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this is due to the news live from berlin germany tighten security security around its vaccination programs the government warns that anti baxter's conspiracy theorists and saboteurs could try to disrupt its coronavirus and ministrations supply chain assessed it is prepared. also coming up unprecedented scenes in the netherlands as angry protests against the coronavirus curfew spiral into rioting and looting dozens of people are arrested. and 10 years after the arab spring uprising that saw dictator hosni mubarak announce that from power what has changed
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for egypt's people. i'm sumi so much going to thank you for joining us the german government says it is preparing for possible attacks on corona virus vaccination centers vaccine shipments or vaccine makers now according to the interior ministry there is a quote abstract threat of sabotage on germany's vaccination program pain in a letter the ministry said vaccination opponents and conspiracy theorists could try to break into facilities or launch cyber attacks the german vaccine manufacturers have already been targeted on several occasions by hackers attempting to steal intellectual property. for more on the story we can bring in our political correspondent in mind is here in berlin she's following the latest i am by the
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sounds a serious of you how dangerous is the situation. well it's a very serious situation indeed and german the authorities warned against a high risk of for example cyber attacks against a research size production size so vaccination centers they say also that they have identified already some individuals responsible for such high kings and beyond they also were very. the process that are taking place organized by virus skeptic by antivirus says they fear that those protests could could go get out of hand away day for example went out of hand on the political level of the capitol in the united states so there's a very serious threat here in germany dubbed the whole vaccination rollout might be
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at risk because of that but as you mentioned auto ratings are so confident they're on top of things right now ok so authorities say they're monitoring the situation meanwhile officials here in berlin have shut down an entire hospital after identifying cases of the new mutation of cope with 19 we'll talk about that in a moment emma but 1st let's take a look at this report the who both clinic in berlin where more than 1500 staff and 400 patients are in coron teen the hospital will not be admitting any new patients for at least the fortnight. this is not a nice for the patients they aren't allowed any visitors i am sad my daughter is inside she's waiting for food and drinks but i can't go in. the closure comes after 14 patients and 6 staff members tested positive for the highly contagious new cold with 19 strains that originated in the u.k. staff were tested negative are in a so-called shuttle quarantine only allowed to travel between work and home but
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testing of all patients and staff is ongoing. the 1st results are starting to come in and we are not optimistic and we hope to have a better overview of the situation in the coming hours and days but we can already see that the number of cases is increasing. liked the whole world clinic is considered exemplary it is one of the only clinics in berlin that has been testing for the mutations since the start of the year. and it was only because we did a preliminary screening of positive tests that the new virus strain came to our attention and we could act accordingly to protect the population as well as our employees and patients. despite their quick action there is great concern that the new virus variant will still spread uncontrollably both in berlin and the rest of germany. and of this hospital has been sealed off and that means
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that staff is being shuttled between work and home but that does still mean that they would be in contact with other people. there will be but that just shows you just how difficult it is to prevent essential workers from actually doing their work this is impossible we need doctors we need no seems so they do have to commute from home to work but for daf the government also made our dead put that they disposable shuttled bessie's so as to avoid as much as possible that those people come in contact with the general publication for example population sorry for example in public transports. and bring us up to date on the overall situation right now in germany. well authorities are very worried above the new variant after a virus he did say. viral or just a christian. charity hospital confirms diabetes say that these fire and variant
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is the 35 percent more contagious more infectious. virus that we currently know and in germany there's been tighter border checks implemented on sunday might mean there's going to be impact on fresh food imports in germany there's also additional controls implemented in airports on people coming back from high risk every ounce now on the situation regarding virus that is less infections registered today and less deaths and also a 7 days incidence way dieties decreasing there's a $111.00 cases behind each has only now because but that's still 2 times higher done to critical and the trends showed the vaccination rollout is still ongoing is $1500000.00 people vaccinated momentum and also a new medicine it will be implemented this is
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a new antibody made it seem that will be given to patients so as to avoid that they develop severe symptoms from the corridor of virus our political correspondent in the new us shows with the latest here in berlin good to talk to you. now the 1st nationwide curfew in the netherlands since world war 2 has sparked widespread rioting unrest slowed up in the capital after dam of the southern city of i'm too often at least 30 demonstrators opposing tighter coronavirus restrictions were arrested thousands of rule breakers have also been fired. anger boils against the night curfew the 1st in 75 years. on the streets of eindhoven protest to set a car on fire and then rampage through shops and the train station. this demonstration in amsterdam
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is illegal but residents of furious at the months long lockdown and now the new curfew. live free. things you can think freely. they say their freedom and future are being sacrificed in the fight against the virus. that is eating so much of the life i don't agree with the restrictions on freedom. it's certainly true that elderly people of all nobles but there are also so many young people involved and young people of the future. and it's all this is a voice that is saying no we are so frayed we're going in the wrong direction it may be understandable but it's still the wrong way that they are scared of. the government says the curfew is a preventative measure the number of new positive tests have been fooling but prime
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minister mark rota warned against a possible surge of infections from the british mutation of the virus. i was off to the curfew came into force this is all that's left of a covert testing center on the coast and in amsterdam riot police break up a mostly peaceful demonstration with water cannons the netherlands was one of the last e.u. countries to begin immunizing health because with production delays slowing vaccination programs across europe a return to freedom here and elsewhere still looks alone white off duty over yours . in brazil thousands of people have joined a 2nd today of nationwide protests calling for the removal of president jarvis and narrow over his handling of the pandemic the national coronavirus death toll stands at more than 200000 the 2nd highest in the world vaccine shortages are holding back
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immunizations and public anger over the worsening situation is growing. alice ghomeshi is desperate her mother needs a ventilator but the ones in the hospital are all taken now doctors aren't giving her much hope. that they will show all i want is for my mother to have a chance to. relatives don't get much information the clinic is totally packed and overburdened intensive care beds are full oxygen has been in short supply for at least a week hundreds of people wait for hours to refill tanks so that their loved ones at home will be able to breathe. the 2nd wave of coronavirus has hit man hours hard and the virus has mutated as many as $200.00 victims are being buried every day that's 7 times more than before the pandemic doctors say government inaction is to blame. well you did ringback
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a dog watch the collapse could have been averted. yes the more the virus can multiply on checked the more likely it is that there will be mutations. in rio de janeiro life continues rather carefree perhaps because the president dumb plays the virus and publicly doubts the safety of vaccines in the meantime people are getting inoculated political opponents exerted a lot of pressure and made their own deals with manufacturers people are protesting against both so narrow because of the erratic rollout of vaccinations they say he has to go. now to some other developments in the pandemic mexican president and race manuel lopez obrador says he has tested positive for covert 19 that announcement comes as this country registers the highest levels of infections and deaths to date israel will close its international airport to nearly all flights in
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a bid to bring a raging outbreak in the country under control and egypt has started vaccinating its population using the chinese made sign a farm shot health care workers and people with chronic diseases are among the 1st in line to receive the vaccine. and let's get a quick look at some other headlines now 11 trapped workers have been rescued from a gold mine in china they spent 2 weeks stuck 600 meters underground after an explosion hundreds of specialist rescuers battle to reach the men one other miner dying to earlier a further 10 are still missing. and the lawn mosques space x. has successfully launched a falcon 9 rocket into orbit from cape canaveral in florida it was the 1st mission for the private space contractors right here program and carried 143 satellites a record number for a single rocket. to a subject now that is heavily stigmatized in many places in the world including
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pakistan reports of rape there soared last year but up until recently only a tiny fraction of rape incidents ever came to trial last month the country's president signed off on a law aimed at speeding up convictions and increasing sentencing but while the new measures help protect the identity of victims they also allow a controversial punishment so-called chemical castration all over felda north from reports for t w from lahore. as son has been living and sleeping with his family for weeks on the grounds of the hospital in lahore pakistan his sons i mean has been here for months he was gang raped and then shot this sadly is not uncommon the perpetrators now face chemical castration by order of the courts. we would be satisfied with such a punishment we don't want such brutal men to be able to rape ever again if words could change the situation there would already be a change in the society without real punishment such people will not change that is
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why they must be punished. in pakistan following a presidential decree can now be punished with chemical castration. in this process the convicted person is given drugs that take away potency and libido. these return when the drug is discontinued at the end of the sentence but many medical professionals are wary of the possible side effects. one of the most important is that they do sing the bone density and all the. parts and it also causes depressions and suicidal thoughts in muslim pakistan rape stigmatizes the victim as well as the perpetrator and his family suffer adarsh of it is also feeling this her son is in prison charged with
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rape he's threatened with chemical castration the widow firmly believes in his innocence he should be earning money for the family besides a few relatives no one talks to the mother anymore. who can move chemical castration as a brutal punishment my son is already a goner and now possibly this is inhumane punishment i wanted to marry him off soon but how can he have a family now i had so wished that he would have children but now none of that will come true. in pakistan a person is raped every 2 hours it's often a demonstration of power through sex last year there are more than 3 times as many cases as the year before the government is under pressure and wants to look like it's doing something. strongly believe that there is a need for such
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a long if we punish some perpetrators like this it will send a clear signal to everyone else. it will have a positive impact on the whole of society. as the. lawyer robbie a bunch of aa is a volunteer representing zein the boy who was raped and shot for years she has fought to ensure rapists were properly convicted. i don't think so i don't think meryl asked ration is a solution because there is also the death penalty for rapist in pakistan so deterrent laws are already in place but they're not applied. evenly. in the last 5 years no one has been sentenced to death for rape in pakistan saeed's impoverished family waits outside the hospital for the boy to recover from his injuries and for the perpetrators to finally be punished.
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10 years ago mass protests erupted across egypt that led to the toppling of longtime president hosni mubarak the uprising was part of the so-called arab spring revolution it was seen as the dawn of a new era for egypt but a decade later many of those who participated say little has changed. they call it the day of rock. by day that saw thousands descend on karros tapir square to demand president hosni mubarak controlled egypt for almost 30 years believe police and security forces cracking down hard. in just a few bloody days hundreds dead and thousands more injured. but 2 and a half weeks after the start of the january 20th levon protests jubilation. mubarak
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is out. 6 months later the muslim brotherhood takes power with islamists mohamed morsi elected president. a year later he too has gone in a military coup. in the weeks that followed hundreds of his supporters are arrested. and many killed it grow into herbert their seeable but the coup was led by army chief general abdel fattah el-sisi by 2014 he is president el-sisi has done all he can to silence any opposition and of the changes to the constitution he could stay in power until at least 2030. for many the hopes of january the 25th 2011 are buried somewhere here in town
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here square. let's get some perspective on the story now with. her him good morning take us 1st of all through the significance of the stay in egypt 10 years ago. well sunni generally 25th was the day that it became very clear that the so-called barrier of fear had been broken the country saw mass protests not just in cairo i mean politics in egypt tend to be very capital centric but all across the countries in cities and across the country and that was the day that also protesters were evil to physically occupy tahir square which then became the symbolic you know tiny piece of land that it has become in the history of this uprising and perhaps most significantly or significant as well is that this this was a police state this was the national day to commemorate law enforcement and it was the day that people in their millions went out to reject the authority of that it
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was meant they were also really calling for more democratic freedoms and if you look at the situation today sisi rules the country with an even tighter grip than mubarak before the uprising so what happened. i mean i think that a lot of people will look at it and say oh no a lot has has as went wrong and certainly it has but it's also just important to mention that president c c brutal as his role has been also enjoys some support some egyptians a lot of egyptians will tell you that everything that sisi has done. you know removing the muslim brotherhood and ruling egypt with an iron this is actually a correctional kind of a correctional measure to what they saw as the chaos brought up by the uprising and and the rule of the muslim brotherhood with that being said i think a lot really could have gone differently in the period between and say 2011 in 2014 right before 16 but it came to power the political transition was botched at best i
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would say we have parliamentary the parliamentary elections before we had a constitution written and there was a huge there was a there was a massive polarization within society after it became very clear that the muslim brotherhood would play a significant role in political life and there was just generally a lot of political alternatives that did not look like you know the counter-revolutionary camp so to speak that you know the military and the muslim brotherhood so a lack of a viable political alternatives also plays a huge role that isn't i'm not blaming the protesters for that at the end of today you're absolutely correct people went out in the street looking for basic human rights but answers were not there and i think that plays that at least a huge part in why we're why we are where we are today what about the role of the international community here and i mean how much responsibility does it bear for some of these failures that you mentioned. i mean i'll sum it up with something
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that an activist told me a couple of years back when i asked her and gyptian activists when i asked her what would you like to see from western governments and she said we don't want anything from you we just want you to stop selling guns to our leaders and that will really do it so germany you know a beacon of human rights and justice has sold something like 752 possible pardon 752000000 euros worth of weaponry to egypt last year alone and the human rights situation in egypt last year has not gotten so much better. german industry pardon is highly involved in egypt you know there's a dipshit government is currently reviewing a 23000000000 euro high speed train project for egypt and no one is saying that the german government should not invest in egypt or that european government should not invest in egypt this will eventually if you know done without corruption benefit egyptians but definitely human rights you hear people say that human rights need to be part of that conversation especially with the you know the seaman's deal i watch local media every single day and i can tell you that you know state sponsored media
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is selling these deals selling these economic deals coming from germany as a huge success for the egyptian government as us and as a sign for germany and other european countries you know support and belief and trust in sisi especially himself but also his regime and i certainly think that a lot of activists will tell you there's room for germany to also promote its human rights interest its its its values with projects like this. correspondent. with us thank you so much for that analysis to sports now and but the sake of football league leaders by are needed have improved their title hopes with a win against the 2 teams at opposite ends of the table faced off on sunday. it's lonely at the bottom of the table where shall kiss stuck and at the top where by and have the chance to extend their lead after their 2 closest rivals both lost
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on saturday. shall care held the fort for 33 minutes went by and broke the deadlock . the hosts 1st left us were kimmage and then thomas mother completely on marked. after the break the defending did not improve and by and got their 2nd robert lewandowski bundling in his 23rd goal of the season already by one small commish was the provider this time with a long range pass to find the league's leading scorer. commish then made it a hat trick of assists teeing up thomas millar for his 2nd and byron's 3rd. the reigning champions now have a comfortable 7 point cushion in 1st place while shell could only have 7 points in total and look ever more likely to go down. one of germany's most high profile football players miss it is he'll has signed with turkish club fenerbahce
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is they'll help germany win the world cup in 2014 but quit the team in 2018 over claims of racism now he hopes to boost his career after being effectively exiled from his previous club arsenal in the english premier league a site many in turkey thought they would never see me as it is ill is a fenerbahce player. or central. i'm very excited i've always supported fenerbahce. the move follows a turbulent few years for the 32 year old born in germany with turkish roots the 2014 world cup winner quit the gym need team after alleging racism when he was criticised for posing for a picture with turkish president let's have the one. that one was even the best managers those wedding opponents say earlier one is an unfair terry and leader but others will have stood up for human rights in other parts of the world having called out the chinese government for their treatment of the we go muslims club
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level as well was gradually frozen out by astral after the departure of us inventor in 2018 he's not played for the londoners since march after the premier league club decided he was not enough of a team player despite paying him 400000 euros a week now for not purchase given the chance to restart his career. had been a dream is coming true for me as well not just to find a bunch of i'm so excited to wear the jersey and hope that i will succeed with all my teammates and the littles. after all the controversy this will now wants his feet to do the talking for the 1st time is now playing in his spiritual home turkey . on your group well let's get a reminder now of our top story here on t w the german government says it is prepared for potential attempts to disrupt its vaccination campaign it says vaccination opponents conspiracy theorists and hackers
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