so far at. the. this is d.w. news live from berlin russia braces for more on the arrest on another day of planned protests authorities warned government opponents not to join mass rallies in support of the jailed opposition leader i look say enough. on the show german chancellor on the american appeals for patience as the national lockdown drags on under fire over the slow roll out of vaccines also calls for high level talks with

drug makers. and in the bundesliga fire and get their revenge against a side which thrashed them earlier this season all the goals as the bulgarian sam chaltain contacting. i'm married to evanston welcome russian police are warning activists not to join protests in support of the jailed opposition leader alex a no ball name security forces have sealed off parts of cities including st petersburg where demonstrations are planned later on sunday nearly 4000 people have been detained at rallies since not all these arrest earlier this month. the russian authorities are determined to prevent any repeat of the mass protests which followed here. best of alexina valmy much of sin petersburg has been barricaded

against demonstrations professionals warn they will crack down hard on troublemakers but that is the only yes the living interior ministry and other loren foresman units will use all necessary means to ensure public order. any violent action against offices or refusal to abate their lawful orders will be prevented individuals who commit illegal acts will be detained and held accountable but he got that. a must go to court has ordered novell his brother own leg and several other supporters not to leave their homes they are alleged to have breached coronavirus rules during recent rallies nonsense say their lawyers. you'd use the only motivation behind this criminal case is to put all political activists under house arrest and forbid them from using the internet. in another

twist russian t.v. has been to a building which the opposition claim is a multi-million dollar palace belonging to president vladimir putin state television says nothing more than a hotel is being built here and a leading business figure insists he is the owner. meanwhile security forces remain on high alert to deal with planned protests in st petersburg and elsewhere. and correspondents in moscow will be tracking developments at those planned protests throughout the day and we of course will be keeping you up to date. for here in germany a chance or uncle americal has appealed for patients during the coronavirus lockdown schools shops restaurants and leisure facilities have been closed since december the government has been widely criticized for its slow roll out of vaccinations merkel has called for high level talks with vaccine makers on monday

and is urging people to remain vigilant. to all of our efforts the infection rate is dropping. we are making progress but at the same time we must be mindful of the danger posed by the new highly contagious mutation that fall in the coming weeks we must proceed with caution we're not yet in a position to reopen schools and take hasn't as the more consistent we are now observing social distancing and following hygiene rules and wearing masks the sooner that will be possible again with. the rapid spread of new variants of the corona virus is prompting many governments to tighten border security and germany is among those ramping up controls for travelers coming from hotspots and friends has brought in restrictions which are likely to hit businesses that depend on cross border traffic. for decades around half the customers of

rosemarie harks bakery and petite also have been french and half german a local t.v. news crew has come today along with french politician christophe aren't people are worried about the situation at the french german border if the french prime minister moves forward with his plan to tighten cross border travel restrictions beginning monday rosemary hucks german customers will have to show proof of a negative p.c.r. coronavirus test. i don't understand that one day they open the borders the next day they close them again i don't know what to make of it such a test costs around 150 euros nobody will spend that kind of money to buy ever get . city to $39.00 border crossings between low and the german silent are affected. just down the road stuff advent demonstrates the core of the problem he crosses the border from france to germany and back again from germany to france just like

thousands of people do every day they went shopping just to be on the safe side. but overall i don't know what's going on i just hope it will all be over soon it will probably be through. the covert 900 pandemic has brought to light difficulties in the franco german relationship for example when it comes to cross border commuters. filipe lives in france but works in germany as a vocational trainer last month his working hours were reduced and the government subsidized his wages he was then double taxed due to a loophole. like the woman in germany the monthly wages get taxed which they did without salary too but we also need to pay taxes on the reduced working schedule subsidies in france. germany has announced it will close its borders to countries where new coronavirus

variants spread rapidly currently this is not the case in logan but there are long lines of french customers at this german service station. we are very worried we're just so used to driving to germany whenever we want to. germany and france have strong links if one side of the border has high case numbers of coronavirus variance so does the other site this is a shared habitat and it needs to be treated as such. the french government is now discussing a solution for regions where crossing borders is a day to day reality. it's been a year since the world health organization sounded the alarm by declaring the coronavirus crisis a public health emergency just a month later it was designated a global pandemic back in january 2020 there were just over 10000 known colvin

1000 cases almost all of them in china in february and early spring case numbers shot up around the world and they've been rising ever since a year on more than 100000000 people globally have fallen sick with the virus. stephen morse is a professor of epidemiology at the columbia university medical center in new york we asked him earlier if the virus is here to stay like regular flu and whether restrictions will remain part of our lives you know i think the flu analogy is a very good one we probably will be taking that seems on a regular basis as new variants come out but we've had other corona virus 4 of them that we know about that have circulated in the human population and they came in and probably in similar ways within the last few 100 years so i'm hopeful that eventually you know there will be familiar again and like another 50 human

coronavirus in till then we really do have to be careful because we don't know how long the immunity last with the vaccine and we don't know whether it's going to prevent transmission or so i think we'll be wearing masks for a while tiresome as it enters. let's get a check now of some of the other stories making news around the world. hong kong residents can now apply for a new visa which could lead to british citizenship the offer is in response to the controversial security law that china has imposed on the city beijing says it will no longer recognize u.k. passports held by hong kong people. 8 afghan security personnel have been killed in an attack claimed by the taliban militant group a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into an army base the united states claims the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed under a peace deal. in paris clashes have erupted between police and protesters who are

angry at a proposed new security law the legislation would criminalize so-called malicious publication of photographs of police officers civil rights campaigners and journalists want the measure to be scrapped. farmers in india have staged a one day hunger strike in protest of planned agriculture reforms they say the laws benefit large private buyers at the expense of smaller producers a week of unrest has seen hundreds injured in clashes with police. thousands of farmers are in delhi venting their anger at indian prime minister narendra modi they say new agriculture laws will crush them financially while giving large corporations a big advantage. we have decided that we won't go back unless farm laws are repealed if we don't have anything then it's better to die here than at home.

i am just one day hunger strike is part of a movement that started 2 months ago against 3 pieces of legislation that passed parliament last september these protests have been the biggest challenge to prime minister modi since he came to power in 2014 he says the new laws are necessary to modernize indian farming but farmers believe the changes will turn agriculture corporate and leave them behind so they say giving up isn't an option not to be able to tell the 3 laws are taken back we are not moving from here. you know obviously oregon may go in a surprise move the government has disrupted demonstrators ability to communicate and mobilize by shutting down the internet near protest site you know that is murder of democracy people's rights are being subjugated it's our right to gather. but the government is trying to suppress it. but the hunger strike coincides with

the death of indian independence later mahatma gandhi protesters hope to rehab their image which has taken a hit and recent days because a square mischa's with police. farmers here hope the rally on this day of remembrance will reaffirm the peaceful nature of the protests. i've been listening to soccer now and byron munich host of their jinxed opponents hoffenheim the visitors bees the reigning champions for one earlier in the season well this time it was the other way around. by in munich with a case of the pre-game goes little did they know they'd have plenty more to smile about at the end of the match even though they needed a corner to finally break down hoffenheim stiffens not to mention the jump in skills of jerome boyer tang has had

a from the back of the net to hand by in the lead in the 38th minute a taste of what was to come thomas marino double by n.z. 10 minutes later for his 10th goal of the season but not without the help of robert live on gough ski sniffed the footwork. was by and had barely finished celebrating when hoffenheim put one that just before half time thanks to andre crumb are a choice 13th goal of the season but that's as close as hoffenheim would get leavened off he made it 31 after just 57 minutes. king c c'mon with some slick play and the poland international finding himself in the right place at the right time. the floodgates had opened church cannot be added in another to see a $41.00 victory for by on a scoreline that might sound familiar as by an event there for one last again. hoffenheim earlier in the season. all right let's take

a look at all the latest results from the bundesliga so byron betov and haim as we mentioned while dortmund and frankfurt both got 31 wins when young and gladbach drew just like braman and shot them in saturday's late game live signal of a couzin back on friday stuttgart minds and later on sunday cologne will host bielefeld and was 4th will play freiburg. you're up to date now on d w news will leave you now with pictures from switzerland's renowned winter sports region skiers and snowboarders have been enjoying bumper snow falls and one of the top professional freeriding competitions is the only event of its time where the riders come down in pairs have a look. coming

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