this is news coming to you live from berlin myanmar's military tightens its grip on power today after staging a coup the army appears to be in full control of the country hundreds of government officials and activists are still being held prisoner of the pactor leader who cheat is calling on her supporters to resist. also coming up german chancellor i'm going to marshal defends the slow rollout of vaccinations after a crisis meeting on the issue she promises that every adult in germany who wants a shot will be offered one by the end of summer. and portugal's health system is on

the verge of collapse germany is one of several huge nations offering to help the country which has become the worst coronavirus in the world. flowing terry martin good to have you with us the u.n. security council is preparing to meet in emergency session to discuss the military coup in myanmar governments around the world are condemning the army seizure of power the u.s. is threatening to re-impose sanctions to try to force the generals to stand down hundreds of political activists and government officials including former to facto leader aung san suu kyi have been detained. off to the arrests the power grab military vehicles lined up in myanmar's capital make our soldiers now

patrolling the streets a clear sign of who's in control. we'll this was the moment a member of parliament was whisked away in a pretty torn rage one of many from aung san suu cheese ruling national league for democracy or n l d party the door of her home is once more looks she previously spent nearly 15 years under house arrest in opposition to an earlier period of military rule in a statement suchi said i urge people not to accept this to respond and wholeheartedly to protest against the coup by the military. not easy in myanmar but here in thailand ex-pats made their allegiances clear honoring suchi times burning photos of the country's most senior army chief. i'm terribly upset i've been crying all day be crying all day he's the bad guy how

could he do something like this is that. while current military supporters free flags in celebration on the streets of myanmar the coup was a setback for many of the little more than a decade after the country began its transition to democracy the army is back in charge. didn't you know you know that you're going to i feel the army assaulted all the people when it states this deal when the civilian government and a government elected by our people. room one nothing new our country just a bird learn to fly like news now while the army program does is another goal the only good to not do it was the democrats ion. residents have been queuing at cash machines and rushing to stock up on essential me and has catapulted into a nonsense and future. and we've got dave green about on the line now he's

a journalist who spent many years reporting from myanmar and he joins us now from kuala lumpur so the coup has drawn condemnation from many countries the u.s. is threatening sanctions is that likely to have any effect on the coup leaders. well it seems we've lost our line to kuala lumpur perhaps we can get back meanwhile let's talk a little faith u.s. sanctions ok go ahead sorry so these these job these these these sanctions they get them on the bottom line but are unlikely to have any impact on the decisions of the general makes because or any of the generals might because they've been through this for decades in the past in the military owns up and had very little impact the real concern would be if there are broad based economic sanctions that have huge impact on the overall and comedy of myanmar which could take these people most of

them live in absolute poverty and make things even worse for them so that's the calculation as to be made by the west would they really want to risk have that happening the key player here and a key question is how does china respond because during the days of the dictatorship. china was their best friend and china could make some maneuvers here to ease the economic pressure on them so china's response to any economic sanctions could have a real impact on things. what about the defectors civilian leader aung sun suu kyi we understand she's under house arrest again she's calling on her supporters to resist is there any sign that her supporters are heeding that call well clearly they they they want they are whether she is the most beloved person in the country the question though is what these people be willing to risk the repercussions if they were to make public demonstrations what we have some point 3 mass demonstrations in the streets of yangon the biggest city in the country that's

a real question because in the past if you look at practice or eat the military they would sometimes put down these types of revolts often violently often with deadly force another thing to question your a lot of the leading activists in this country the people who don't organize the sorts of demonstrations even some of the people who give back in the eighty's who are very much looked up to some of these activists in the country have been detained and some of the others have gone into hiding so it's really hard to wonder right now who would be the people who would be the kinds of demonstrations if the public were to try to do it any time soon you talked about the military cracking down there are also serious concerns about the situation of the return to muslims in the country what consequences could this coup have for them. well the russians are the women the country almost overwhelmingly i'm in norman northwestern rakhine state what has been a horrible situation for them for decades this makes it even worse the military

reserve track of our men to begin with keep in mind they were in their art they have their citizenship stripped in the 1980. s. makes matters worse many go over the border somewhere years ago more than 700000 more and more them fled me a marker may bring back the actor to a military crackdown of the accusation the genocide any of hopes that any significant number of them would be repatriating you know any time of year this decision is completely dashed frat because why would they want to go back to the country that is now completely ruled by the same military that drove them out and killed by some estimates more than 10000 of them dave thank you very much for your insights that was journalist day talking to us from kuala lumpur well let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today a moscow court is due to begin hearing whether russian opposition figure and putin critic alexina bonnie's should face a longer jail term he's currently serving a 30 day sentence after he was immediately run

a rested upon his return to moscow from berlin last month the trial has been criticized as politically motivated by the bali has urged his supporters to protest . and turkish president richard no one said he would discuss drafting a new constitution for turkey with his party's allies he criticized the current constitution for containing traces of military includes in 2018 turkey transition to a presidential system that concentrated power in everyone's hands. portugal has become the world's worst coronavirus hotspot in the past week it's had the highest number of new cases per capita and the highest death rate a state of emergency there has been extended until mid february with infection rates continuing to skyrocket germany and austria are planning to provide help for the country's overburdened health care system this is the 2nd field hospital being

built on this university campus and respond within a few days this time the basketball court is being converted into a temporary clinic for 150 covert patients. usually runs the university sports facilities but in recent weeks he has also been working as an emergency. sports facilities they are very flexible and it's very easy to adopt the sport sold to a few. more difficulty is too poor to incite the human resources foot to run. these kind of. doctors from germany are among those preparing to work at this temporary corona hospital they are part of the medical team from the german military that is set to arrive in part about on wednesday lispunds largest hospital right across the street from the university campus has been under massive strain

for days almost all of portugal's intensive care beds are occupied and there is an acute shortage of equipment the pressure on parts of god's health system seems to become unbearable says often have to wait for several hours in front of the hospital before that patients can be admitted and many fear that in the coming days numbers will continue to grow. jawad ok it's getting things set up for the stuff of the makeshift clinic he had mobile homes installed for the medics to take breaks during their long exhausting shifts the home project began 2 weeks ago and is already supported by more than 200 volunteers and 50 vehicles. i should i put it couldn't what the work here is pretty emotional last week a doctor knocked on my door and wanted to thank us she said she often felt desperate i think in addition to a place to sleep the medical stuff sometimes need

a moral support. precisely liberating because each day the volunteers think that solidarity is the one positive thing to have come out of the crisis and the fact that germany and other european countries are now offering help is giving an international dimension to that feeling of solidarity here's some other developments in the pandemic worldwide investigators with the world health organization are searching for the origins of the current virus at an animal clinic in will hon china this could provide insight into how the virus might have crossed from animals to humans the u.s. is ordering millions of rapid home tests for coated 19 they can detect the virus in 15 minutes with 95 percent accuracy and schools and stores in austria are set to reopen next weeks officials say students will be tested regularly for face to face lessons wearing masks and social distancing will still be required at retail stores

. on monday german chancellor angela merkel met with state government leaders and vaccine manufacturers to discuss the country's covert 19 immunization plan in recent weeks the german government has faced harsh criticism for the sluggish vaccine rollout after the meeting medical defended her government's approach and asked for patients on what she called the long road ahead. only around 2000000 people have so far received a vaccine in germany the rollout has got off to a slow start on monday political leaders spent the afternoon discussing with the bosses of medical firms how it can be speeded up but despite delays chancellor merkel repeated her clear promise does this by the end of the 3rd quarter by the end of the summer we'll be able to offer every citizen a vaccine. that the manufacturers and also told us today that something that

they can't foresee can always occur during production and they also will have no prior experience of this but i think the numbers for the different quarters overall are already very relevant. one reason the chancellor is confident she can achieve targets is that the producers predict they will make ever more vaccine official projections suggest the government expects a total of $320000000.00 doses will be available this year but production cannot be ramped up immediately the current shortages are likely to last for at least 2 more months into the 2nd quarter looking back the e.u. approvals process was slower than in some other places in part because it insisted on full approvals rather than provisional ones the chancellor defended that cautious approach. more money would not have created more capacity

from buy on tech was in fact rather launch americans have more options but our initial order of 200000000 doses was very high and we had hardly begun to look at the production site in marburg in germany when the european commission was already negotiating a 2nd contract. but such explanations are likely to be of little comfort to people especially the elderly who have been told to expect to get the vaccine but are so far struggling even to get an appointment. this is the. important thing is that the vaccination date is truly reliable people get really frustrated when the appointments cannot be kept because of delivery bottlenecks and limited resources if that is what annoys people not so much that they might call up an os 5 times what's frustrating is growing as the lockdown drags on the

government has set out a pathway back to normality with promises of vaccine now they will face even more pressure to deliver. it watching t.w. news we've got business for you coming up next with rob watch i'm terry marshall thanks for being with us. it's about billions. it's a power power. it's about the foundation of the order of the silk road. china wants to expand its influence with this trade network on so.