this is news coming to you live from it's crunch time for credit. security is stepped up in. paris to decide his fate he could be sent to prison for several years now bonnie and his supporters are calling it a travesty of justice international bodies are calling for his release also coming up. this military tightens its grip on power a day after staging a coup the army of peers to be in control hundreds of officials and activists are being held prisoner. the leader is calling on her supporters to resist.

hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us a court hearing is under way in moscow which could determine whether russian opposition leader alexina body will have to spend the next several years in jail these are the latest pictures of in the courtroom he's been in detention for violating probation since he returned to russia from germany where he's been recovering from a poison attack he blamed on kremlin forces outside the court and dozens of supporters have been detained. a moscow correspondent emily sure win is standing by outside the courthouse where the hearing is taking place emily in the valley case has sparked massive anti-government protests across russia

thousands of demonstrators were arrested over the weekend what's the situation there now. well the authorities have blocked off several roads leading up to the courthouse today and as you may be able to see behind me there's a huge police presence here outside the courthouse with barriers being set up. these team have called for supporters to come out to the courthouse and we saw a small crowd of around 20100 protesters had gathered just across the street from where i'm standing at the moment then most of the people or many of the people there were arrested. we saw several arrests mass arrests happening people basically being dragged into police cars and of course since you say this after mass protests which took place over the weekend and last week as well where we saw a record numbers of arrests across the country there were thousands of arrests.

what exactly is. facing there in court today emily. well russia's prison service has asked for his suspended sentence over a fraud case that was leveled to him originally in 2013 to be turned into jail time they say that he violated the conditions of his parole he was supposed to check in with the parole officer regularly but actually he couldn't in part because he was in a coma as we know for quite some time after having been poisoned as he says by the security forces themselves here in russia he was in germany and today he could face several years in prison we've been hearing from the court that. has been. kind of trying to talk to his wife. out of the outside of the

sitting in the courtroom and has been saying praising her for taking part in protests in the last few weeks as well. the. other missing there behind you tell us how much of a strip does the current opposition movement in russia posed to president vladimir putin. well you know in many ways what we're seeing in the past few weeks is unprecedented 1st of all we've seen last week this weekend and the week before mass protests that were not just in moscow and st petersburg but across the country which is very unusual for russia and i think those mass protests are enough of a threat to the kremlin that they they can't really ignore them in the anymore and they seem to not be able to ignore alexei now viney either before the kremlin policy seems to have been that they essentially don't even speak nice name they

used to always call him the blogger most recently they've been calling him the berlin patient now when you're putting himself actually had to. defend himself against accusations leveled at him by alexei now viney that allegedly he owns a palace by the black sea he actually went on state t.v. recently and denied those accusations so it seems that these mass protests and the movement essentially that has been. galvanizing or that that has been forming around alexei now viney in recent weeks that's enough of a threat to the kremlin that they can't ignore it anymore and we thank you very much that was our correspondent emily sure win there. the u.n. security council is preparing to meet in emergency session to discuss the military

coup. governments around the world have. seizure of power the u.s. is threatening to re-impose sanctions to try to force the generals to stand. for were defacto leader has been detained and hundreds of officials are confined inside government housing compounds. calm amidst the political storm. people in the city of adjusting to a new reality of military rule a state of emergency has been declared for one year. despite calls for resistance by former defacto leader aung sang suu kyi residents of me on mars the largest city are hesitant. for 72 hours but people won't go on the street in protest everyone knows the military has guns and they are used to shooting people i think people will find another way to protest.

we are very timid and we can't say anything i'm afraid of them. many international leaders have expressed alarm over the coup the u.s. underscored its support for democracy and me on maher also known as burma after saying it was quote taking note of those who stand with the people of burma in this difficult hour. i think it's a message to all countries in the region and countries who you know will be asked to respond or to consider what the appropriate response will be in reaction to the events that happened over the past couple of days in the capital need hundreds of lawmakers are confined in government housing complexes which are being guarded by soldiers. the military said seizing power was necessary

after the government failed to act on claims of election fraud. on facebook the ruling national league for democracy party appealed to the military to free those detained and to honor november's election results which handed the n l d a landslide victory. they were the 2nd democratic elections in myanmar after a transition from decades of military rule now there are fears the country could slide back to its old ways. let's take a look at some other stories making headlines around the world today northern ireland has temporarily suspended some checks on food products coming into its ports due to concerns over worker safety comes after graffiti appeared which suggested its staff were targets. there's been

a rise in tension. over of the part of the break that agreement allows goods to flow between northern ireland in the u.k. and ireland part of the. turkish president said he would discuss drafting new laws drafting a new constitution rather for turkey with his party's allies he criticised the current constitution for containing traces of military influence in 2018 turkey transition to a presidential system that concentrated power in early ones ends and out of control wildfire has destroyed thousands of homes close to the city of perth in western australia authorities have told many people living in this vicinity to be prepared to fight the blaze as it is now too late too dangerous for them rather to leave their properties. germany's vaccination program continues to be dogged by problems after

a crisis meeting with regional leaders and representatives of the farming industry german chancellor angela merkel urged germans to be patient she said most would be offered a job by the end of summer in september. only around 2000000 people have so far received a coded 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 of vaccine. that said 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 her 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 you would have from my own take was in fact rather launch the 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. in fact talk for hand 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 it's 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 the delivery bottlenecks and limited resources for that is what annoys people not so much that they might call up and 5 times. frustrate 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. in the united states much of the east coast is being hammered

by a major winter storm causing widespread disruption cities including new york and boston have been says have even suspended their coronavirus vaccination programs as they brace for what could become a record breaking blizzard. authorities started sending out winter storm warnings as the 1st flights began to fall on sunday night public bus and commuter rail services were suspended in many areas across the northeast of the usa thousands of flights were canceled and schools closed meaning disruption for daily life in new york city mayor bill de blasio said the snow meant the city's fight against kovac 19 would also have to go on hold. situation obviously the 1st thing to say is that the storm is disrupting our vaccination effort and we need to keep people safe we don't want folks especially seniors going out in unsafe conditions i think vaccinated shortly afterwards new york state governor andrew cuomo declared

a state of emergency in the city and denied other counties he won't residents of a tough 2 days ahead if the storm reaches its maximum potential the white child could threaten the previous record snowfall set back in 2016 that storm sold the city pummeled with 70 centimeters of snow. but heavy snowfall and strong winds didn't deter many who were determined to make the most of the winter of conditions on monday. were at central park on a drive in the plant it is a ski until i get too tired have to go home. with officials urging people in the region to stay off the roads and avoid nonessential travel be either in the park or at home seems right now to be by far the best option.

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