his body discovered by his son weeks later special forces got their man stefan and over the course of the trial he confessed then retracted and later confessed again today the court has found him guilty of murder and sentenced him to life in prison . but a few. your been wonderful in the case of stefan and stop it was a spiral of violence that started when he was young. and then be a source of his on the stand on. despite today's guilty verdict many questions remain where are those involved and could the police have done more to protect. i'm sure nobody appeared to hill he's at the front of court with a verdict has been announced today so stefan has been convicted for murder tell us more about the verdict. yes this verdict didn't come as a surprise jeff financed and he had confessed to the murder the evidence against

him was just overwhelming he had to let the police to the murder weapon to the crime weapon the revolver and his motives were quite clear it was hatred against by to look against someone who had been supporting angle america's refugee policy so the evidence against him was just overwhelming that is why a life long prison sentence didn't come as a surprise and judge also acknowledged the severity of the guilt off and this means that he won't be able to apply for parole after 15 years it'll he'll spend probably at least 22 years in prison before he'll be able to apply for parole . but the recent report says that the defendant had dozens of contacts in the far right see could there still be accomplices on the loose. that is absolutely possible this trial focused mainly on just one man marcus age and he was seen as

a possible support or share financed and he was he didn't he was charged with accessory to murder in this case but he was acquitted today so there was not enough evidence for the judge today to convict him of accessory for murder but it is still possible that those 2 men were embedded in a network of neo nazis in the north of has where this crime happened there's an especially strong scene. right extremists and so and parliamentary inquiry committee will look further into that because this trial didn't focus on these networks. but the murder of all to look at was the 1st right wing terrorist killing of a politician since the 2nd world war. as the danger of right wing extremism in germany been underestimated by authorities. many observers say so and also here at the trial the look of family has been very vocal his widow and his

them 2 sons and they have made clear that they think that the state has failed to protect their father from right wing extremists and the security services the domestic intelligence agency and in germany has long been accused of having turned a blind eye on right wing extremists having focus instead rather on islamist extremism over the last years but now i would say that more resources have been put into fighting right wing extremism in germany and after several attacks that we had seen one of them being the look of murder and so there is hope that they will it in the future succeed in preventing attacks like this and they are saying that 13000 people are belonging to that scene that are potentially violent. people of that reporting from frankfurt thank you. to poland no other countries human rights commissioner says the new defacto ban on abortion condemns women to quote torture

says the government's aim is to limit women's rights polls show more than half of the population opposes the new law which came into force yesterday thousands turned out to the pro to protest the restrictions and more demonstrations are planned for this evening on friday. once again they took to the streets once again demanding women's right to choose the new law only allows for an abortion if the life of the mother is in danger or in cases of rape or incest protesters say the government has gone too far. this time just stopped lying about abortion saying it is not taking place stop lying like the far right and the church does enough is enough we demand solidarity from you most. poland is one of europe's most devout catholic countries it already had some of the strictest abortion laws in europe and up this high but the constitutional court decided to tighten the laws further triggering weeks of massive protests across the country. abortion rights

activists have announced more protests in the coming days they have no intention of keeping quiet. we have to stop protesting again this is the only way we can prove to those who rule us that we are not tired when not giving up we do not lack strength and we are all united for something and critics of the new restrictions say this is not our only about women's rights in poland but also about the soul of a country that seems to be sliding further away from the basic values of the european union. that's not some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour kremlin critic alexander vali will not be released from prison is appeal against his detention was rejected by moscow of course the valley appearing via video link was arrested for parole violations and remanded in custody for 30 days he arrives back in russia from

germany where he had been recovering from a near fatal poisoning. pakistan's supreme court has ordered the release of the british born man accused of masterminding the beheading of american journalist daniel pearl in afghanistan 19 years ago omar sayed shaikh was acquitted by a panel of 3 judges his 3 total accused acquitted last year. u.s. president joe biden has signed a raft of executive orders aimed at curbing rising temperatures worldwide the measures include posing oil and gas leasing on federal territory and doubling the country's offshore wind energy the orders stablish climate change as a major national and foreign policy issue a team of experts from the world health organization now left quarantine and to begin their research into the origins of covert 19 it is not yet clear when and where their investigation will start nor what authorities will allow them to see

the w.h.o. says the focus of the visit will be on how the virus jumped from animals to humans in the central chinese city where they 1st asked for virus cases emerged. our china correspondent covering this story for us material can the w.h.o. officials now investigate freeney in blue one. well that's of course the big question so fine china has not shown a lot of willingness to open to accept an open investigation but this mission has been there have been a long diplomatic battle behind the seas in order to allow this mission and foreign governments all have demanded such an investigation at an earlier stage most notably the australian government have drawn the ire of a cheat and. demand from the australian government for an open investigation into the origins how it's been met with an import ban on australian products.

w h o experts stay how to quarantine for 2 weeks and then are out of court and gene they plan to meet with people who have been working at the market where the outbreak has been registered 1st or where the cluster you merged and what doctors and medical personnel they would be able to see and how much these people would be allowed to tell them is not clear yet so what exactly is it that the hopes to achieve with this research. the idea is that if you go back to the 1st cases and if you find out maybe cases that have not been reported as covert cases yet cases that have emerged before. the end of december last year maybe when the covert was identified when the virus was i identified or when it was identified that there is a corona virus that is causing these infections if you talk to these people where

they have been you might get a clue how the virus jumped from animals most likely bats that's not least the most common hypothesis but he says. to humans. but there is very little hope that this will can be done quickly the w.h.o. itself has dampened expectations that they will come up with a solution or with. talk to this inquiry knowing how the virus exactly emerged by the end of this mission this might take years it might never come out. as the chinese new year is upon off upon us and there's a lot of traveling around. this occasion of course how will china prevent the spread of the virus there. there's going to be a lot less travel then in other years there's no country wide travel found but there are a lot of restrictions in place in several places some villages some regions have sent that everybody who will arrive from from from outside of the region will have

to quarantine companies have warned them please not to travel home and. if all the flight tickets and train tickets can be refunded if people council their trips so the expectations at the moment is that they will be made up to 2 thirds less trips then and usually use on his bowling or their reporting from beijing thank you much yes. the european union and british swedish drug maker astra zeneca have failed to make a breakthrough in a dispute over supply shortages of covert 19 back seen the company said in a statement that it had a constructive conversation with you about scaling up production astra zeneca sparked anger by saying a board deliver less than half of the doses of the vaccine than promised earlier rollout of the vaccine has been slower than expected across the european union and here in germany frustration is growing. accessing this vaccination center in

brandenburg in eastern germany is harder than it might look to get an appointment for a covert 19 job you need staying power only those determined enough to get past the overloaded hotline will get an appointment like manfred in her to groom bag both are over 80 and belong to germany's number one high risk group. our daughter got the appointment for us but it took a long time to get through in the range and time. as in other vaccination centers in germany things are moving slowly many birds remain empty because there's not enough vaccine. only 70 people a day can be immunized instead of the plant 600. the situation is even worse in other regions this center in cologne is not even open appointments are

being made for february but it's not an easy process. is calling them to be kept on hold for hours and then you don't even get an appointment i mean that machine. and in to me my appointment was made online by myself right on the 1st day in one morning. last hot line in north rhine-westphalia is overwhelmed. other countries are moving faster israel for example has already vaccinated almost half its population about 4000000 people britain has immunized 10 percent the us 7 germany has vaccinated around 2000000 people 2 percent of the population in line with many other countries germany social democrats say that's not good enough it's the envy of the sinew say israel britain and the us are all making progress but there are a lot of problems in the european union and we need to address them quickly vaccine

manufacturers contracted to supply e.u. member states and now reporting production delays not good news for this facility in brandenburg or others around germany filling these chairs is likely to take some time. correspondent thomas sparrow thomas germany of all countries is way behind others when it comes to the vaccination rate why's that. there are different factors one has to do with the way the vaccine versus procured and that does not necessarily have to do with germany exclusively as you know cowhide the vaccine was procured through the e.u. commission for the $27.00 e.u. member states so not individually by each country and when we see for example that 5 announced earlier this month that it had to cut part of its production or the current dispute between the e.u. and that obviously has a ripple question here in germany as it does in other european union countries at

the same time it is important to stress that there are elements here in germany local elements that have been very problematic when it comes to the distribution of the vaccine the german federal government has handed the vaccine to the federal states who then have to carry out the whole process and some of the federal states have complained that the distribution has been too slow that they're not receiving enough doses they have also been problems when it comes to the way that has happened so certain glitches as well so this gives you an idea of a very difficult process a difficult process that is still seen with hope by many in the german government but which is also becoming a very big headache from a political perspective the talk of the whole point about the general corona situation here in germany at the moment. it's going in the right direction when you look for example at the 7 day incidence rate which is now below $100.00 for the 1st time since october it is also going in the right direction when you look at for

example the new daily cases but there are still matters of concern for example when you look at the number of deaths nearly a 1000 every day that's shockingly worrying and also when you look at those variance that is the main issue of concern for john officials that's one of the reasons why japanese lockdown was extended until mid february that's also the main reason why for example the german government is now considering further restrictions to travel when it comes to inbound throughout flights from places like the u.k. brazil portugal or south africa that's something by the way that the german interior minister a horse a horse i refer to and i would suggest we listen to what hossa had to say. listen to me you know you know who's who of the german federal government is currently quarter knighting between ministries season and these to prepare travelers from entering our country from areas affected by the mutations.

there's always the question remains which exception should be allowed in. and it was a moment i didn't want to speculate here i'd rather wait until we've reached an agreement within the cabinet rooms here you can see flow from the you know to put music. in his interior minister also for speaking to tell us how useful are these travel restrictions. yes the number of people arriving in the country but experts have said that they are only useful if they are done in coordination with other measures and with other countries as well so it's not only for example about reducing inbound flights there are other alternatives as well and they're also being discussed for example whether they should be more border controls or even border closures with region that are particularly affected and that's also something that would have to be done in coordination with europe with germany's european partners so yes they can be effective yes they can help but they have to

come hand in hand with other measures as well thomas for them thank you thomas. in other countries suffering because of a shortage of vaccine in europe in serbia the country's president recently compared the situation to the sinking of the titanic rich nations are trying to save themselves at the expense of poor ones serbia has managed to launch a massive vaccination drive for its people of north with support from the e.u. bonce with the help of china. even during the pandemic customers still come in for their coffee. georgevitch has run this cafe in belgrade for 3 years a topic often discussed by patrons is which vaccine is the best us company pfizer and russia have so far only delivered a few 1000 doses china has already sent a 1000000. dollars would i choose to get the chinese vaccine chinese people have

been getting it they wouldn't be harming their own people maybe i'll take pfizer's vaccine they are an economically strong company it's a bit of a dilemma for me. serbia's government has promised to buy various vaccines from providers all over the world it's then up to citizens to decide which one they want to get. at the chinese or russian vaccines not the pfizer one it was not missing then you see if i had to choose i'd take the russian one. the russian one i like russia i have russian friends i trust. who to trust there is a lack of detailed information about the various vaccines that's why many serbian doctors are hesitant with their advice. and is not as i get at least 10 calls a day people asking whether they should get maxon ated and if so using which

vaccine ya said cause we only have information on the pfizer vaccine 5 it will work i just don't know enough about the other one is. no one seems sure but plenty of people are driven by their fear of getting sick all the citizens can receive the vaccine at a total of $200.00 special sites like at this exhibition center in belgrade serbia purchased 8000000 vaccines from western supplies from russia and china but only china can deliver millions of those of copied 19 vaccines in a short period of time. so china for potations on the balkans is on the rise in the meantime boy in georgia which has made his decision you know from what i'm. going to sort of work through any of my customers who come here know more than i do about vaccines. so now i have to sided to get the chinese one with a book you know but. like many serbians they take the pragmatic view that the

best vaccine is the most available one and here china seems to have won the race. good time to have a look at some of the other developments in the pandemic portugal will suspend all flights to and from brazil beginning friday that stew to the new strain of the quote a virus circulating there vietnam has reported its 1st community transmission of the corona virus in almost 8 weeks the country has strict quarantine measures throughout the pandemic biotech and pfizer say their vaccine is effective against both the british and the south african variants of the corona virus the findings mean there is no need for a new vaccine. in sports news french sailor young mc best of our has won the prestigious van the globe round the world race he didn't cross the line 1st but was given a time bonus for helping another soul sailor whose bold sunk the race took 80 days and there was plenty of other dramas on route including for an unfortunate german

competitor. around the world in 80 days with a bit of heroism thrown in. french sailor yannick best event came into port in western france as the winner of the von de globe round the world race despite not crossing the line 1st. the 48 year old finished in 80 days 13 hours 59 minutes and 46 seconds he was behind to compassionate but received a time bonus of 10 hours and 15 minutes helping to rescue another sailor 2 months ago. it was a view of i don't feel like i'm living a dream hallucinating it's bizarre we go from total solitude to this. i thought you would think he was one of 4 skippers asked to find caving in a scuffle who was rescued in heavy seas off the cape of good hope he had waited more than 11 hours after his yacht broke into. there

was also drama for boris helm on the 1st german to enter the prestigious event was happy after avoiding a crash with a containership earlier in the race but he then hit a fishing vessel while in 3rd place close to the finish ending his hopes of glory. about half an hour ago i need a fishing vessel to push forward i was sleeping and. something was i woke up i was in the car looking up if you. put the order to. establish say it's a. his side's victory instead went to best event every winner in the 4 yearly race has so far been french. the fireworks mark the end of a remarkable race where carroll was in the rather than speed was the decisive

factor. well it's winter here in the northern hemisphere and what's not to like about fresh snow fall for the elephants zoo in the u.s. state of arizona not much until he's captured these images of baby elephant pansy and tough family falling in the flores most of the other zoo animals stayed warm inside their shelters but pens system nandi did some splashing about in the enclosures pond and a little slip and slide in the mob the zookeepers say it was his 1st ever snow fall so no wonder she enjoyed every single moment of it. you're watching the news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you of course here in germany has found the right wing extremist guilty of assassinating a regional politicians 2 years ago and sentenced him to life in prison the victim

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