this is news coming to you live from berlin more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexina bonny riot police turn out in force in moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court's ruling activists say they're targeting peaceful protesters in the accuses president vladimir putin of trying to intimidate is critics also coming up the fight against the pandemic gets a boost after events trials show russia's sputnik the vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against code that 90. plus

a surprise announcement from the man who founded amazon jeff bezos is stepping down as the company's c.e.o. we'll look at what's next for amazon and for him. and tell the 12 year old boy you know what jones from england is causing a stir in the international market for. hello i'm terry barton good to have you with us security forces in russia have arrested more than 1400 people during rallies to protest against the jailing of anti corruption campaigner alexina bonnie witnesses say police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters earlier nippon 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. in the future we

bought heart for his wife you were. 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 bali has just been wrongly convicted the country will never be free if their thirties 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 batons in the future. soon enough the police proved him right. there but tons diver. acted

indiscriminately at anyone in the crowd. on the phone these supporters are taking risks in the hope that the next generation won't have to. look for more let's 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 country 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 some petersburg was stopped ellis shocked because of 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 lanes in the narrow streets to them out of the doorways and beat them i saw for example of you doing beach a colleague of mine who had to the best we think clear 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 only behind bars in the valley as a symbol of protest in russia is more dangerous to live with putin than a real politician to be done because as the ruble additionally there he was just known for not being inclined to cooperate and it's all ancient in prison down to become a symbol of friends distant and contested to 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 authority hysteria will do what they are already doing correct darling crackdowns the demonstrations as brutal as if they can to try to and to 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 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 under-estimate least 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 alone can't trigger a political change in russia what is more important in this country is when there is infighting within the political elite in flooded with putin's inner circle with within his secret services and within the optical ranks of the military at the moment though there is no such that bought 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 no vonnie has drawn widespread international condemnation europe particularly from the u.s. and the e.u. is moscow 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 is it 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 his treatment in germany has raised his profile and made him much more known there internationally it seems indeed therefore much more realistic now that he's arrested treatment here 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 ear shatter. meanwhile it's

been determined that russia's sputnik v covert vaccine is around 92 percent effective that's according to a new study published by the british medical journal the lancet the pining for based on data from a trial involving some 20000 people as europe struggles with its rollout of inoculations authorities hope a broader range of back scenes an increased supplies will help their efforts to reach herd immunity levels. truckloads of russia spent 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 home caring society the quicker we can lift restrictions on public life. as we've just got to chicago with a shot sputnik beat was the 1st vaccine developed to fight cope at 19 russia began

vaccinating people with it last summer even though clinical trials were underway hundreds emergency pilots gave the vaccine to greenlight 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. 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. well not 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 if the data is correct that can also apply to vaccines. and it was uncle america learned that report speaking on prime time german t.v. tuesday evening the chancellor gave a wide ranging interview focusing on the many concerns surrounding the coronavirus pandemic let's bring in d.-w. is chief political correspondent melinda crane well into on the the sputnik v. shot america was clear that no vaccine will be allowed in germany until it's been approved by the european medicines agency how does she justify that when germany is facing a back same shortage. well this is the policy european vote time that the chancellor has set for germany it's the policy that she quite adamant that defended

at her government's vaccine summit on monday and it's a policy that reflects her deeply held conviction that germany must act in common with europe and let me just remind all of us that europe in fact comprises the 1st chapter in this government's coalition agreement germany has in the past of course sometimes gone its own way and under chancellor merkel getting out of nuclear energy for example after fukushima or its decision to take in migrants in the summer of 2015 and frankly the repercussions of those decisions were very problematic for this country also there is a pragmatic consideration here the fact is that even with quick approval of the russian vaccine would not be available in europe until the 2nd quarter of this year and as we did hear from the government on monday the supply shortages were

current currently seeing are going to ease anyway in the 2nd quarter the chancellor says even with office buys that are currently in the pipeline definitely germany will be able to meet its goal of vaccinating everybody by the end of the summer. well into this is a rather awkward moment for e.u. russian relations isn't it diplomatically you've got the e.u. on the one hand condemning russia for its treatment of alexei no bonnie and on the other hand looking longingly at this vaccine possibility sputnik the. absolutely it's a very complicated moment to be doing business with russia but i do think cooperation on the vaccine can be distinguished from other forms of business relations that directly benefit the elites associated with president putin politicians from across the political spectrum here in germany are saying that they see no obstacles to using the russian vaccine and to co-producing it here in europe

i think the bigger question right now is whether germany should be continuing to pursue a project like the north stream gas pipeline deal which does benefit those russian elite and which is absolutely opposed by a number of other european partners and by the new u.s. administration and just finally a word about hungary which decided to break ranks with this european partners and go ahead and use the sputnik vaccine which is what does that mean. well pedigreed is basically exactly the other side of the coin from america's determination to proceed most high laterally hungary is 1 going it alone on a number of different fronts including it's undermining of rule of law and democracy domestically and we're also seeing hungry now ordering the chinese vaccine from the chinese company sino farm so i think what we're absolutely seeing

is hungry skim it meant to doing a hungry 1st type approach exactly what the chancellor doesn't what what the thank you so much cheap little correspondent will the new crane. it's let's take a look at some of the other stories making headlines around the world today italy's president. says the latest round of talks to form a new government have failed is expected to tap former european central bank chief maria druggy to take over as caretaker prime minister later in a bid to avoid snap elections amid the pandemic that the previous government collapsed last month after a small party withdrew its support. u.s. president joe biden has paid his respects to slain police officer brian sic nick he lies an owner in at the capitol where he and other officers were attacked by a violent mob on january 6th sickening died from so injuries the next day former president altro faces a senate trial charged with inciting

a riot. world health organization experts have visited a research center in the chinese city of rouhani as part of their investigation into the origins of the corona virus pandemic is where the virus was 1st thought to have crossed over from animals to humans although china has disputed this. staff at dozens of hospitals across myanmar walked off the job to protest a military coup which else to defacto leader own souls who cheat health care workers accuse the army of putting their interests above coping with the coronavirus pandemic also on tuesday crowds stage the 1st widespread protests since the coup demonstrators banging on pots and pans cold for cities release and the recognition of her victory in november election. well for more now we can speak to journalist dave grusin about who's been covering that the

country for several years he joins us from kuala lumpur what more can you tell us about the protests. yeah well that's quite a stand last night these were really where we started seeing the 1st signs of civil disobedience from the public as you said people were honking their horns they were on the streets and from the back and these banging pots and pans of form of protest and i mean our civil disobedience group said that at 70 hospitals and medical centers as you said in 30 different communities across the country that doctors and medical workers are not working that they've walked off the job additionally you may see boycotts of military link products this could include cell phone services brands of beer the medium our military controls a vast array of businesses across the country now of course all this leads to the natural follow up question is will we at some point in the days or weeks ahead see mass mobilization mass numbers of people for protesting in the streets of yangon and other cities in the country i've spoken to contacts in myanmar today you tell

me there are discussions under way about this but no decisions have been made it would be quite a risk for these people the tape because if you look at years past when there are been these kind of protests during the days of the earlier they often respond with much as violent force but often deadly force so there are some serious calculations that have to be made if they want to go that far what about. do we know where she's being held what's going to become of her. well we're not quite clear on what's going to become of her but a senior and official did say on his facebook page that aung san suu kyi appears to be in good health and that she's been walking the grounds of her compound in naypyidaw the capital now of course we have not heard directly from her since the jews have been on monday there was a statement that came out shortly after the 2 attributed to her but that statement was prepared in advance of the coup as she and her colleagues were in his opinion that it might happen. meanwhile the un security council dave has failed to condemn

the coup with china blocking any action why did they block it well china has close ties to myanmar as have closer ties they certainly have business interests in the am our economic political interests they during the days of the earlier him to were their close friends providing a lot of economic support during this transition over the last 10 years the transition that ended on monday to turn just a democracy they've been losing ground as western countries have been getting more influence inside myanmar for china there is a chance to regain a lot of the ground that they have lost so that's a big reason why china you're seeing a much more tepid response here from that tape thank you very much for your insights that was journalist david greene about joining us from kuala lumpur. now amazon founder jeff bezos is stepping down as c.e.o.

of his company later this year giving up leadership on the retail giant that began in his garage in 1994 mistaken amazon has made his office one of the richest men in the world even during a pandemic is wealth grew as amazon's business benefited from lockdowns and customers moving online bust quarter of 2020 the company reported revenues of 120 $5000000000.00 with profit doubling to $7000000000.00 base those will transition to the role of executive chairman and will be replaced by andy jessy who currently runs and was on web services. let's get more now from chelsea delaney from d.w. business good to see you again chelsea tell us why is jeff bezos stepping down when his company is doing wonderfully. well to some degree this is the best time for jeff bezos to step down the business is very strong especially through the pandemic

we've seen amazon sales its profits really booming so the foundation of amazon is really on solid footing right now so it does make sense for him to say ok now is the time for me to hand over the reins but we already have in the past couple of years seen jeff bezos really seed over the day to day control of amazon the running of the operations to some of his deputies including andy jassi so we have seen this really developing over the past couple of years but it also has to do with just the evolution of these big tech giants we've seen apple we've seen microsoft all of these other big tech giants have also seen their founder step down so it's something that happens and has to happen at some point with these companies jeff bezos says that he really wants to take the time now to focus on his passion projects he has for example really invested in and the washington post he has a rocket start of sort of like ilan musk so he wants time to focus on those

projects but he says he's still going to be really staying involved in the bigger questions that as am at amazon as the executive chairman you mentioned and you just see who's going to be taking over as c.e.o. what do we know about. well he's been on amazon a long time basically since the beginning he joined in 97 and what he's really known for is building this cloud business at amazon which has actually become the most profitable part of amazon so it is really big and that's something they want to continue growing people say that he's a lot like jeff bezos they're sort of cut from the same cloth they're very focused on customers they're very detail oriented so in some to some degree people do expect sort of a continuation of jeff bezos his management style. regulators in the e.u. and the u.s. are hell bent on and on the reigning in big tech including. it

won't be that easy for jesse will it you know he's definitely going to be facing a lot of challenges and i actually have already seen at least one congressman in the u.s. say you know congratulations and see i have a lot of questions for you some sort of the criticism the scrutiny that jeff bezos was facing about amazon's practices the way that it uses its power to undercut other retailers as well as the questions about how it treats its workers which we've seen really rise up during the pandemic things that a lot of questions over the conditions and warehouses labor activists have been really eyeing amazon as well so all of that scrutiny is definitely going to continue for and each asked and he likely will have to be testifying and front of congress at some point again soon so he's taking over a business that is growing but it's certainly one of the most challenging times and amazon's history and there is there are a lot of threats to even break amazon up so it's going to be

a difficult road for him very exciting story indeed children learning from d.w. business thank you very much. well britain has seen its coronavirus infection numbers fall buch needed relief the country's hospitals have been pushed to the brink the u.k. has had more than 100000 deaths from nearly 4000000 cases new cases continued to drop in the past week however the country is moving quickly to vaccinate its people so for almost 15 percent of the population there has been some good and other good news as well including one disabled boy who learned to paint during lockdown he's since been overwhelmed with requests from other artists who want to work with him. for. these works of other result of a joint production between internation an artist and no one from southern england and to soften. its. know what is happening to suffer from

cerebral palsy and cannot speak you know kamau but with the help of his father the 12 year old becomes ron paul. he chooses the colors and paints the backgrounds and artists compete to pieces here idea for the project came about doing up down as a way to keep you know a lot of occupied. we went out to the carriage on samoa and we just thought you know. not just your friends not cool how to shop how just as a bit fung to see some obvious cannot rightly be. and by the end of the 1st that he even got office 2 already involved and it just grew from there. the backgrounds and send by post and competed by artists from all over the world who found out about it through social media web since but they know i have already been town from space astray and columbia the boy who usually only gets letters from this doctor is to

light it with all of the mail is absolutely not being background always becoming. you can still see how he reacts when he's cool background all. he knows all of the attention. at an exhibition 250 of noah's works are on display the project is so popular that they father and son can hardly keep up with the number of backgrounds being produced a book has also come out and the access set to be seen the money will go to the health centers when no one is treated and the project has brought the vitamin song even closer to get us. going to be. you know we make a lot mass which we were getting into trouble. which is the farm i think. actually happened to an economist now of the how can go i don't don't have to dream dream big all the time sometimes just dream small and news on the small things. and. all

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