confound it a garment factory and delis matter per district it took him 3 years to set up the business and to establish trust with his clients even though. they had some hesitation in working with me. again while i was confident of others were not. with me on that one for the name likely to win their confidence was the biggest challenge. for them and i hope that what i asked for will come in. but then there was another challenge the covert 19 pandemic led to a nationwide lockdown at the local markets where i can sell his wares shut down and even now the lockdown has been lifted business has failed to pick back up.

people with disabilities are among the worst hit as a result of the virus in india. many have lost their livelihoods and face financial difficulty. particularly those working in the informal sector according to a study by an indian disability rights organization. we are told he was situation where everybody's been impacted right and people with disabilities would just be that much more impacted almost 3 times as much women with disability as well but have been even worse. and without intent and without political really it's going to be a conversation that n.g.o.s. most of khan's workers have not returned and he was forced to sell off half the machines in his factory confit as the 2nd wave of the virus could mean the complete breakdown of his business. became. we risk our lives doing business and they go into some of that i can sit around

doing nothing for a very long time i have to work to fulfill my financial needs. in the name financially is to make. the garment factory was a means for economic self-reliance the con he wanted to employ and support people like him but today and for the foreseeable future the factory will remain empty. this pandemic is challenging on so many levels let's get more from jane buchanan she is the acting director for disability rights and human rights watch she joins me via skype from new york welcome to the program jane we are talking about a very diverse group of people here now facing a whole array of challenges which part of that group are you most concerned about during this pandemic. we're especially concerned about the most marginalized among people with disability is and that includes people who are segregated and locked away in closed institutions institutions or people with

disabilities psychiatric hospitals as well as the hundreds of thousands of people around the world who are chained and locked in prayer camps and other types of institutions. you know i'm able to lever access any service as whatsoever and how is the been impacting the care for these people. people with disabilities around the world all types of disabilities can face a lot of barriers in accessing health care and that includes even just basic things like accessible transportation because if he had get to your doctor or the hospital there's no chance to even even get care so all many of the obstacles that people disabilities are already face in their marginalization are just amplified with a pandemic. is there any indication that people with disabilities face

greater health risks from covert 90. well that can certainly be true for people with certain types of disability is where covert 19 infection could create more complications but again people who are lacking access to health care and people don't have the information they need for about cope at 19 because governments are presenting it in an accessible way so the materials are accessible to people maybe with intellectual disabilities who benefit from a different type of language in communicating about these things sign language interpretation for television broadcasts and messages about the pandemic and how to protect oneself where to get care now you mentioned that you're most concerned about people being locked away and institutions because of their condition do you see

that the danger that the concerns and needs of these people on a state level are being neglected now that societies are eyeing the vaccine and try to not catch the virus in general. or or extremely concerned about people who are basically already forgotten by society ignored as he said locked away. they've been left you know in very precarious conditions for the entirety of the pandemic in close contact with other people and without the opportunity to socially distance and so yes indeed even as societies begin to really. take steps with a vaccine and syria to. minimize the impacts of kobe and hopefully reduce infections and deaths governments really can't forget those who are most at risk

most marginalized. and they people who are locked away shouldn't be there they should be out living in the community with the supports they need and that would be an end and also a really urgent step that government should take at this time to protect those groups which countries are you particularly concerned about and why. you know there's so many different situations around the world it's it's really impossible to pick one or another country i mean i think at this point where concerned about equitable vaccine distribution among the lower income countries in middle income countries you know for all of those people but again especially people with disabilities or others who really. may be left out of. the vaccine distribution early on but around the world we see you know people who are already. lacking access to the economic markets are more likely to be unemployed.

the economic impacts of cohabit have will be long lasting and in many places and they'll meet their needs to be really. extra effort on the part of governments to ensure that quality and accessibility for people with disabilities otherwise they risk you know even greater pop poverty and isolation as the economic impacts go on to begin and of human rights watch thank you for your thoughts thank you. and now it is time to take a look at some of the questions about the pandemic you send us and as usual our science correspondent. says ready with the answer. you get vaccinated if you had covert 1000 but were a symptomatic. the messenger r.n.a. vaccines now being approved for emergency use in number of countries were tested

on tens of thousands of volunteers and and it's thought that between 5 and 10 percent of them had actually had covert 19 before those trials and there were no reports of serious adverse effects among those test subjects also in most other diseases there are mechanisms that would cause someone who had them once to react badly to subsequent vaccinations many experts have said they think that was coded 19 vaccinating someone who has already had the virus will act like a booster shot reminding the immune system that sars co 2 is still around and possibly even strengthening and reinforcing the immune response so if you had the disease already whether symptomatically or a symptomatically the current consensus is that getting vaccinated should be safe

and maybe even beneficial but that raises another question if you've had covert 19 do you need the shot from what we've seen so far in the vast majority of people a natural immunity to the disease after an infection lasts for a while at least at least for several months and while boosting that with a vaccine makes sense don't forget that supplies of vaccines will be critically tight in the short term that means it's likely that. many governments will probably tend to bump people who've had the disease more to the back of the line assuming that they're simply in less danger than someone who's never been exposed but eventually when supplies of vaccine are sufficient i assume experts will recommend them for almost everyone including those who had coded 19 and recovered.

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this is the w. news live from berlin french president emanuel mcroy self isolating after testing positive for coverage 19 there are concerns about his contacts following a recent e.u. summit some european leaders and are restricting their movements not the meetings with the french president also on the program germany's debut company infection rate tops $30000.00 for the 1st time hospital case.