the. this is t w news coming to you live from berlin more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexei navalny bribed police turned out in force in moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court's ruling activists say they're targeting peaceful protesters of on the accuses president vladimir putin of trying to intimidate his critics also coming up the fight against the pandemic gets a boost after advanced trials show russia's sputnik vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against covert 19. and another life lost to the virus after raising

millions of pounds for front line workers the 100 year old world war 2 veteran captain tom war loses his own battle against covert 19. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us security forces in russia have arrested more than 1400 people during rallies to protest against the jailing of anticorruption campaign or elects in a body witnesses say police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters earlier he was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his probation western governments have condemned the ruling and called for his immediate release. of the human 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. 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 end 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. 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 vali has just been wrongly convicted the country will never be free if their thirty's and the courts behave like this it looks like they will soon start beating us with a baton again but we came out so that our children won't be beaten with the tongs in the future. soon enough the police proved him right. there but tons directed indiscriminately at anyone in the crowd. in the volume these supporters are. taking

risks in the hope that the next generation won't have to. if more of us cross over to our moscow bureau chief yuri rasha to yuri the poisoning of alexei navalny is his imprisonment the crackdown on his supporters seen from abroad this is all rather shocking how do people in russia see it well i can't talk about the whole contra terry and the war and to that many protests across russia like that will last a beacon for example but i can imagine that everyone who saw the pictures from last night from here in moscow or st petersburg was shocked because the police will not only suffer this time they also arrested people at random directed them out of the coffee skull to them in the lane scenes in narrow streets who threw them out of the doorways and beat them i saw for example a v. doing beach a colleague of mine who had to the best with the clearest sign press was hit with a baton by the police for no reason as one extent of ali i think people in russia

now have ultimately more respect for him and have on the back end bars in the valley as a symbol of protest in russia is more dangerous to me putin than a real politician media because as the ruble efficiently there he was just known for not being inclined to cooperate and his salvation in prison now he will become a symbol of resistance and contest positionally that kind of russian nelson mandela . president vladimir putin's government has proved very adept at crushing opposition movements in the past yuri should we expect anything different this time . i think the authorities stary will do what do they are already doing correct downing crackdowns the demonstrations as brutal as if they can to try to enter the protest the kremlin cannot afford to show any sign of weakness to show that it is afraid of public pressure to hesitate no therefore the kremlin will once again take the simplest most understandable way from their point of view which is

a determined intimidation if we talk about the long term prospects i think of the security forces that will tighten the screw so to say that means that the police will react more brutally the more peaceful part of the protesters will refuse to take to the streets which is a natural reaction to increased pressure but to those protesters who will remain will probably be radicalized will act even more how to undergrads simply so with the police will have to act more harshly as well and russia could face a spiral of violence but the masses on the streets along come to trigger a political change in russia what is more important in this country is when there is infighting within the political elite in vladimir putin's inner circle with within his secret service and within the optical ranks of the military at the moment though there is no such that but they're up elemental actions in the russia this year and we'll see the results of putin's party or united russia then. the

poisoning and jailing of the has drawn widespread international condemnation europe particularly from the u.s. and the e.u. is not not concerned about the threat of further sanctions. well look in the past the volley was seen as internet internal russian. bullet domestic politics before he was poisoned and it's true that in germany now he's kind of international affairs who is perceived exclusively as an edge and over the western special services he's poisoning and hughes treatment in germany has raised his profile and made him much more known internationally it seems indeed therefore much more realistic now that he's arrested treatment he in russia and the verdict yesterday in particular with all the national reactions could lead to new best and sanctions and the death of the kremlin at least should be concerned about yuri thank you very much was our moscow bureau chief your shutter.

well russia's v cobe it back scene is around 92 percent effective that's according to a new study published by the british medical journal the lancet the findings are based on data from a trial involving some 20000 people as europe struggles with its rollout of inoculations authorities hope a broader range of vaccines ending resupplies will help their efforts to reach herd immunity levels for truckloads of russia rolling into hungary the 1st 14000 some 2000000 doses ordered the distribution of vaccines in the european union just not quick enough for hungary. the faster we vaccinate the weakest segments of society the quicker we can lift restrictions on public life we don't need. those we've just got to chicago with a shot sputnik beat was the 1st vaccine developed to fight coke at 19 russia began vaccinating people with it last summer even though clinical trials were underway

hungary's emergency pilots gave the vaccine the green light that's because sputnik has already been administered at least a 1000000 times without any serious side effects so hungry has decided to sidestep the e.u.'s common procurement policy he's already have in very strict conditions and conditions under very specific criteria and then the member state is liable russia's promising enough with its vaccine for 700000000 people sputnik vs more than 91 percent effective according to a study published on tuesday in the medical journal the lancet the raw data used in the study has not yet been released unfortunately that's exactly what the european medicines agency needs. when the agency gets the data in the proper form so they can check it as with other manufacturers then i can't see why the vaccine can't be approved in europe. germany's chancellor agrees. every vaccine is welcome but only those that supply the

necessary data and are approved by the a.m.a. will be accepted. it said the virus knows no boundaries but the data is correct that can also apply to back scenes. here's some of the stories making headlines today world health organization experts have visited a research center in the chinese city of han as part of their investigation into the origins of the corona virus and think on is where the virus was 1st thought to have crossed over from animals to humans although china has disputed that. italy's president sergio mazzariello says the latest round of talks to form a new government have failed is expected to top former european central bank chief mario draghi to take over as caretaker prime minister later in a bid to avoid stuff elections amid the pandemic the previous government collapsed last month after a small party with roots support. crowds

in myanmar's largest city the young gallen have banged on pots and pans and honk car horns in the 1st widespread protest against country's military coup the demonstrators called for the release of detained leader aung san suu kyi and the recognition of her victory in november elections. and u.s. president joe biden has paid his respects to slain police officer brian 6 he lies in on or at those capitol where he and other officers were attacked by violent mall 1 january 6th sickening died from his injuries the next day former president donald trump faces a senate trial charged with inciting to run. the ice hockey world championships will take place solely in the last in capital read get this year the decision comes 2 weeks after the bell or after bell reuss was removed as co-hosts due to the political situation in the country denmark and slovenia head bid to

replace belarus ice hockey peak body decided on keeping the event in one city as it was deemed safer in terms of cooking 1000. the president of the tokyo lympics has said the event will go ahead this year regardless of the state of the coronavirus pandemic you're shiro mori told reporters on tuesday that the games would not be postponed again owing similar comments made by the head of the international olympic committee the games were postponed from last year due to the pandemic a recent spike in covert infections in japan has fueled speculation games would be rescheduled yet again. british captain search home more gained fame after he began raising money for u.k. health care workers during the pandemic now the world war $2.00 veteran has died at the age of $100.00 after contracting the virus himself due to other medication he

was taking he had not. able to get back seated against covert teeth. during the 1st wave of the corona virus pandemic captain tom morris set out to raise 1000 pounds for britain's national health service by walking 100 laps of his backyard before his 100th birthday his quest went viral and donations poured in from around the world totaling some 33000000 pounds more told d.w. how stunned he was a circus absolutely amazing that search some amount of money i was very rhodes and so it's all done on me the closers there's a really good one i'm trying to raise the source of all they are. using by the arrival of his centennial birthday captain tom was an international celebrity. he wrote an autobiography which he dedicated to all those who serve on the front

line of any battle. at windsor castle queen elizabeth the 2nd knighted him for what he did accomplish with his walks. his sunny attitude during the pandemic has inspired people to look beyond their illness and loss. groups throughout the world. believe that is close to so many people well. it is no no maybe you saw the news but i would say to everyone. things will get better there's no doubt that wrongdoers will roll out onto the ground some who go on. just reminder of the top story we're following for you here today on the to be news russian court has sentenced opposition leader alexina bothering to 3 and a half years in prison for the kremlin critic violated the terms of his probation on earlier problem charges while he was in germany recovering from

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