and it looks like they already are to judge by these turkey remains. back on pions ranch ensure the time has come to set 2 wolves free a male and a female. they leave their human carers and are now on their own they can join a pack or have pups and start one of their own. attitudes from the dark ages in 2021 the idea that women are less valuable the men not worthy of being alive femicide is the name given to the killing of women for being women a state of emergency has been declared in puerto rico after 60 such murders last year in countries anchored in traditional moral concepts where men are seen as as and provider and daughters as a burden femicide often takes place in the womb. in india

almost 470000 female fetuses are aborted each year and those are only the official figures. this dreadful practice is common in kyrgyzstan to some women and now fighting against it. to go sagal in the name means the long awaited son southern is a son after 4 daughters. a son and a quiet family life that was all amr yusupov all wanted her husband left her almost 5 years ago when she was pregnant with her 5th child the ultrasound scan showed it was going to be another girl to everyone's surprise she ended up giving birth to a boy. but her husband was already gone in kyrgyzstan having a son to carry on the family name is still an important tradition even during her 1st pregnancy with i get him who's 11 years old now husband pressured her to get an

abortion he saw these girls his own daughters as a burden. to. marry them off he kept saying. girls aren't people they just marry into other families anyway. i need an error i need a son that's what he said. and that's why we're separated. i always felt fine about having girls i never complained about it. no matter how many daughters i have i accepted daughters or sons they're all my children. along with her 5 children and her parents. lives on the outskirts of bishkek the care gets capital she can't work at the moment because she's taking care of her mother who has cancer the family lives off benefits that add up to around 130 euros

a month having 2 cows and a few chickens helps. supervisor is grateful for the life she leads even though things can be tough her husband had an alcohol problem and used to beat her. oh plus 10 he drank all the time every day. when i lived with my husband i was always afraid when evening came. i thought now come home drunk and it will start all over again i lived with those thoughts every day now i don't have them at night the kids and i calmly go to sleep and in the morning we get up. women and men have the same legal rights in kyrgyzstan they have since the soviet era but patriarchal tradition still determines life here for many even in the capital women usually keep having children until they give birth to at least one son and girls sometimes are given 1st names like enough names that show they were on wanted.

in the park i think around 60 or 70 percent of women here think that if they don't give birth to a boy they are somehow inadequate but you really are under huge pressure. even before they start their own families women see the way their parents treat their brothers and how they react to the birth of a son. makes women feel that it's absolutely necessary for them to have a son of their own. knows that pressure all too well she stayed with her husband for 10 years but she accepts those tough times as part of her fate as what god gave her. i love you know my life is good thank god i have my parents and my kids when my

kids are laughing and playing i feel happy too i'm happier now than i was with my husband i want my daughters to grow up to be conscientious and do to full well and i want their husbands to be due to fall 2 i don't want my daughters to go through what i went through i want them to have a happier life and wants to start working as a seamstress again soon but her children are her priority a good education and most importantly a happy family that's what she hopes for for her son and her daughters. people without a roof over their heads are similarly in need of protection around $700000.00 homeless people sleep rough in the e.u. every night europe might be a wealthy continents but there's considerable social inequality here it's particularly hard to be homeless in the winter when temperatures hit freezing and many migrants to suffer in the cold of winter living in camps with often inhumane

conditions proper warm clothing is in high demand. what's a fashion designer doing in the morea refugee camp. bus terminal is distributing what he calls a shell to suit 2 children with no proper roof over their heads. his original plan was to become a top designer and present his connections on the world's catwalks but now he's on a humanitarian mission helping those in order to keep warm. the shelters soup consists of a jacket sleeping bag and a duffel bag they're produced here in the form of most about factory in school in the netherlands the idea came to after a personal tragedy. for. 7 years ago the father of 2 friends of mine died of hypothermia here on the streets of ns fare that everyone was so shocked and it really triggered something in me i designed a prototype for

a sort of wearable sleeping bag since then i've made $12500.00 of them are we hand them out to people for free all my creative energy goes into the project now it's much more rewarding than just designing nice clothes. homeless people can pick one up at this christian run shelter in amsterdam. our wonderful 4 new suits we can really do with them we just gave one to someone i should go and look for him. he's supposed to be getting his today at the ready to move more than 60000 people are homeless in the netherlands the figure has doubled in the last decade. against more you know you wanted one of these shelters says student to record yes it's getting wet outside he goes to the back of the shelter to try it on. if yes from by the way the strap was made by porsche.

40. there is a lot of demand for shelter suits among homeless people. is it warm water the do you really warm you have you slept in 1 may suit me you know should i order that it's brilliant made from 10 fabric and up cycled sleeping bags the suit is wind and waterproof. i look like a mummy. it also has a hood and integrated sky it's designed to be as warm as possible homeless people die of the cold in the netherlands every winter so. you haven't yet got a sleeping bag but it's always damp in the morning. even if it hasn't rained. now you've got a shell to see it had all decade is less worried about sleeping rough in winter. i

believe in god and this is heaven sent to shake from the moon. the factory where the jackets and duffel bags are made employs refugees students volunteers and people with a disadvantage in the job market. running the patricks through the washing machine is the 1st step the materials are all donated old sleeping bags provide the padding and tables provide the waterproof outer. and they the middle seat in the aisle there's so much money in this world in so many clothes wasted we all have these overflowing closets it shocks me to think that there are still people dying of the cold on the streets for the oil slyness. it takes about 5 hours to make a shell to suit the cost of making $1.00 is about $300.00 euros the project is entirely funded with donations these tailors here are all refugees they paid the

minimum wage and the glad to have found work. cavell. by a main father. i worked in my father's textiles factory for years. but in fact i only really learned how to sew properly here and here bust him it only works with quality materials the practical design of the shelter suits practice in the specific needs of people sleeping on the street. it is. specifically designed for people sleeping rough we talk to homeless people all the time so we can keep making improvements blushing and in back in amsterdam had all decade is very pleased with his shelter suit and very grateful. he moved lloyd to get there are always people inventing things that make the world a better place better. everyone deserves a roof over their heads but the shelter states provide at least some much needed

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this is news line from berlin alex a development will remain behind bars a court sentences the russian opposition leader to more than 3 years in a penal colony the judge found evolving guilty of violating the terms of his probation while he was in germany recovering from would be your fatal poison attack obama supporters are calling for more protests in the russian capital also coming up good news in the fight against the pandemic scientists say russia but these vaccines is safe and effective against hope is not indeed the promising trial

results were published in the british medical journal the lancet. and activists in the united states demonstrate for a more humane immigration policy as president joe biden seeks took the reins disprove assessor's hardline legacy and finally reunited immigrant children with their parents. i'm going to have you with us we begin in moscow where opposition leader alex a nevada has been sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison now follow me was detained last month for violating the terms of his probation he allegedly failed to check in with authorities while he was in germany recovering from a near fatal poisoning which he blames on the crime. and today's ruling has sparked

widespread protests hundreds of arrests and an international outcry. from the good shit if you just believe the heart for his wife you are. the only goodbye alexei in a volley could manage before heading to prison earlier he told the court the charges against him were fabricated a way of intimidating his supporters. will go to the board all of these officers and this cage it's not a show of strength it shows their weakness they are weak. and they cannot jail thousands or even millions of people. outside the cavalry arrived early. lines of riot police stood in front of the court not to keep the inn but to keep his supporters out. as the day progressed police detained hundreds of supporters would come to

show their solidarity. age was no barrier this woman stood her ground in defiance. as night fell on moscow the protests grew. but so did the presence of police in riot gear and the arrests. detention is a price these protesters are willing to pay to speak their mind. and we're going to go to i don't want my children to grow up in the same conditions i did alex say is trying to do something at least you know bali has just been wrongly convicted the country will never be free if this or do send the courts behave like this it looks like they will soon start beating us with their baton but we came out so that our children won't be beaten with batons in the future. soon enough the

police proved him right. there but tons directed indiscriminately at anyone in the crowd. on the phone these supporters are taking risks in the hope that the next generation won't happen to you. earlier i spoke about the international impact of this ruling with dr benjamin l. schmidt he's a transatlantic security analyst based in cambridge massachusetts i asked him how the international community in germany in particular should handle this situation and i think it is really long since passed the time for berlin to give up political support of north stream to we saw the french government come out and call on berlin to abandon the project yesterday last week the european parliament 18581250 basis call for this project to be stopped and we've seen in the case of nordstrom too that there really is a direct connection between what the kremlin does kremlin who operates in owns gas problem which supports and is advancing north stream to answer key to corruption we

see former chancellor gerhard schroeder's on the board of gas prom and the current c.e.o. of the project is the former reportedly star the officer but he is varney that was specifically named in midst of all these own recent anti corruption video describing the sort of characters that are in putin's orbit of corruption so i think that a key area that washington brussels need to jointly address is this address this trend of authoritarian regimes weaponized in critical infrastructure develop developments and authoritarian economic deals in emerging technologies to challenge western liberal democratic institutions and that's why we need science and technology and else is paired with traditional political and economic analysis that we can that the damage of these projects and see how they can they can be mitigated both technologically and in terms of export ing strategic corruption how to stop that in the transatlantic community. russia's sputnik vico vaccine is around 92 percent effective that's according to

a new study just published in the british medical journal the lancet these findings are based on data from a trial involving some 20000 people researchers also found no serious side effects associated with its use the russian back scene consists of 2 common cold viruses that have been modified to carry the corona virus a spike protein it can be stored at up to 80 degrees celsius making it easier to transport than the biotech pfizer vaccine. in an interview on german t.v. chancer aguilar medical today raised the possibility of the sputnik g vaccine being used here and the e.u. . you know we've always said we welcome anyone who puts in an occupation for approval from the european medicines agency i have spoken with the russian president about exactly this today we saw some good data about the russian vaccine every vaccine is welcome in the e.u. but only those that have provided the necessary data to the enemy can be approved.

some other stories making headlines around the world. crowds in myanmar is largest city in god they have banged on pots and pans and honk car horns in the 1st a widespread protest against the country's military coup the demonstrators call for the release of detained leader on some sushi and the recognition of her victory and november's election. police and istanbul have detained dozens of people after forcefully dissolving a student protest turkey has seen a month of mass demonstrations against a decision by president air to want to name a party loyalist as the head of stumbles. university the institution had been known as a bastion of liberal thought. rock music legend marilyn manson has been dropped by his record label amid allegations of sexual and psychological

abuse actress evan rachel wood accused manson whose real name is brian warner of grooming her as a teenager and subjecting her to mistreatment for years manson denies the accusations. captain tom the british centenarian who raised money for the u.k.'s national health service by walking laps in his backyard has died of covert 90 sir tom morris campaign one viral last year and raised over 30000000 pounds 34000000 euro. amazon founder jeff beatty. us is giving up his role as c.e.o. of the company and moving to the role of executive chair in the 3rd quarter of 2021 and a no to employees bezos said he will stay engaged in important company decisions but he plans to focus more of its time on science projects such as his space exploration company his newspaper the washington post and his charities face us

will be replaced by andy jesse who runs amazon's cloud business. well for more on the surprise announcement let's bring in d.w. financial correspondent jim acosta from new york hence this comes as the company reports a surge in 4th quarter profit and revenue why is bay's us choosing to step down now you know maybe it's the best time to leave or to give over their house when a business is strongest for the 1st time ever in amazon's history they had a quarterly revenue of more than 100 $1000000000.00 actually it was about $125000000000.00 but clearly a move that hardly anybody is sore coming on wall street just base was founded in 1994 rumor has it is that he had the idea for amazon when he drove by car from new york to his parents in seattle well he had enough time to think about something

during that journey and to transform members into one of the most successful and powerful companies on the planet and. became one of the richest persons on earth but definitely a pretty surprising move and in about 6 months he will give over the helm to andy jesse what can you tell us about andy. who is he. well i mean he joined them as an in 1997 so also one of the early employees from that company and in the past couple of years he was responsible for the vastly growing cloud computing business a w. s. what we do not know clearly is how his management style might change if he has different priorities than jeff bezos. but he definitely is not unknown to the employees he's by the way in his early fifty's so

a tiny bit younger than just pesos. here's president joe biden assigning further executive orders today as he chips away at the hard line immigration policies of us for an assessor donald trump biden has already stopped construction on the southern border wall with mexico and put an end to the muslim travel ban but immigration advocates say there's still much to be done. so. that is what brings them together even on a cold day and meet the band. it's the 4th anniversary of the muslim travel ban imposed by former president donald trump and now revoked by one of president biden's 1st executive orders. and so this from the get go should not have ever been made it's rooted in divisiveness fear mongering in haiti and the fact that it separated so many families for so long is just it's cruel and it's going to be a race i'm here in support and all of us meaning that we're demanding to the white

house and congress president biden we need justice for everybody. citizenship for all 11000000 undocumented immigrants and to all deportations and detentions president joe biden has been in office for less than 2 weeks but organizations are already getting together in order to support his have vicious immigration reform if passed by congress this reform would include the path to citizenship for more than $11000000.00 undocumented immigrants many of them already living in the united states for decades. arrived from believed to the united states with her 2 sons 20 years ago and hasn't been home since her sons know no other country than their own the united states they were granted legal status by the dream act but they still don't have a u.s. citizenship so. it's hard to be an immigrant here it's painful it's sad it's hard work you have to fight a lot is move. on she arrived with

a tourist visa and never left. undocumented immigrants like in great a counter 5 percent of the workforce in the united states they are part of the backbone of the economy and houses offices hospitals and doing to domestic work for many american families but i'm almost those taxes in that we pay taxes here but we don't get any help from the government absolutely nothing and we are also in the middle of a terrible crisis right now many of us are also losing our homes our jobs our income the law has not been there. because of the pandemic ingrid tusk lost her main source of income now she's also lost her home because she can't pay the rent anymore but she says what hurts most is not to be able to visit her family either most of it is difficult to visit our countries because if we leave we will not be allowed to enter again. one main source of hope and comfort is the church.

meeting place for many immigrants from latin america even in the midst of the pandemic. if the united states wants to talk about democracy and human rights they need to start a talk and if justice is for many immigrants so the diety and the will to fight have grown even stronger despite the pandemic and the trumpet ministrations of all the success and for those hoping to become an american citizen that home now has a name go by. for many of us living under a pandemic lockdown life has begun to feel a lot like groundhog day but tuesday actually was groundhog day the 134 year old american tradition of predicting the coming of spring with the help of an oversized rodent took place as always in punxsutawney pennsylvania but this time without the spectators

a famous furry mini uralla just apparently did see his shadow during the ceremony that means. more weeks of winter according to folklore not great news for the snowdon east coast of the u.s. but the groundhogs handlers promise a beautiful spring once the season changes. that's our time it's watching. the function against the corona virus 10 damage. has the rate of infection been developing what does the latest research say. information and context the coronavirus update 19. on t w. children. come to. one joint in trouble him and will.