out of the. news alive from berlin and russian police cracked down once again on supporters of jailed kremlin critic alex say. they make thousands of arrests this protesters rally across the country for a 2nd straight weekend to demand his release. among those detained also coming up portugal's covered 19 crisis takes a turn for the worse with deaths and infection soaring we'll look at how germany and austria plan to help. and hope for hong kong citizens unwilling to live under

trying to rule the u.k. opens a new visa scheme offering millions the chance to gain british citizenship london says it has a moral duty to to help the people of hong kong. thanks for joining us we start in russia where human rights activists say more than 5000 people have been arrested at nationwide protests staged in support of jailed opposition leader alexei. his wife has also been detained taken into custody as she attended a protest in the capital moscow it's the 2nd consecutive weekend tens of thousands have rallied in cities across russia to demand avani be freed. reports from opposition stronghold st petersburg. leaked. to of the opposition's

challenge to vladimir putin thousands have gathered again in the center of st petersburg as they are again demonstrating for the release of opposition politician alex enough me i had of the protest the austerity is called and of many areas of the city center. for many people here this is the 1st time they have ever attended a protest until recently they didn't care about alexander valley but his arrest at a moscow airport on return from germany outraged to many russians and many are also here to demonstrate against corruption perceived to police violence and elect of democracy in russia they showed up even though organizers didn't receive a permit for the protests from the also reaches. him in the most seriously why it leads. directly 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 is iran 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 another. somebody is a member of nonviolence n.-g. all the anti corruption foundation which published and now are famous video nearly 2 weeks ago in 89 volunteer exposes a palace allegedly belonging to president putin according to. opposition politician

it was built with money from corruption with video already has more than 100000000 hits even russian state television has been forced to address his allegations. there are claiming that the building doesn't really belong to putin. is dead too they say it's a hotel which is still the construction and to that it's opened by one of russia's richest businessmen arcata barack. time for the kremlin is up i feel that the kremlin don't reflect reality but still like a week ago with the police cracking down on these demonstrations once again many people are being arrested here in st petersburg and in other cities throughout the trash it's their displays of force from a state determined to end these protests. in

germany and austria offering to help portugal deal with one of the world's worst covered 900. 40 will has the highest number of deaths per in happen and 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 at portugal's borders at 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 voice central outings nursery schools shops and cafes the shot the government has entered crisis mode. i think it could be even stricter there are still too many people on the streets going to give us that many portuguese still haven't understood that we've gone from being a good corona country to one of the west grandees in proposals that are beyond.

portugal's intensive care units a straining some hospitals are running out of bed sick over 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 it and where. we have never before treat ours like we're doing now sometimes we're having to treat people in the ambulances and that's it for us 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 mid-air islands more than a 1000 kilometers away. germany is sending its military to burns's fair to help portugal d.w. reporter. is following that story for us jill what type of assistance will the been

there provide well i've been talking to a spokesman from the burden is very and the message is germany will help you go 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 to say it is likely to include medical military personnel as well as a quick mood 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. for 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 covert 19 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 of the pandemic they helped 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 economy 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. 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 party 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 all. the rise 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 and 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. reporter thank you so much jill. now some other stories making headlines around the world european commission president urged the funded line says astra zeneca will deliver

9000000 extra covert 900 is to the e.u. by the end of march the e.u. has been in a dispute with the drug maker since the firm announced earlier this month it planned to cut its vaccine deliveries to the e.u. by 60 percent. britain's captain tom moore has been hospitalized after testing positive for corona virus captain tom became a national hero last spring by raising over 30000000 pounds for british health care charities with a walking challenge a statement on twitter said the 100 year old was having trouble breathing but he's not in intensive care. in somalia several people are dead after jihad as militants attacked a hotel in the capital mogadishu a suicide car bomber struck the entrance of the hotel gunman then opened fire on guests and staff officials say security forces are still exchanging fire with the militants inside the hotel. in syria at least 6 people have been killed

in a car bombing in the northern city of azaz the blast went off near a cultural center in the city it's one of several deadly attacks over the past 24 hours targeting turkish backed rebels in the region. hong kong citizens with a british national overseas passport can now apply for a 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 for filling its historic commitment to the people of hong kong a former colony handed back to china in 1997 and announced the measure last july's saying a tough new security law imposed by beijing violated hong kong's autonomy. it's a potential escape route from the. of hong kong citizens more than 5000000 people over 70 percent of the population are eligible for the visa scheme other not

everyone will take action the u.k. administration has asked the made at that in the next 5 years there will be at least $250000.00 pupils to do so so are we're talking about a significant number a significant wave of emigration it's not only about the people leaving but also their 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 then why i'm thinking about the various aspects of the u.k. like the economy are not particularly good although 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 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 say she died. on friday china condemned the u.k. visa scheme. this sanctions 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 and strongly opposes. beijing says it will no longer recognize the british national overseas passports a largely symbolic move congress can also use their hong kong passport or id card to travel further retaliation could be in store. sport now and a look at all the results from this weekend's slate of matters in the bundesliga

byron held firm to 1st place with a 41 win over hoffenheim leipzig edge past live of course and both byrd beat freiburg frankfurt and dortmund both one were known berlin drew with glaad bok as bremen with shaka. beat mines and cologne defeated bealefeld and a look at what the weekend's results mean to the standings in the bundesliga there's no change at the top byron lead leipzig by 7 points false burke have moved into 3rd place frankfurt leads a 4 way battle for 4th in the 2nd half as you look at the very bottom shaka and minds both in relegation trouble. you're watching d.w. news remember you can keep up to date with all the latest news on our website ditto if you talk com or on twitter and instagram i'm michael looking for me in the entire news team here in berlin thank you so much for watching we'll see you at the

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the creation of our solar system with our planet is a bit like winning the lottery. and earth. starts feb 11th on t.w. . thank. you. they don't mess around and let merrick out when it comes to football and fists fly easy. at least so the cliche goes.

but football games never too often do descend into violent chaos the result cards yellow red a lot of them. this mass brawl in paraguayan with the ref to brandish the 36 red cards ok it was a youth game and this happens all over the place amateur football here in germany is also no stranger to karate kid like seems. but the numbers show itself and central american leagues see the most cards worldwide. and it doesn't stop there. the footballers sent off the most times on the planet and out of the way though yeah colombia and the 3 countries with the most red cards at mannes world cups are brazil argentina and uruguay. and the 2920 champions league there were 20 red cards with 55 in the 2980 but at the us followed in 2020 by 8 red cards in one match the part to alegria darby between graeme you and thomas you know why you seem

so hard. there's an ugly stereotype that hot blooded let an american simply can keep their temper. but isn't that racist. now a study says cards have more to do with social economic factors such as g.d.p. or homicide rate poor as it. did hot you. are dealing. with but if you please it's a sensitive and controversial topic is it cultural and social possibly even religious or just none of the above is a reflection of life and if so how. let's start with statistics the switzerland based football observatory took a closer look at it compared 87 leagues around the world between 20152020.

3 with the most cards are in fact letting americans. and europe one. and when it comes to red cards only it's your of one in the lead for libya's 2nd el salvador 3rd. we did our bridges according to their. side correlations are. concretely bolivia and going to mom have the highest number of cards while also having among the lowest g.p.s. pro-capital in latin america as of 2019 what that implies it is. trees. but here we find the 1st twist the country with the highest number of red cards per match in the world is euro why. but it has the highest g.d.p. per capita in all of south america.

and we. were sent. there as. general. time to ask your of one man who showed plenty of cards in his career one quarter was a referee in his country's top flight which statistically produces 0.51 red cards for a match that's one every 2nd. compared to point 27 in italy point 23 in spain point 15 in germany and just point 12 when england.

after the year of one case let's give the g.d.p. cars correlation another chance in a country whose g.d.p. is below the regional average in that mary county. columbia which owns position 4 in the observateur his car drinking. class colombia has seen decades of armed conflict which left the u.s. based national bureau of economic research to conclude back in 2008. we find a strong relationship between the history of civil conflict and the propane city to behave violently on the soccer field. to use less economically and which colombia has experienced years of civil war and violence that must find its way into the picture right side of castro a political scientist and football journalist says that's an oversimplification. but i'm. going to say $41.00 is the 4th.

by no to somebody for. you i know you've got. to be doing. according to south be as point $34.00 red cards per match one every 3 games are also explained by the tough upbringing many people go through. it a good. feeling if. someone says the statistics are interesting but cannot really explain football culture but the football observatory insists violence in society does play a role. we. and this was the strongest. small wonder then that tells how the doors lead is number

3 in the world when it comes to red cards. canceled the door had one of the highest homicide rates in the world for years although recently it has declined. just the violence of salvadoran gangs affect the national league to. local journalists close whenever they wrote about the football observatory study that there are lots of cars in salvador and football is no surprise to the public. there must be a lot of money. saying see if they all took us in for you but that's. what is that link to murder rates for him says the structure of the national league is a much bigger factor only a few teams dominate and can afford decent players the majority who lack proper training. and like in columbia pictures are bad the result.

i don't know what. the little bundle already but. also and then there is another factor which has to do with the whistle. well they didn't see any . sort of. the most notable step. for the laws that will set out this. wild some rest and let me merica are indeed aiming for the oscar is. she sort of one. form or brazilian referee for the number colombo is a good entertainer both on the pitch and on tick tock but she's also an expert on refereeing in south america she says both referees and players are hard to handle. a lot of people are looking at is how i am it is the. only. who i love. in the midst of. all of that is that you know that scene. oh

well yeah. i caught a who will. if anything like the new. set of numbers house been some of the ricci has refereed at the highest level like a 2080 world cup. he says the problem of misbehaving players in latin america starts early. but. it was the biggest star in years. when orders nor. was. sure. there was need rules the rules or the laws in. all those norms in the law. so a bad footballing if you cation clearly has its part in brawls like this too and in

the red cards that follow as well. hang on a minute we spoke a lot about rough male players on the pitch but what about 'd women. actually when it comes to cards there is a big difference between men's and women's football in latin america one example the colombian league. she just gets a guy instead what their answer you want and then see go without. warning warning company and. all that critical of them head is his big one thomas love let's not all of us a glass essential a little mass. laden is that only us at all in the middle of so much of the cars. and it was all good so it's latin american men's football that fuels studies such as the one done by the football observatory don't blame it on the ladies the swiss researchers have one

last reason for the high number of cars on the football pitch. the higher the perceived level of corruption the greater number of carts and this to to stick does have a more practical implication also according to latin american experts. says . if you i mean. it then animals are going to. improve. based on. their level of crowds. and from this perspective once again. so if you are sanctions are to be expected a climate of impunity leads to more unfair behavior breaking the rules is seen as a virtue rather than a problem of. what actually fosters impunity in

latin american football you know why. the it was i dug up pretty strong. i mean there's. not you know. you know i'm not the. only automate. this and need to wait the. more you get on top who are the what is. concluded social factors do play a massive role. but they more it is the context in which football takes place in many parts of latin america deeper explanations are found by looking at the country's football culture. e.g. the end is of meat.

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