deeply in light of that secondly i'm against corruption and thirdly i'm against political prisoners in our country or the people who tell the truth in russia should be free they're going to start i'm not here so much because of no value support not because of the immediate change of government i hear fighting to ensure that we are not deceived. in the run up to the demonstrations police across the country attempt to intimidate activists and journalists some were even arrested. was one of them she says the 2nd most famous face of the russian opposition after never in the suburbs is a member of novelist enjoy the anti corruption foundation which published and now famous video nearly 2 weeks ago in 8 volunteer exposes a palace allegedly belonging to president putin according to the opposition

politician it was built with money from corruption we've never done is video already has more than 100000000 hits even the russian state television has been forced to address his allegations. there are claiming the building doesn't really belong to putin. is data they say it's a hotel which is still the construction and to that it's opened by one of russia's richest businessmen are caught to rot and barack put him at the time for the kremlin is up i feel that the kremlin policies don't reflect reality. like a week ago with the police are cracking down on these demonstrations once again many people are being arrested here in st petersburg and in other cities throughout russia it's a display off force from a state determined to end these protests. germany

and austria are offering to help portugal deal with one of the world's worst coded 1000 out breaks for trickle has the highest number of deaths for inhabitant of any country germany's military is sending medical aid and doctors austria is preparing to take in some of portugal's critically ill patients portuguese doctors say the situation is becoming desperate. tight checks portugal's borders this entry point into spain only those with a valid reason are allowed through. portugal had seen a period of relatively relaxed restrictions now people are confined to their homes except for a sensual outings nursery schools shops and cafes a shot the government has entered crisis mode. i think it could be even stricter there are still too many people on the streets. to get as many portuguese still haven't understood that we've gone from being a good corona country to one of the worst on ground is in proposals that are beyond

. portugal's intensive care units a straining some hospitals are running out of beds for covert 1000 patients others are short of medical staff or oxygen supplies long lines of ambulances have formed outside some clinics many patients have to wait hours until doctors decide whether they can be admitted and where. we have never before triology like we're doing now sometimes we're having to treat people in the ambulance it's less and less authorities say the highly infectious virus variant 1st found in britain has caused hof of all cases in greater lisbon some patients have been airlifted from overstretched mainland hospitals to the madeira islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. germany is sending its military to burns's feared to help portugal d.w. reporter. is following that story for us joe what type of assistance will the been

there provide well i've been talking to a spokesman from the brit is there and the message is germany will help portugal as soon as possible they have had a an exploratory mission on the ground over the past few days assessing the situation there which is dire and figuring out how they can help and now the question really is when they're going to be able to launch that mission and what they're going to be able. and it's likely to include medical military personnel as well as equipment such as respirators i.v. drips medicines and protective equipment now really what they have to ask is how much can germany spare because the burden is there also has troops on the ground here in germany helping out with the local pandemic response 17000. stuff or helping out local health departments across germany so how many can be devoted to portugal will now be decided in the coming days however that all the people who do go are going to be vaccinated against code 19 out of around about 3000 military

stuff already have received their shots now this won't be the 1st time that the one is that has gone in to help other countries so far in this pandemic that already went into the czech republic and in the 1st wave dependent they hope lift people out of italy we should also note that austria is also offering to help portugal by lifting and treating patients as you know portugal is just one of europe's pandemic challenges at the moment the other of course is vaccine production and now some senior german politicians or calling for the government to use emergency powers to boost supply can you tell us a little bit more about that the vaccine market is fundamentally broken and the state must intervene now those are the words of marcus he is the state premier of bavaria and he says that there is a huge amount of trust that has been lost between the pharmaceutical companies and the governments over all of those missed supply agreements over the past few weeks now he has proposed a state led vaccine a condom e to boost production he has also spoken out in favor of the chinese and russian

vaccines being used here if they are found to be safe and effective now maka sudha he's not actually a member of the federal government but he is very influential as a state minister and he's also being spoken of as a potential chancellor candidate so his words do carry weight he's being backed up here by the green party one of the leaders of the green. he says that he also believes that the state should intervene in the vaccine production market so there's cross party support brewing now in the united states president joe biden has authorized the use of the defense production act to boost vaccine supply there whether germany does something similar will be up to the chancellor and the cabinet they're going to meet over the coming days also state leaders are meeting tomorrow to discuss the next steps in germany's pandemic response. to a reporter thank you so much till now to some of the other stories making headlines around the world at this hour

thousands of altar orthodox jews have packed the streets of jerusalem flouting israel's coronavirus lockdown they gathered for a top rabbi's funeral despite the country's high infection rate critics have accused prime minister benjamin netanyahu of failing to enforce the lockdown due to political pressure from his allies in the ultra orthodox community. a wall health organization team investigating the origins of code 19 has visited a market in on china where the corona virus was 1st detected the seafood market has been shut for year in the visit took place under tight security. 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 u.s. claims the taliban are not sticking to commitments agreed under a peace deal 'd. hong kong citizens with

a british national overseas passport can now apply for visit visa to live and work in the u.k. they can then apply for british citizenship after 5 years the u.k. government says it's fulfilling its historic commitment to the people of hong kong a former colony handed back to china in 1907 it announced a measure last july saying a tough new security law imposed by beijing violated hong kong's autonomy. it's a potential escape routes for millions of hong kong citizens more than 5000000 people over 70 percent of the population are eligible for the visa scheme although not everyone will take action the u.k. administration has asked the maid at that in the next 5 years that will be at least 250000 pupils to do so so i we're talking about a significant number a significant wave of emigration it's not only about the people leaving but also

that capital talents a profession that they will bring with them to leave hong kong that poses a serious issue for beijing kong many educated well paid professionals could leave the territory. the way our lawyer and why i'm thinking about the various aspects of the u.k. like the economy are not particularly good but i think it's still better than hong kong for young people like me we don't know how to live or survive here so i won't consider this method so you know the way how ready you have all. already understand the saying that people are worth less when they leave their home country if they want to move abroad and think the u.k. safer than hong kong during the pandemic that's their decision day i would use the dollar. on friday china condemn the u.k. visa steve. this dungeon severely violates china's sovereignty grossly

interferes in hong kong affairs and china's internal affairs severely violates international law on the basic principles of international relations china's indignant top this one strongly opposes us. beijing says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passports a largely symbolic move as hong kong is to also use their hong kong passports or id card to travel further retaliation could be in store. but it's legal football now in 2nd place leipzig managed a one nil win against. scored the only goal early in the 2nd half to secure a victory or still 7 points behind byron who lead the standings with the loss laid down to 4th after their 2nd straight defeat. here's a look at all the latest results from the bonus league and 1st place byron beat

hoffenheim to revenge a defeat early in the season while dortmund and frankfurt both got 31 wins were known. just as did bremen and shaka leipzig beat. down mines cologne and defeated bielefeld in both is playing freiburg at the moment . football news from the english premier league manchester united's marcus rash heard says he was racially abused on social media following his club's draw with arsenal ratchford responded calling the quote humanity and social media at its worst the 22 year old who works with a charity battling child poverty refused to share screenshots of the abuse among a handful of premier league footballers who have been targeted recently for racial abuse late friday night police arrested a 49 year old man linked to racially abused abusing a west bromwich player. in south american football power defeated

santos one nil in an all brazilian final to win the cope with limited or is the equivalent of europe's champions league thousands of paul marries fans ignored social distancing rules to gather pollard to celebrate their team's victory police efforts to prevent large gatherings were unsuccessful the copa victory qualifies. we speak different languages we fight for different things that's fine but we all speak up for freedom freedom of speech and freedom of press. giving freedom of choice global news that matters w made for minds. and you hear me knowing yes yes we can hear you and how last year's jam and saw so that when you bring your uncle out machall as you've never had to have before surprise yourself with what is possible who is medical

really what moves that all some who talk to people who follow along the way admirers and critics alike how is the world's most powerful woman shaping her legacy joining us from eccles last stop. this week on the world stories. residents are freezing in spanish. and working from dizzying heights in turkey butts we begin in germany where the media is reporting new covert 19 deaths every day a new initiative wants to make a grief more public by reminding the country that there are real people behind these numbers. it's the 8 sunday that close john schmidt has come here to send out

candles a visual reminder of those who've died from cove at 19. he's not the only one doing this. to many may have been better than other countries at the beginning of the pandemic but the death toll now stands at more than 50000. i'm not a spy. yes during the 1st wave of other countries had these kinds of numbers and i felt like we just accepted it here with a shrug. we thought we needed images to make death something you can see. that's why we started this initiative. and much to me 30 because. many people come here to talk about the disturbingly high number of new cases others come because they've lost someone who says i'm far from a fog or it's just a question of where you can show grief or where can you go to experience this feeling peacefully like in a cemetery and that's how it should be here that i'm sorry others want to make

a statement to show that the corona virus is a real danger. to skip the feel of the there are so many people who just denial whole thing we should all just hold back to keep our distance so that this pandemic ends its not so many people have to die it is a few toward even this time isn't at another coronavirus memorial in berlin ingrid johnson is mourning robert manzarek a friend from new york he died of covert at the age of 72 she says he was a man of many talents i'm still an answer none of his many talents was that he was a lyric baritone and sang in different operas. always discomforts i think that this memorial here in this historic square is a beautiful place for him especially because so many wonderful concerts have taken

place here for him and he would have loved to experience that. every afternoon a candle in the german president's residence bears witness after easter a state no morial service is planned for the victims. cold and no electricity. in some cases the conditions are deplorable in this neighborhood on the outskirts of madrid drug gangs are allegedly tapping power lines the residents feel forgotten by the spanish state. it's bitter cold this morning here in kenya that reale on the outskirts of madrid some 4500 residents live here in what may be europe's biggest informal settlement since a power cut in october they've been without electricity many inhabitants of moroccan or roma origin most live in poverty conditions how worst in sectors 5 and 6 of the

county area because of the cold many like family now don't even have water. other authorities blame the power outage on a surge thought to be caused by illegal wiretaps to power cannabis grow operations and sectors 6 most of madrid's illegal narcotics come through here we can film openly here it's too dangerous but people we speak to confirm they too have no electricity. back in sector 5 a mother who wants to stay anonymous invites us into her house the kids are bundled up and tending classes online but just as long as her phone charger and mobile data last one though and when they get upset i try to give them strength i tell them imagine you were sick call he didn't have hands i was trying to give them strength i realise that i don't

have any more strength myself. it's a similar story for neighbors one man likely died due to the cold and the baby was hospitalized with hypothermia many are resorting to using propane diesel generators car batteries or stoves. it's expensive and very risky says rahma from the neighborhood association. she says that at least 40 people here have suffered carbon morningside poisoning. one in all let us be a light fires and when they notice that the fires dwindle and they throw on more logs on to keep the house warm and because the fire consumes the oxygen this has adverse effects they wake up with headaches or nausea that is a minus in on the road is that those several n.g.o.s have condemned the situation here. is how to feed my own back door of here not like

another area in 2017 the authorities signed a regional agreement ensuring dignified living conditions for the residents of the county are that we are. going through all this. this is. in this agreement also cover to providing electricity to the settlement we need the electrical some few families have been offered gas heaters and the opportunity to relocate the power utility now wants to shut down illegal taps however many here in kenya that i'll feel forgotten i think that if authorities were serious about helping they'd already have tabled clear solutions. landfill sites and russia are a growing health hazard most garbage is simply thrown away on toxins safety levels at the dumping grounds go ignored for many of the people who live close by moving away is just not an option. but this is the alexa and skip it it's as big as 45 soccer fields and is

just one of dozens of garbage dumps on the outskirts of moscow residents say just a few years ago with the paper was still deep in the ground and now it's more of a hill and as if the garbage piles up with the locals health problems due to the dump lies just a few. 100 meters from the village of novel shop of all. of us hometown the mother of 2 says that some days this smell from the side was so bad she couldn't even open the windows and the kids jaroslava and well off them sick video saver finally had enough she and her children moved to clean a city several kilometers away. the little ones were constantly sick one day their pediatrician told me their children have rattling sounds in their

lungs i didn't think about it for very long before starting to look for an apartment for us here and cleon later after we moved we went to the same doctor surprise surprise the lung rattling had disappeared how did that happen simple we moved away. if families fate is no isolated incident. is one of russia's most pressing concerns only 6 percent of the country's garbage is either process or incinerate that is the rest is just simply dumped environmentalist who are new lease landfill sites around moscow in particular are a ticking time bomb rarely conforming to safety standards that they pull you to the soil the ground water and the air. readings taken by the state civil protection agency shoal the area surrounding alec's inskip it is also contaminated 3 years ago after it is found to that hydrogen sulfide levels were $25.00 times the acceptable

amount. but nothing has been done to protect a local residence. of us mother is another of those affected the 67 year old's house is dangerously close to the dump but unlike her daughter she says she can't move. where. would i go who would i sell my home to with that horrible smell outside who cares about someone like me and how would i even get by in the city my pension is $190.00 euro's per month but i'd have to pay $130.00 euros for one room apartment. meanwhile the mountain of rubbish keeps growing and there app lands to expand to the. dream job is cleaning the for sands of. skyscrapers. she's also the 1st woman to work in this male dominated job in turkey she hopes to encourage

others to break free from gender roles. with bucket and cleaning products in hand the crew has to balance along the edge of the rooftop attached to a thin wire they slowly move forwards. this red rope is where. gets to work now every move is a matter of life and death imette is laid under the safety rope so that the edge of the roof doesn't cut into it her life hangs on this thread. now the real work can begin. we are 130 metres up it's a wonderful feeling i really feel free i'm not dependent on anything apart from my rope. knowsley uses mountaineering techniques she learnt during her

training it was hard both physically and mentally but she believed in herself against all odds. going through the training pointless you'll never be able to do that job even my friend said that. 5 years ago mostly you'll most worked inside a highrise like this at the reception desk for the window she always admired the cleaners as they scaled down the facade then she asked the mood after they have shelley who's now her boss if he would hire a woman on his so far all male team. proved that women can do this too. it doesn't matter if you're a man or a woman what's important is if you're able to do this risky work or not. today. is the only woman working in this previously all male domain she

doesn't have time to admire the view of istanbul below the skyline of the city of 18000000 who live it's 161 skyscrapers has been totally transformed in the last 20 years. for cleaning up here in wind and weather muskets has a pay meaning she turns a 3rd more than the average in turkey just don't drop the sponge. in a world filled with beautiful images to talk of hers have to work hard to stand out . to find the special place based incomparable night.

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