dead. there's no room to put away so many bodies. people should be careful they need to know that covert 1000 is killing for real. hold already lost my hands my cousin my father and my grandfather. now germany and austria say they would like to help treat some of the cultic patients from portugal that help couldn't come too soon for the portuguese. eskimo from data show susan the portuguese capitalist been welcoming how bad things that. they married at the moment the 7 day everett threw for the worst in europe and the new berry and from britain it's spreading at them and alarming speeds some experts say health system is that the verge of collapse i think it's actually collecting already in some parts there are reports that are now only $0.07 of. beds

available and this is really a very alarming sign because article it will increase in the next days and so also probably in the next 2 weeks and as we've seen in the report about already long lines of ambulances in front of many hospitals here in this. talk of the other measures the country is taking to try and control this virus. well 40 already introduced a lockdown in mid january but it was run by lockdown lights a lot of schools stayed open a lot of businesses stayed open and then became strict and strict last weekend ported are also closed all of its border i experience that so myself this morning when i cross the border from spain to portugal where the country has a really strict at the moment the police ask for your passports and they take

a copy of the passports and i always thought or so and i could you take from that fact very difficult to get in and to get out at the moment. when we had in the report germany amongst others and i was yesterday that he's sending medical personnel to try and help the situation there what can you tell us about that. yet medical doctors and paramedics from the german military with trouble right in the country within the next 40 it's all worse and they were the head of the treatment of the patients on the ground but they will also bring urgently needed equipment such as ventilators that protect the i talked to a medical doctor from the german army this morning and she confirmed that. officially asked for help and i was already an assessment seen in the country last week so everything is set for this mission johnson and shelled saying lisbon's

thank you. well despite the frustration at the slow pace of vaccination in many e.u. countries some people are also uncreate about government measures to try and slow the spread of the virus to the netherlands as witnessed scenes of rioting and violence over recent weeks the vast majority of people that support the government's efforts to protect the population. max is under reports a small minority is determined to break the rules. 6 don't mistake this for a festival this is a protest each of the participants showed up with their very own message there is no violence you cannot stop the spread of an iris it's impossible so i find the measures that government takes disproportionate it's not a matter of that we deny coronado but we think there's a different way and. it's going too far at the moment the one thing that unites

them is their discontent with how the dutch government is handling coronavirus for the 3rd time now this an authorized event has drawn different groups of people to the museum plain square and amsterdam police presence is high this afternoon and with reason. a week ago cities across the netherlands were overrun by protesters rioters attacked police said vehicles on fire and broke into shops 3 nights in a row and 9 o'clock curfew that was put in place by the government on january 23rd is believed to have triggered the protests the rioting and the looting here in the netherlands has stopped for now but boarded up shops like these service a constant reminder that the threat isn't over yet violent episodes like these shouldn't necessarily come as a surprise sociologist jacqueline french tecla book tells us we have to like a little bit a little bit and then disclosed and then that close and then sports horse not allowed anymore and so on and talk but that was never never

a full package it might well be that eventually. people got extremely fucked up with it by the by the curfew being on top of it and you know in the netherlands freedom is a big thing. this man is worried about his freedoms as well. as one of the initiators of the protests at museum playing but because of last week's violence he's not participating today to underline his peaceful intentions he asked to meet us at the national monument for the victims of world war 2 the rules are too heavy for the problem ok there is a problem i say there is a grown up fighters is there and it is a problem but the rules are too heavy 14000 deaths people means 0.08 percent and if you see the problems we're having in the whole country. shops are dying it's terrible for everybody. and supporters want to see

restrictions rolled back and the who to government leave office following the elections in march. but with a majority of dutch people still in favor of both the government and its pandemic strategy this seems very unlikely to me why. across town riot police have cleared the square this protest might be over but the next one will follow soon. well some other developments in the pandemic around 2000000 people in australia have entered a strict lockdown after a security guard at a quarantine heard tell in perth tested positive for the highly contagious u.k. coronavirus variant china has recorded its lowest daily increase in new carpet cases for more than 3 weeks and israel has extended its the national coronavirus lock down the country of 9000000 is still registering warden 5000 new cases a day and this comes as the palestinian authority announced its vaccination program

would begin in mid february in the israeli occupied west bank. now to russia where the kremlin says many of those involved in protests against the jailing of opposition politicians are like saying the only cones and provocateurs spokesman to meet you pascoe of was speaking a day after tens of thousands rallied in cities across the country to call for mr novellas release more than 5000 people were arrested during demonstrations a critics accuse police of using excessive force. they were warned but they marched anyway anti-government protesters all over russia demanding the release of opposition leader alex saying of all me they defied a ban by the kremlin the response was brutal and a show of force many were arrested some were beaten some hit with tears alike devices. were. in moscow alone thousands marched constantly changing their route in an attempt to evade the police some gathered outside the

prison where i like scene of ali is being held for many of them the protests are about more than just the opposition leaders arrest protesters also say they are marching against corruption and for more democratic freedoms in russia. in a political battle for used to being told what to do being controlled but young people used to organizing themselves that's why i came here today because i want to take in what is happening in my country you watch over go ready it's a disgrace. they've stolen everything from us. i live near oil and gas fields and they're just stealing is all that i mean yes i have a 2 year old son and if putin stays in power for the next 16 years since he's climbing through then my son will grow up with him and i don't think anything will come of it for news there. moscow was still asleep sunday when protests started in russia's far east in siberia as dawn spread across russia phone of on the rallies

spanned across the country's 11 time zones but so did the forceful response by the authorities. russia's 2nd largest city st petersburg was no exception. some call this russia's most aggressive and fear inducing nationwide operation but others say the government's attempts to overwhelm the protests might actually fuel the flames of the russian opposition and the voices calling for change. will start in football in germany's bundesliga news of the incredible troubles for the surprise team of the league this season fallsburg 3 goals against freiburg men 3 points and a move into 3rd place. a con of intimidation the wolves are unbeaten at home this season and they want everyone to

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coming up next in news asia and more on the killing me and mark with a country in danger of sliding back into a military dictatorship. and china threatens to retaliate after britain extends residency rights for potentially millions of hong kong. those doors are indeed up in east asia in just a moment i'll be back at the top of the hour of the day.

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and there are many storms. make up your. made for mines. you're watching news asia coming up today the end mars democracy in peril again the military has declared it one year's state of emergency citing election abnormalities the country's main political party led by own son suchi has called for protests against the coup. plus china threatens to retaliate after britain extends residency rights for potentially millions of hong kong ers what happens

next. i'm melissa chan welcome to g.w. news asia history is real windy for myanmar just one decade after its democratic transition the military has seized power in a coup complete with taking over the airwaves and has declared recent elections knoll the national league for democracy on sons to choose party and the main political entity has called for citizens to take to the streets the story on the ground is changing hour by hour and is very volatile. joining us is journalist dave going to bomb in kuala lumpur to walk us through what is happening day not too long ago you were formerly based in myanmar this is a fast moving story but how serious is this political crisis and why is the

military moving at this particular time it when you look at why the military is moving at this particular time point the fingers at the commander in chief of the army senior general min long he's approaching retirement age 65 later this year mandatory retirement age and it's no secret that he's had his eyes on the presidency but with the elections in november where the nationally for them ocracy won more than 80 percent of the available seats there really seem to be no way for him to legitimately get there any time soon now they were bringing up accusations of widespread election fraud just over a week ago which the elections commission rejected there were rumblings that there might be a coup things seem like they might damp down a little bit that's the kind of impression we're getting over the weekend and then this today but why now really seemed like he was going to have to move now or have an even more difficult time doing it later the new parliament that was set to take office based on those november elections the lower house was set to take seat today

so if he was going to make a move clearly in their mind it was this would be the most opportune time for them to try to do it of course now they're trying to justify what they're doing which so much of the world is rejecting now she has lost quite a bit of global goodwill because of her position on the country's military action against the ranges and she's denied it was a genocide against that minority group will that translate into national committee less willing to support democratic causes. well if you look at it and look at the statements coming out particularly from the west it clearly seems like the west coolly wants to stay behind this democratic process that was been moving forward for the last 10 years until today but here's you know the u.s. talked about taking action the real question is what sort of actions are they going to take are they going to go back to economic sanctions which me m r was under for decades when it was under military rule the military was strict

military rule that ended entirety 10 years ago and was loosely transitioning out of that over the last 10 years because there's been a lot of concern that those sanctions really didn't do anything that change what was going on with the military in the way they handled a country and all it was doing was punishing the common people and leaving so much of the population in total poverty so the question is do they really want to take those kind of economic sanctions again got it now where do the people of myanmar stand on this do most people save or the military or the national league for democracy clearly the overwhelming majority of the population favors on the in the nationally for democracy yes the army does have some supporters on this but they're clearly in the minority the question really is going to come up here is how strong a stand publicly will people want to take i mean when you look at it this is a country that under its decades of military dictatorship public demonstrations in some cases were not only put down violently but in some cases put down with deadly

force so the real question here is how public and how strong the public will show its support for the n l d and the situation day is going to always a pleasure to talk to you. to talk with you also the british government has moved forward with its offer to many people in hong kong its former colony for a pathway to citizenship 1st was as he said for those with what's called a british national overseas passport they biennale the deadly shell it has until has this report. up until last summer long's wife and his 2 young children had never set foot in england now they've left their jobs their home and their loved ones back in hong kong to start a new life here in the u.k. . my parents they support communist. they will live if. that means i have to live my mother but i have no choice i have no choice because of my children i have to raise them i have to let them load the truth they do have

the right to live by the. law says he's long been concerned about democratic freedoms in hong kong but it was beijing's decision last year to impose a sweeping national security law which proved the final straw. but we don't have freedom to speak we are just asking for something we already we should have we we are having before we start to think there's no future in hong kong hundreds of thousands of hong kong as are expected to follow you and his family over the next few years a leap of faith made possible by new u.k. visa scheme it's open to those born before the british handover of hong kong to china in 1997 as well as their dependence you know for some 5000000 hong kong as a pathway to citizenship. following it's a lifeline but the true test is still to come activists say there isn't enough infrastructure in place to support the arrivals and questions remain if the

integration officials admit this is a work in progress clearly there are going to be some challenges there's a lot of work going on to make sure all of the essential things are in place around housing around how to settle and integrate and you know if children go get children in schools that some things are everything you would expect in terms of and i you bring people to settle china has slammed these are all for accusing the british government of meddling in internal affairs while others in the u.k. say the scheme doesn't go far enough i welcome the government in providing a safe lifeboat to many hong kong ors but i do feel that those who are not eligible like me are a bit left out of the scheme douglas is active in the pro-democracy movement he fled hong kong after the security deal was introduced like many activists he was born after $997.00 and isn't eligible for the visa without his parents here alone

his savings are running out and now so too this is tourist visa he'll soon have to leave the u.k. but with co the travel restrictions in place around the world he and others like him a finding that doors a firmly closed. as we always say during protests no matter we go up or down we go together i hope that those who are eligible for b.n. no will think about those who are not and bear in mind that some are still struggling to find a safe place to settle me the douglas know little know when they'll go back to hong kong. loans hopeful that his children's futures and now secure. but for douglas even the next few weeks are unclear. we have hong kong activist nathan la with us he lives and works in exile in the u.k. nathan beijing is not happy about this and has threatened to retaliate what

realistically can it do well for now beijing. not recognising the n.o.'s of the hong kong government follows these practices so we can see if there are just a little bit inconvenienced attitude people or wanting to use of you know trouble because of they have to use our whole point of say our passports to leave the border in home but i think in general there are very limited retaliation measures that beijing people boy so when our. student observing how the situation escalates the most possible retaliation will be doing something on the notion of double nationality and i don't think it will come in any time soon. that's very interesting so beijing will have to be creative if it wants to do something now on the british front what else would you like to see the government do there.

after they had them in the national security lol actually the british government has imposed a lot of measures counter measures through apps at least if you were issued a freedom a home call in what do they offer a piano. a belief thing they should have been treated with hong kong cetera so i think of all but now the next step would be settling into the officials in china and hong kong what we're sponsible is that here more isolation and also being very vigilant towards that if you trade off the chinese from this fall to the u.k. and higher scrutiny to the state and price i think these are very much needed measures to protect democracy on the one hand and on the other sewage so that they are holding china accountable for their humor isolation. now i was just thinking about what beijing could do what china could do in terms of putting pressure on people heading to the u.k. there's been some disturbing sinister stories of what appears to be plainclothes

intelligence or police officers actually watching at the hong kong airport gate as people depart for flights and that's police state activity will we see more of this kind of thing. i've talked to a few people who are now considered u.k. and they have also daubs certain plain clothes. authorities patrolling in the airport i'm looking very suspicious i think this is another signal that the hong kong government has been. growing measures to increase its surveillance on on these people and the states it's a say no that the cities it's one that you're it it's so for me that initially there will be a lot more suffering. on people not only in the airport but also in the life you know of the issues of communication and everyone is introducing real names seem

carts circus and also a lot of other measures to really. impose more surveillance on people and this is very boring trends and what is your sense in terms of the actual number of people who will likely shop and u.k. over the next year or. so of course 3000000 eligible you know holders and asked them asian from the u.k. government. 102200000 people coming to the u.k. in the 1st year this is actually coherence to my summation because. you have to consider when you think of immigration and where anna made of a pandemic it really. involved people. with a lot thank you so much for joining us. thank you so much. that's it for today there's more on our website e.w. dot com ford slash asia we leave you with pictures of global protests against the

military coup in myanmar thanks for watching and see tomorrow. the fate of against the coronavirus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context. on a virus update. on t w. passion drama

competition marvel marketing numbers at risk here by the time and childish blog sites. millionaire fans run 5 spam. to go off on you tube join us. to. 12 months have passed since the 1st coded 900 cases emerged in germany meanwhile the virus has claimed more than 56000 lives here more than 2000000 have been infected and the number keeps climbing. over the past year we've had to adjust our day to day lives to a new reality that we could hardly have imagined before. it's been

a whole year since the prospect of a family holiday has become a remote possibility even impossible. a year of keeping our distance from friends colleagues even our own families. and every day we witness the consequences of the pandemic restaurants shuttered in a city's deserted public life has come to a standstill. welcome to a covert 1000 special i want to johnsonville and good to have you with us 5608 that's how many new coronavirus cases were richest in germany over the past 24 hours no big deal we've had worse now imagine hearing a german saying that a year ago on thinkable but 12 months of this pandemic have changed us here's how it started. jeremy 1st came across 1000 here at the

offices of this automotive supplier in bavaria it's where 33 year old employee caught the novel virus from a coworker who had traveled to germany from china he became patient number one. german officials were quick to assure the public the country was taking the virus seriously but that there was also no cause for alarm. health minister yen spahn told the public there's no need for exaggerated concern and. if this kind in orange the world health organization echoed this with calls for simple measures like more hand washing self protection is still the best possible way we can go about this but infections spread to every region in germany contact tracing became impossible. germany's hold on the virus gave way to the free spread of covert 19 and. then just 6 weeks after the 1st case was discovered

germany announced the closing of schools by the end of march a nationwide lockdown meant the workplace and the school day had to compete for attention in homes across the country. the bulk of people in germany seemed to take the restrictions in stride and agree with them with the budding spring germany slowly started opening up again. but by the start of me nearly 7000 people in germany had died. meanwhile elsewhere in europe the numbers range from more than 24000 to over 28000 deaths. in comparison with many european neighbors germany appeared to have weathered the height of the crisis fairly well. many people enjoyed the warm summer months. but then fall arrived and cases began to rise again. by

november the so-called lockdown light was in place despite both calls for stricter measures. as well as protests against them. but the many locked down didn't work cases rosetta larning rates with more and more patients needing intensive care. by the christmas holidays restrictions have been tightened again and after the new year schools and shops remain shut. the latest extension of germany's lockdown will continue through february 14th. michael moore i'm joined by a man who must she's an infectious disease expert at the bavarian health and food safety authority and she's been involved in analyzing the new coronavirus right from the start 21st image here in germany good to have you with us please tell me

when did you know what we were dealing with. it was the very beginning of last year's january when a colleague of mine sent me the link to the w.-h. . report on. cases of unknown origin in. china and he asked the man what do you think about these cases are we going to expect something really big here and use sas maybe and i said well no i don't think so definitely not wrong to have us it took a while for the rest of the population and authorities to revise the views and i remember that i was flying from munich airport in late march so much much later than most 1st cases emerge still before the lockdown though i did security team there was tested positive and we were all there without masks i mean a dealing with that situation a year ago it was a learning by doing right. well every outbreak in this kind

of learning by doing ways that said it because it's because every outbreak is different you have to adapt your methods you have to adapt the measure is you implement to stop the outbreak and. yes it's always unique situation but of course last year was very special very unique and it was also very exhausting. and still it's still it's ongoing and even a year into the pandemic now when and the 2nd year already we still find it hard to say where a person got infected and that's significant why is it so difficult. well with as you sat with the ongoing virus transmission and we have observed

really intense virus transmission in circulation for several months now it's really hard to trace back infection chains. why is that say because on the one hand. it takes some time and efforts to reconstruct transmission chains. well. the public health authorities have been working at the limits for some time now and their priority is to. prevent forward's transmission meaning that to prevent further spread of cover it 19 and also in many cases do not know. where they got the virus from them there are also some cases we do not want to stay where it comes from yeah and all of that

makes it more difficult and on top of that of course now we have the variants that said to be even more infectious than the original virus so it still feels a little bit like learning by doing how has the pandemic changed your life. well. in many ways of course it was a very challenging year for me professionally and. it was those do so with regards to my private life very challenging with home schooling the cetera but also what i would just say i have never been so thankful for all these brilliant work scientists do all over the world to develop a vaccine that's in fact is against a novel virus within 12 months or even less than 12 months it's just brilliant and . what i want to say is that's if you get the chance to. get your

covered shots when it's your turn to get the vaccination do it for your own protection and also. the projection of the valet human beings right that's certainly a new chapter in the pandemic vaccination melbourne from the bavarian health and food safety authority thank you so much for your time thank you monique. and it's time now for your questions over to our science correspondent derrick williams. when will we get back to normal life as we know it and lift it until the end of 2919. i decided to answer this on air because i've asked the question so often and by pretty much everyone and you know what i can't give you an answer no one can i can only guess and you know what

else no one can see the future so what all the experts out there predict is just guessing too though some guesses are of course more informed than others so so that said. here's my best guess it's based on 2 factors that should be clear to all of us by now the 1st is that the only way to return to some kind of normal is through vaccination the 2nd is that means worldwide vaccination until we're all protected we all remain in danger the current flock of variance has revealed how quickly this pathogen can cross borders and the longer we leave it in wide circulation even if it's in other countries the higher the chance it'll mutate into a variant that can do an end run around vaccines so vaccination programs have to be

fast and they have to be global i see it as a numbers game how much vaccine can we make how quickly to reach herd immunity everywhere which many experts say is around 70 percent of humanity that's around 5 and a half 1000000000 fully vaccinated people since many vaccines require 2 doses let's call it 10000000000 doses for this back of the envelope prediction i added up what makers of different vaccines currently in use are now claiming they can produce in 2021 which as far as i can tell is around 8000000000 doses so not enough to round the corner globally by the end of this year granted those numbers change constantly but there's still no question it will also take time to distribute those billions of doses so right now i just can't see

a return to something approaching global pretend demick norms for at least a year and and probably a lot longer though individual nations with high vaccination rates things will likely grow more relaxed before that maybe as early as this summer. best guess. there is william is there and you'll be back to answer more of your questions tomorrow for now that 6 for me in the team thanks for watching.

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covered 19 vaccination program. russian security forces crackdown on protests.