this is news live from perth 11 modest have been pulled out from a mine in china a lot of 5 to 14 days underground hundreds of rescuers have been working to free the man who were trapped after an explosion at the site specialist teams are speeding up the efforts to reach another group in a separate part of the mine. the u.s. and e.u. condemned russia's tactics against anti-government protesters thousands were detained at rallies across the country cold by kremlin critic alexei navalny will speak to one of his close friends. and in sport sport is like the highlights coming

up as on the dogs minds pull off an unlikely win against title hopefuls leipsic the 5 goals for. a man to be held welcome to the program 11 manas have been lifted to safety 2 weeks after an explosion tracked them $600.00 metres below ground at a gold mine in china they dramatic rescue operation has been gathering pace with specialist teams racing to reach the men who are still trapped on the ground $22.00 in total were cut off after the blast in the mine in shandong province also that breakthrough after 2 weeks of intense rescue efforts this man grateful to be a lie his eyes shielded after he emerged from underground.

he could walk but others were too weak to stand. boreholes where their lifelines vital supplies including food water and medicine were lowered to the miners. a psychologist also provided support to those trapped in. the explosion happened in an air ventilator shaft after major blockages suddenly fell to the bottom rescuers were able to reach a man trapped alone at 630 meters underground the others one of whom died were found at 540 meters 10 more people remain unaccounted for life detectors are being sent down to locate them 9 managers have reportedly been detained for failing to report the blast for more than 24 hours it's

a dangerous line of work in china nearly 600 mining related deaths were reported last year alone. correspondent robin chrisma joins me from beijing now with more what do we know about the condition of the miners who have been rescued. well the 1st miner who was rescued is in a very weak condition and i'm quoting the officials here he said there was no communication with him no extra food so actually it's a miracle that he survived and among the other 10 rescue workers they were in a group and 9 of them us supposed to be in a relatively stable and good health condition because they were also sent additional even requested on their last day i. saw such needed to actually do a really careful because the rescue team established a communication with them but one of those 10 miners he is supposed to suffer in injury but i don't know how severe this injury is. and we understand there are

still 10 manas who are unaccounted for do we know what hope there is for these miners who are still underground well there's hope but a little hope they are believed to be in the so-called 6 central section of the mine but the rescue team does not it's not sure if they are really there and they are also not sure until what time they can reach this section of the mine so i mean time is running out they are trapped there since the tense of general and yes i would say the chances of survival are getting. from being one of the chinese authorities saying moving on from the rescue operation one of the attorneys or thor he sang about the cause of the accident and indeed the response to it from the mining company. well i mean they're criticizing the mining company because they have not reported the incident for almost 30 hours that's a big scandal but that's actually happening quite often because usually those

companies they will try to solve those things by their own and the big problem is that we don't really know how this happened because our reporting here is quite controlled by the state they usually hand out orders on how to report it and whether to report it and this explosion the reason why. this whole tragedy happened is unexplained for so we don't really know why i think such invasion thanks so much . well the us and a you have condemned the russian authorities are they use of tactics against protesters demanding the release of jab opposition leader and a volley the demonstrators answered no volleys call to rally night after he was detained upon his return to moscow last week and he had been receiving treatment he in berlin after recovering from a neophyte poisoning saturday's protests on an unprecedented scale spending more than 100 cities across russia thousands of people were arrested there.

with chants of putin is a criminal and freedom for novotny thousands of demonstrators rallied throughout russia fighting for a government official saying at least $4000.00 people gathered in moscow's pushkin sky a square independent observers put the number at more than 10 times that. police detained participants in mass at the un sanctioned demonstrations amongst those who were bundled into police vans were alexei navalny his wife yulia and prominent supporters of the opposition leader like his aides who buffs oval. fish. can. assume he told you the demonstrations after he was arrested at a moscow airport and quickly sentenced to 30 days in jail you mean by yes somebody gets them more than what are many of the demonstrators here saturdays protests were

about more than freen evolving. janja isn't the word and i'm not for novell need or against putin's i don't care who's in charge i just want to live like a human being that's it like a human being like a normal person that's it that's why i've come today. most organizers didn't apply for permits expecting they wouldn't be granted and ahead of the protest authorities warn security forces would be deployed. citing concerns about the coven pandemic. that refrain from participating i have to warn that law enforcement agencies will ensure the necessary order in the city you know we're going to be speeches by the good. arrests were made in cities large and small across the country as part of the largest opposition action in years and alexei navalny is anti corruption foundation is calling on its supporters

to prepare for another wave of protests next weekend 9. how to talk more about this i'm joined by vladimir i shook off executive director at the and he corruption foundation and a close friend of lex i know valley welcome to you vladimir your friend told the russian people onto the streets yesterday and i kind in their thousands why was so many willing to risk being arrested. well i think the it's a combination of 2 factors 1st number. everybody in russia in the world was following the events of the last 6 months mind he was 1st choice and and then return despite threats to russia and there was unlawfully detained and he's still in detention so this one factor in the fact is that recently we released a new video exposing mr putin and his corrupt show in the form of. you roll

a mansion deal to the south of russia so as one of the protesters had a banner with the words this president is too expensive for us and the russians. to protest. the detention of the army but also against the rampant corruption in russia. is $40000000.00 views on that video released during the wake however history says the kremlin will not admit to feeling threatened by mist in the valley or his videos but should they be. i think that their actions speak for themselves more than their words the level of presence of security forces on the streets of moscow city so i see just throughout russia. the brutality of the police the information campaign that they are launching against now while only people who will come to this sir crowder's i think they speak for

themselves they really are fairly bright is the word used a lot when talking people talking about your friend i say the difference between bravery and stupidity is knowing the danger and choosing to do something anyway is your friend alexei in the valley aware that his life is in danger through his actions. well i think nobody is more aware oh it's then the person who suffered from poisoning and it seems like it was not the 1st attempt and has spent several weeks in call while in berlin hospital so if somebody is where that surge here i'm returning to russia was and natural thing for him that's where the work of his life is that's where the political organization that he created is he hasn't done anything wrong so it's only natural for him to go back to russia and continue here is a struggle is russia he's trying to make

a difference here is russia any different today than it was yesterday with had thousands of people on the streets but has this and will this make a difference i mean history is a process nobody has the crystal ball what will happen but also our. only constant in history is change and the system of i think critic regime of corruption and lies that has been put in place in russia over the last 20 years by putin and his quote is it surely will and. i'm glad to be a part of people of the group of people led by you know army corps are working to make that happen but to me i should cough executive director of the anti corruption foundation thanks so much for your time. ok let's turn now to some of the other stories making news at this hour. and police in the netherlands have a rest of the alleged head of one of the world's biggest drug syndicates on

a warrant issued by a stray the say is said to be the head of the sand which dominates the $17000000000.00 a year asia pacific drug trade this trade is seeking his extradition to face trial the. spanish coast guards have rescued $36.00 migrants from the atlantic and transferred them to the island of crown canadian the group included 3 children hundreds of refugees from north africa have landed on the canary islands in recent days many had been rescued by emergency services. bugs in portugal are heading to the polls in person to elect a new president despite the deepening coronavirus process in the country portugal has the highest 7 day incidents right in the world in proportion to its population its reporting record numbers of new infections almost daily. to sports news now and in the bundesliga vosburgh got the better of live accusing in a top 5 clash on saturday after 35 minutes a mistake from live accusing the fan that you want to open the door for read love

baku to nod in the only goal of the match providing both spoke with a one when that means they move up to 4th on the table. and suffer the shock defeat to minds you leonardo's months side headed into the fixture 2nd on the table while their opponents were 2nd from bottom with just one win today 9 this season. like these you get nadal's man was worried about his opponent's unpredictability ahead of his side's trip to mines and few indeed would have expected this going to unfold as it did. when muscles a bit so lashed a speculative drive on to the crossbar adams was there to mock up the rebound the 15th minute lead for 2nd place like see nothing out of the ordinary but 2nd from bottom minds produced a rapid response another rebound so the host so i drew a level looser and yet got a punishing peter good luck in the lights go. 6 minutes late said the favorites

were back in front thanks to moscow house and burbs 2nd goal of the season. but only 5 more minutes had elapsed when you say back to his 2nd goal of the game to level the school's once more. like think again failing to deal with a simple set piece leaving neck at side and load to tap in from 2 metres out now goes man's men were held to a frustrating 1st half stalemate and the half time rest bite would be short lived. the hosts came tearing out of the blocks in the 2nd half and in the 50th minute to meet. this time the goal came from open play new loan signing danny de costa dons passed house and beg to fully enjoy the railroad be a good option to the cross the 21 year old's 1st ever been this league a goal sending his club on the way to a huge victory. stunned leipsic could find no reply and mines dug in

and held on to complete only their 2nd win of the season and their 1st under new coach boesmans. ok that's it for me and the team here in berlin doc film is coming up after a short break stay tuned for that i'll be back with more news in 45 minutes time. life on earth the kind and. but gigantic coincidences. were probable happened. in a bit like winning the lottery. once more unique starts feb 11th on t.w. .

someway in these woods human remains a city buried under the ground. torture victims who died at the hands of the german sect henchmen of chile's dictator augusto pinochet now witnesses to the crimes of breaking decades of silence often not exactly i knew that this was the most dangerous moment of my life and. to this day the families of the victims are struggling to find out what happened to their loved ones. there will be when i want to know is where i look what happened to you. i can't find that out you know what i want to have one of the you know people as we had to pressure the 2nd leaders who were still alive in order to get enough information we will know by good pain.

but the leaders of colonia dignidad have remained stubbornly taciturn. as if the system is driving it works on all levels down to the smallest detail. today the place where people cruelly mistreated has become a site for jovial gatherings justice and remembrance up to now any attempts at dealing with the past have been obstructed is another it's a regime of injustice that still manages the assets it unlawfully amassed with the blood tears and slave labor of others. actually an investigation team is on its way to the compound of the former sect colonia dignidad. on the way it passes the colonist parochial schools

and a front gate. the sole interns to disadvantaged. settlement is still guarded just as it used to be. nowadays and the sign reads welcome to believe very a village. these days colonia dignidad has become a business for agriculture and to resume. the offices drive deep into the heart of the state. they're looking for mass graves. the ground has been torn up in many places in the tireless search for the dead bodies hastily buried is some 40 years ago where exactly no one can say or want. they've taken samples of the soil from various spots it's a never ending task. of a boil over which

a lions have to face our past but this here could be one of its darkest chapters it's our duty to shed light on it and show it to the world what i learned. so far have had little success in this search for the victims of the sect as well as chile's military regime. which is dictator augusto pinochet had his left wing political opponents of rested on mess at the beginning of the 1970s. they were rounded up in places like this stadium in the capital santiago. pinochet had many prisoners tortured and murdered in the cellars of colonia dignidad outwardly the so-called colony of dignity appeared quite pious but in reality it was a strictly guarded sex with corporal punishment slave labor and torture. led by the pedophile such found a paul shaffer and his closest allies colonia dignidad would closely with a dictator. the very implication founds use of strauss was said to have been

a friend of the set of the german embassy and she was aware of the crimes being committed but still send any who escaped back to the sect it wasn't until decades later in 2016 the germany admitted it's killed. if you really are in 40 years german diplomats at best turned a blind eye this sounds very shouts they did far too little to protect their fellow citizens in this colony is a guitar. whose shell freaks still lives on the grounds of connally dignidad he used to be kept here as a slave brutally mistreated and beaten by fellow germans leading the sect i think there were some bizarre times they'd even beat me unconscious i was so bloody my

clothes stuck to my skin i couldn't sit for weeks i had to lean on my hands and slowly ease myself into a chair and a lot of it was enough to drive anyone mad. post was forced to work 7 days a week there was no regular school for him to attend lessons was staged for recordings so the 6 could project a picture perfect community to the outside world just like the many festivities help to impress visitors. to hellish truth behind the shiny vinnie a still haunts whole shift. and he lives here in the grounds because he doesn't know where else to turn he occupies a tiny room with his wife and 2 children despite years of therapy decades of torture have left the physical and emotional months. he had to say this sometimes my blood pressure shoots up to 180 and i just can't work anymore i

simply can't afford to carry on like this. the german embassy knew that people like o'shea frequent truck team as slaves but did nothing to put an end to it cost is furious for long and hard to compensation but the state was slow to respond but it's germany's responsibility to make up for 3035 years of the rule to towards children and miners some were just 8 years old this is a disgrace that mars the german state if they have to pay for what they've done. only in 2020 digimon he stopped paying out financial support to victims like cost a $1.00 off some capped $10000.00 euros. your money all costs a hedge the search for mass graves. during his investigations he stumbled upon this bond he has

a sturdy sela. cross has evaluated witness statements and has certain there was a secret prison below this concrete slab. to. this is where they brought political prisoners and were 1st they were interrogated then tortured after that many were executed. there with the. cross is now focused on locating the bodies in the woods he's following in your late. yeah. there are still places where more mass graves could be located. and. that's what a new witness has told us. we haven't found anything yet but we expect to uncover human remains there up on the interest. bodies. from the 1970 s. somewhere in the middle of nowhere the new witness. he has turned to the public to

speak openly about the young speakable horror he experienced in the saying. what he saw he had 1st testified to the investigating judge years ago at the end of the 1970 s. he was ordered by the head of the sex to help cremate the bodies they dug up. yesterday i was there when the 1st little truck arrived and left. it. it was full of remains. my. charcoal. bits of bone all mixed together. with. it had been painstakingly scraped up from the ground and to leave no trace behind us. that was loaded onto the truck. and of the truck drove through a ravine where there used to be an old windmill. there

was a ford there that stretched across the river that's where they dumped the 1st lot of. the kept. after trash he says all evidence was destroyed but there was one mass grave they couldn't find according to melissa the bodies line they couldn't be removed or cremated he told the authorities where this mess craft might be as far as he can remember the archaeologist even castle is in charge of searching for the remains. over meticulous with. the route the decades since the 1970 s. the forest has renewed itself. been all over. but its basic structure has stayed the same he will fully be out of the. bottom of

it and we feed them and we cleared the ground very thoroughly and came across a layer of burnt earth that was much finer than we had expected and we mean we get enough to put out one can yeah and yet this search for 30 mass graves remains unsuccessful this sect was good at covering its tracks. friend went to believe we thought we would find some remains of the corpses no you know not but the sect and the military must have been able to operate completely under stir no not in the only senior they were virtually invisible i mean that's all it was and schaefer the sect leader made sure that no ordinary sect member was allowed to see the mass graves but if you let me walk in while they were burning the corpses they claimed that there was a controlled fire in the forest. really melissa had to help with the cremations it still pains him today. differentiated and so i was forced to decide

who's not me i could have stood up and said i wouldn't do it. but i knew that this was the most dangerous moment of my life and. most i only had a few moments to make up my mind. whether to continue or not or just vitamin water and if. he was afraid of being punished or even killed himself. after melissa statement customers doubled down on his efforts to want comfort the traces of the mass graves. but he has had to contend with a shortage of staff money and expertise. in order to make some real progress we'd have to take samples of the charred ground

along with other extensive soil samples and send them over to germany you know their forensic specialists could check the samples for traces of d.n.a. that would tell us if people were buried there and who they might have been. that's exactly what the loved ones of the torture victims left behind a fighting for. once a year they travel to the grounds of the 6 to move on. they still don't know what happened to their brothers and sisters his sons and daughters . they cannot bear the thought that their family may have been tossed into an unmarked grave somewhere out there. nor can they bear the deafening silence of so many other witnesses who couldn't find the courage to leave melissa did truth seekers like me say this fernand is a disappointed you know when you get the name. all i have is one of say 2 if you my

son and the question remains where are you what happened to you i can't find you i've searched for you from our own minds and i still haven't found a trace they never have. at least the crimes ours. slowly being dealt with from a historical perspective. today mercedes receives a special visit to research as a helping conduct to study for the friday universe attention berlin they want to learn everything they can about missing it is disappeared son luis. but again. i'm happy i was able to bear witness to remember the past with a little of i want today's youth to understand that atrocities like this must never be allowed to happen again. let's say he still

finds it difficult to revisit the past. her son was disappeared 47 years ago ever since she has been fighting for closure she wants clarity on what happened her last till pains her every day. she wants to share everything she knows she talks about how the police took her boy away simply for being a member of a communist student organization whose stories will be added to an oral history archive with audio and video recordings that serve as a collective memory. they came into our house to grab my son luis an entire patrol of about 50 armed police officers they just took him away. after researching.