this is d.w. news live from berlin and russia braces for more unrest on another day of planned protest fourteen's warned government opponents not to join mass rallies in support of the jailed opposition leader pelosi and the bombing also on the show german chancellor angela merkel appeals for patients as the national lockdown drags on under fire over the slow roll out of vaccines medical also calls for high level talks with drug makers and in the bundesliga byron get their revenge against

a side which crashed them earlier in the season will have all the goals as a variance and often time tackling. omarion evan steyn thanks for joining me russian police are warning activists not to join protests in support of the jailed opposition leader alexei navalny and 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 his arrest earlier this month. russian all thora t's are determined to prevent any repeat of the mass protests which followed the arrest of alexina valmy much of sin petersburg has been barricaded against demonstrations professionals warn they will crack down hard on troublemakers but that is dealing

just the looking interior ministry and other lauren foresman units will use all necessary means to ensure public order. any violent action against offices or refusal to a bay their lawful orders will be prevented individuals who commit illegal acts will be detained and held accountable but he caught. a moscow 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. heatedly of correspondents in moscow will of course be tracking developments at those planned protests throughout the day and we'll be keeping you up to date. well here in germany a chancer uncle americal has appeals 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 rollout of vaccinations merkel has called for high level talks with vaccine makers on monday and as 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 in their full 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. well germany has tightened border controls for travelers from hot sponsor of new coronavirus variants including the u.k. portugal and south africa a variance from south africa was discovered 6 weeks ago and has already spread to dozens of other countries at home the mutation is responsible for 9 out of 10 new cases so many a dead there's hardly room to bury them the numbers speak quite loudly in itself

and that is a clear indicator that there's something more serious happening in terms of the mortality rate we are putting all our hopes on the vaccine official figures show around 40000 have died from current virus in the rhine by nation but the real number is likely to be much higher. than the south african variant of the virus accounts for the huge death toll side to side it's not deadly but it is extremely infectious many hospitals are completely overloaded patients are being treated in tents and only after a long white bed stuff and ventilators are all in short supply. oh of the food did you think the 3 of them because it was good wasn't it for you to go to bed someone must die a very quick personal protection equipment is all side lacking among the dead

hundreds of doctors and nurses who themselves became infected. it's been a year since the world health organization sounded the alarm by declaring the coronavirus crisis a public health emergency a month later it was designated a global pandemic back in january 2020 there were just over 10000 known at covert 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. stephan morris is a professor of epidemiology at the columbia university medical center in new york we asked him if the virus is here to stay like regular flu and whether restrictions will remain part of our lives god i think the flu analogy is a very good one we probably will be taking vaccines on

a regular basis as new variants come out but we've had other coronavirus 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 they will go be familiar again and like another 5th human corona of dollars into will 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 is that. let's get a check now some of the other stories making headlines around the world hong kong residents are getting the right to apply for a new visa which could lead to british citizenship the offer follows the controversial security law that china has imposed on the city says it will no

longer recognize british passports held by hong kong citizens 8 afghan security personnel have been killed and an attack claimed by the taliban militant group a suicide bomber drove a vehicle loaded with explosives into an army base the u.s. claims the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed under a peace deal. protesters marched in the tunisian capital to denounce police abuses and demand the release of demonstrators detained in recent rallies security forces have arrested more than a 1000 protesters this month one person died last week after reportedly being hit by a tear gas canister. well tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets of france to protest against a proposed security law in paris clashes erupted between police and protesters the legislation would criminalize so-called malicious publication of photographs of

police officers civil rights campaigners and journalists want the measure to be scrapped many demonstrators also expressed their opposition to restrictions aimed at curbing corona virus infections. police and protesters face off in the heart of paris. scuffles broke out during fresh demonstrations against a draft security law that aims to increase police surveillance tools and limit the public's right to circulate images of police activities the government insists it's needed to protect officers but activists say it would prevent the exposure of police brutality. matters to be allowed to film police because we have a lot of problems with violence and then there is the use of drones and facial recognition during demonstrations it's not worthy of a lawful state like france. france has seen

a serious of massive protests against its proposed security legislation the government said it would review the text which is due to be examined by the french senate in march but this weekend's protests were not all about the security bill many also used the chance to vent their frustration at the restrictions imposed to do to cope with 19 demonstrators included members of the anti-government yellow vests movement and activists calling for increased support for the cultural sector . in the western city of nonce scores of young people turned out to protest for their rights to party. another rally. turned into an open air rave. as the evening approached riots police intervened to enforce a 6 pm nationwide current virus curfew. to india now where farmers

have staged a one day hunger strike in protest at planned agriculture reforms they say the laws benefit large private buyers at the expense of smaller producers a week of unrest has seen hundreds of people injured in clashes with police. thousands of farmers are in delhi venting their anger at indian prime minister narendra modi they say new agricultural laws will crush them financially while giving large corporations a big advantage. we have decided that we won't go back unless foreign laws are repealed if we don't have anything then it's better to die here than at home. 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. and a surprise move the government has disrupted demonstrators ability to communicate and mobilize by shutting down the internet near a protest site you look at that is murder of democracy people's right. they 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 sport mischa's with police. farmers here hope the rally on this

day of remembrance will reaffirm the peaceful nature of the protests. there have been a think a soccer now in buyer munich hosted there in jake's opponents hoffenheim the visitors beats the reigning champions 41 earlier in the season well this time it was the other way around. by in munich with a case of the pre-game giggles little did they know that have plenty more to smile about at the end of the match even though they needed a corner to finally break down often times defense not to mention the jumping skills of jerome boy change his had a front the back of the net to head by in the lead in the 30th minute a taste of what was to come thomas by n.z. 10 minutes later for his 10th goal of the season but not without the help of robert live and off skis nifty 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 laver nasi 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 riyad it in another to see a 41 victory for bye and a scoreline that might side. familiar as by an event therefore one loss against hoffenheim earlier in the season. ok let's have a look now at all the latest results from the bonus think so as you just heard byron be tough and high while dortmund and frankfurt both got 31 wins when you own and drew just like braman and show them in saturday's late game leipzig be favored

couzin on friday stuttgart beat mines and later on sunday cologne will host bielefeld and voles for it will play freiburg. you're watching the daily news coming to you from berlin i'll be back at the top of the hour with another update for you in the meantime you can get all the latest news and information on our website that's d w dot com i'm there and it's dean thanks for watching. one joint problems and we're near a. body may be chasing the lady through god. how will climate change affect us and our children. dot com slash water.