cut through the noise to the truth. this is. a crime that shocked germany. in the heading. right wing extremist found guilty of. prison but this tragedy. also on the program i'm sort of quarantine into the field. begins its investigations into the origins of. my protest.

portions of comes into the fact that critics say the government's gone too far and is moving away from the values of the europeans. and around the world. solo around the world despite not being the 1st to cross the finish line. i'm a program. one of germany's most closely watched trials for decades has now ended their rival stream misters been found guilty of murdering regional politician about to look 2 years ago and sentenced to life in prison mr coe was a member of on going to medical city you party and had spoken out in support of

refugees definite answers to shot him in the head at his home near the west german town of castle it was a trial which brought the specter of far right violence in germany into sharp focus once again defendant stefan ounce was charged with murdering an elected politician the toluca was a well light local leader who defended angle americans policies on migration it turned him into a target for extremists and recorded this video at a meeting where val toluca faced far right hecklers. you have to stand up for certain values is anyone who doesn't agree with these values is free to leave the country that's a freedom every german enjoys. punishment. 4 years later luka was assassinated outside his home in june 2919 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 10 to life in prison. on a futile. your been wonderful in the case of stefan and stop it is a spiral of violence that started when he was young. and then be able to on. despite today's guilty verdict many questions remain where are those involved and could the police have done more to protect. it's got more to do because according to peter hillary who joins us from the frankfurt to court where the trial took place to welcome a character talk of reactions to this verdict well reactions you have of course been mixed and the prosecution and the look of family have this verdict

against schaeffer nancy it is after all the hardest sentence that you can get in the german judiciary system with a life long prison sentence and without the possibility of an appeal after 15 years so stephanie answer will very likely and maybe 20 or more years in prison but the family and the prosecution have been disappointed with the verdict when it comes to marcus h. who was accused of having helped steffen and in planning the murder and executing the murder of because he was acquitted because the court didn't see enough evidence for his involvement and so a spokesperson for the family said that it was very difficult for them to accept that that this family the widow and the 2 sons who have been here at the courthouse in frankfurt for most of the 44 days of this trial that it was a very difficult time for them to accept that marcus h. whom they considered the mastermind behind this murder will walk away freely. later

dozens of contacts in the far right say there must be worries that he had accomplices and that they're still a loose. yes absolutely and this trial has only focused on marcus h. with the charges. against him for accessory to murder but these of course he was acquitted for those but we don't know whether there was maybe a network of supporters from the far right scene a scene that is very strong in north has a here and in the federal state of has where this crime happened and so many of service say that this trial didn't succeed in uncovering any of that and there is now and for some time there has been a parliamentary inquiry committee looking deeper into that and they want to find out more about possible networks of neo nazis that might have helped with the murder of you know this murder was the 1st politically motivated killing by right

wing extremists since the 2nd world war the threat from that direction being underestimated. many people say yes it has been on the estimated many people say that in this country the intelligence agency has turned a blind eye on right wing extremism for too long we have seen. the decade long murderous spree of the and it's you we've seen other attacks recently and that has had that have happened from the far right and i think now the authorities have started to put more resources into the fight against the far right extremists in this country and the interior minister says that he considers this threat from the far right to be the biggest threat to security in germany well good talking to you thank you so much for joining us. in frankfurt. we'll

take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world starting in russia where a court in moscow has rejected alexei valley's appeal against imprisonment the kremlin critic appeared via video link he was arrested for parole violations they remanded in custody for 30 days after returning to russia from germany where he'd been recovering from a near fatal poisoning. pakistan's supreme court has ordered the release of the british born man convicted of killing american journalist daniel pearl 19 years ago omar saeed shaykh who was accused was acquitted of the brutal beheading by a panel of 3 judges these 3 code cubans were acquitted last year. against iran has a new president nationalist politician start their yeah or of was sworn into ceremony in the capital bishkek he was released from prison in october after having a kidnapping verdict quashed jumper off one close to 80 percent of the vote in

a presidential election held this month. their team of experts from the world health organization have become know their research into the origins of covered 90 in the chinese city of woo after spending 2 weeks in quarantine the w.h.o. wants to investigate the earliest known cases in the city to better understand where the virus came from and try to prevent future outbreaks it's not yet clear what authorities will allow them to say. we'll get more from our correspondent mathias bullinger who joins us from beijing welcome mathias what was so will w.h.o. investigators be allowed to move freely. that's highly doubt what we've seen so far is that beijing is keeping a very tight lid on an investigation into the origins of the corona virus for 2 reasons one of them is it does not want to did the initial failures that the

authorities have made in one to be. examined and and discussed again and the reason is that. probably is start. it what does it is afraid of any surprises beijing has for example limited what its own. chinese research is can publish on the origins of the corona virus and any requests for an independent investigation by the d w w h o have been rejected for a long time by ph acknowledge this mission had took a long time to be established it was a very. complicated and. difficult. negotiations behind the scenes so we expect there to be

a lot of. pulling the strings and discussions on the ground to wants to meet people who have people at the market who are you working at the market with the 1st snow coronavirus cluster housing and it wants. to meet doctors who have been in hospitals to investigate due to the early cases of the coronavirus the chinese new year is approaching that's a massive celebration in china with lots of festivities and people traveling to see their families that's going to be a big challenge when it comes to controlling infections. this year there's going to be a lot less travelling around the country there's no nation white truffle of ban in place but many when you regions and places have restrictions on people returning some regions for example have an ounce of people who return from the cities to the countryside point after quarantine and expectations are that the.

number of trips might be 2 thirds lower than in years where nothing has happened last year it was already lower than the years before and it's expected to be still lower than before many companies have also put restrictions on people traveling home for this festival season and not allowed their workers to return so. we are we are going to see a lot less traffic nevertheless is of course period where the authorities will be quite vigilant because there is a big fear off when you outbreak there are some small outbreaks in the country smaller by international standards but quite big for china that the fires almost down to 0 for a long time should so. there is of course this fear and these measures are in place so it will not spread on control to notice

a burning here in beijing thank you for that. now experts in germany are recommending that the astra zeneca covered 19 vaccine should not be administered to people over $65.00 the vaccine committee was made up of a panel of scientists attached to the country's a robot co public health institute they said they were insufficient data to assess the drug's efficacy amongst this age group the vaccine is still not yet licensed for use in the european union but is expected to be approved within the next few days the announcement comes amidst dispute with the swedish british manufacturer over supplies and widespread dissatisfaction with the speed of the vaccine rollout here in germany and across the e.u. . 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 hurtigruten bag both are over 18 went on to germany's number one high risk group. dr hope your mother got the appointment for us but it took her a long time to get through in the range that 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 planned 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. to me my

appointment was made online by myself right on the 1st day in one morning. last hot line in north i miss taylor 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 and it's the envy of the sinister 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 are 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. to take a look at some of the other developments in this pandemic bomb attack and pfizer say their vaccine is effective against the british and south african coronavirus variants their lab has reported its 1st community transmission of the corona virus in almost 8 weeks the countries had strict quarantine measures throughout the pandemic and portugal will suspend all flights to and from brazil from friday that's because of the new strain of the virus circulating that. now to france where the president emanuel macro has promised to tighten laws on incest after a new book accusing a prominent political commentator of raping his stepson caused outrage across the country the publisher they surround him as cases also encourage thousands of survivors to come forward and tell their stories when they say perpetrators of sexual violence get off too lightly in a country.