the lottery results were going to. one store for unique shorts february 11th on e.w. . pads. this is d. w. news a live from berlin and more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexander vaulting riot police turn out in some force in moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the port ruling activists say that they are targeting peaceful protesters a volley accuses president clinton of trying to intimidate his critics. i'm still

coming up the fight against the pandemic it's a boost after advance trial show that russia sputnik the vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against covert 19. and more violence erupts in turkey as police crackdown on students protesting against the appointment of the ruling party loyalist as the head of a top university in istanbul. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program security forces in russia have arrested more than 1400 people during rallies to protest against the jailing of anti corruption campaigner alexina volley witnesses say that police used excessive force to detain peaceful protesters now earlier in a volley was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his parole. western governments

have condemned the ruling and called for his immediate release. from the future that we heart for his wife you are. the only goodbye alexei navalny could manage before heading to prison earlier he told the court the charges against him were fabricated a way of intimidating his supporters. who know the words 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 nevaeh in the supporters would come to show their solidarity. cage was no barrier this woman stood

her ground in defiance. as night fell on mosque out the protests grew. but so did the presence of police in riot gear and the arrests. the tension 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 their baton again but we came out so that our children won't be beaten with batons in the future. soon enough the blood. he's proved him right. there are tons directed indiscriminately

at anyone in the crowd. on the phone these supporters are taking risks in the hope the next generation won't have to. let's get more now we're trying to buy andreas nick and member of the german bund assad and the governing conservatives he heads germany's delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us the german government has condemned the jail sentence for alexina is that enough. first of us who we are very concerned but also very impressed by the courageous their way that russian civil society protests it gets this development it shows how much or pressure how much tension is there. in russia it is a domestic issue in the 1st place but it is an issue that has an important impact

on all international obligations that russia has entered to whether it's the council of europe or the structures that and that is why it is an important element of international obligations and contractual obligations and that's what we are pursuing the wording which sure mr laval it was. detained again was already. rendered obsolete by the european court of human rights a couple of years ago that there is something that the council of europe in all its . thracians will have to deal with. in the next few weeks and it is the obvious point of. addressing this because russia is violating international obligations that the restoration has it to educate so you say that the kind of nations are important 1st step what is the 2nd step because we know that the e.u. for example has already imposed targeted sanctions because of the poisoning of alexina villainy so what should come next and you know if the 2nd step is sanctions

in in your opinion can they really make a difference. i think it is important that's the to. send a double message to russia those terms of the government as terms of the society that we are. strictly looking at it he runs to constitutional to international obligations when it comes to the freedom of speech to the freedom of assembly to the rule of law. to compliance with judgments of who are people who are human rights to which russia is a potential party. but that at the same we are considering all options to increasing the pressure. and make clear also to the russian leadership that there is a price to pay that there's a cost to this behavior. and this is going to unfold over the next couple of weeks

should one of those costs be gas exports because earlier this week france's european affairs minister of a new pressure on germany to stop the nordstrom to gas pipeline project and of course it's schedule to bring russian gas to germany they're there they're saying that there should be a response the canceling of the project should be a response to that vonnie case says germany need to seriously consider doing more in order to pull this project. no this discussion to the complete of the construction will not seem to as if we are considering the whole set of options we should be talking about as it freezes we should be talking about prevents that we could have a very serious debate about the energy relationships of everyone with russia in this context but i think for this debate to be almost immediate cool everything has to be on the table it is not about by let's realize this german russian issue with the we need to talk about $30000000000.00 of us oil purchases of crude oil from

russia we also need to talk about gas export gas imports in centuries i think bilateral or is it just talk about one specific issue i think is not meaningful it's just abusing the man case for sure that nick critical and commercial interest and there are some in your party and i'd just like to bring in a quote right now on from northern iraq and for example his post as you know has been quite vocal on this issue and he said that going ahead with the north stream to project what and i'm quoting here be the ultimate confirmation for vladimir putin that he is pursuing exactly the right policy because the west is doing nothing at least in the areas that interest him i mean what message does it send to putin that if this project doesn't deep go ahead that he can silence his critics and there will be no real consequences. no it's not want to move i think there's always been significant skepticism towards this project in my own party different views from the economic and from the foreign policy side. but given i was never

arguing for this project at the outset but we have to see where we are just briefly before completion of construction for which all it permits are in place this would probably trigger billions of dollars in damage payments i'm not sure we should be walking that trigger but if we are if we're talking about putting a freeze of. oil and gas pushes the 4 russia all together in the west we would probably have a serious conversation on that but we should not. allow that to be just in bilateral honest and i think if you go back to a very smart analysis that suggest if lincoln has written more than 30 years ago. ringback ready about the former dispute or. gas in imports from siberia i think we could have a good basis within you is a guess that mr bush to come to come crouched in addressing that but i think we should learn to talk about this commercial aspect we should absolutely get russia

is not in compliance with its obligations under international law under its membership in the cause of your c e and we need to see that we exert maximum pressure and use all instruments available in these institutions true or. improve the situation of those in russia mr nobody in the process was detained in those protesting in the streets we thank you so much for joining us this morning. to share that feeling trance nick member of the german bundestag and the governing conservatives also head of germany's delegation to the parliamentary assembly of the council of europe we appreciate it . thank you. but i'm new data shows that russia's sputnik vaccine is more than 90 percent effective western governments had initially expressed doubts about the vaccine because russia started using it before completing the usual clinical trials but now results published in the leading medical journal the lancet appeared to back up russian claims that the job is safe

and works and as we report hungry has already begun using the vaccine. truckloads of russia sputnik 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. as we've just got to chicago with a shot sputnik be was the 1st vaccine developed to fight cold at 19 russia began vaccinating people with it last summer even though clinical trials were underway hungary's emergency by last gave the vaccine the green light that's because sputnik the 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. 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 yes 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. angela merkel there in that report speaking on primetime german t.v.

on tuesday evening the chance are giving a wide ranging interview focusing on the coronavirus and demick let's get more now from. our chief political correspondent well into crain who is standing by in berlin melinda on the sputnik v. shot merkel very clear that no vaccine will be allowed into germany unless it's been approved by the european medicines agency how does she justify that when germany is facing a shortage of lifesaving vaccines right now well multilaterally european approach is the policy to which she is deeply committed to the policy that she adamantly defendant following the government's vaccine summit on monday and it's a policy that reflects her deeply held conviction that sherman e. must move in common with europe and as you may remember europe actually comprises the 1st chapter of the coalition agreement of her government which was a 1st germany of course has in the past sometimes got its own way without europe

for example when it got out of nuclear energy after the fukushima accident or when it took in a 1000000 migrants in the summer of 2015 and in both of those cases there were grave repercussions so this multilateral approach is one that the chancellor absolutely now is committed to also there's a pragmatic considerations here the fact is that even with quick approval the russian vaccine would not become available until the 2nd quarter of this year and supply shortages will. be easing in the 2nd quarter of this year even with the russian vaccine we saw a clear data on that this week so perhaps the imperative to move forward alone also isn't really there in terms of timing and just ticks ok let's get a closer look now at the at the situation when it comes to fighting coronavirus in the country because we know that the cove in $1000.00 infections per 100000 residents in germany in 7 days has fallen below 100 chancellor merkel still being

cautious let's listen and then get your reaction. but that doesn't mean we have control over the virus again through the help offices we have to work on that now every day counts i don't know where we will be next monday or tuesday so i ask all citizens to hold out for a while but we will not wait for the entire population to be vaccinated before relaxing the rules of thumb kind that is not what we are aiming for that the. the call for patients i mean this is really you know the message that has been echoed over and over again and if there is another vaccine just walk us through the willingness among the general population. well holes in the past week are still showing quite a high level of willingness on the part of the population to comply with locked out restrictions with a large majority saying the current rules are just about right or could even be stricter the number of people willing to be vaccinated is also steadily on the

increase with nearly 2 thirds now saying that they will be willing to get the job but at least one survey has showed that 3 quarters would prefer u.s. or european manufactured vaccine so that may change now with these lancet results on the russian scene but for the time being i don't see the points nick survives significantly changing public opinion melinda crane and for land thank you . israel has vaccinated a greater percentage of its people than any other country but the number of new infections is still high and the cap'n it is set to convene today to decide whether to extend the lockdown authorities say that they are determined to contain the spread of the disease while immunizing as many people as possible steve kramer reports senior citizens are among those suffering the most from the pandemic. it's

been a long well the only year food protests since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic last year the 88 year old israeli american has been mostly confined to have flat the internet has been her main source of contact with family and friends but now she has new hope a week ago she received her 2nd shot. after the 2nd act scene so what if you come to visit me i'm very excited seeing people one person. side their bad it it's really been hard and now to see people it's a step forward but she's still very cautious a large majority of israel's most minor of the population over 70 has received the 2nd vaccine chart the so-called green passport confirms the vaccination but for now that doesn't mean any extra privileges while it is here as raf it wrecks

a nation dr made headlines the country had to extend its lockdown once again to tackle a 3rd wave of the pandemic the disease rampant and as you know we have the variance the south african variant and we have the. the sunderland's variant and the british variant which is the dominant currently. the disease is spreading pretty quickly. yet the vaccines are spreading quickly as well and we are racing the virus was the vaccine. at the it section me a medical center a large hospital in the center of the country doctors and nurses worked tirelessly to cope with a constant flow of patients in serious condition generally has been the deadliest month yet of the pandemic and that. all of us my colleagues doctors and nurses see a lot of cases here. that myself will invent critical cases and at young. ages

very big. a few 100 metres from the covert 19 ward it's mostly young people waiting for the vaccination last week people over 35 fair called up to get their 1st job over 3000000 out of israel it's 9000000 citizens have received at least the 1st lexeme doze in jerusalem ruth rogers and her cag of ameri are on their way to local shopping center what might seem ordinary has become special ruth hasn't been here since march last year it's strange very strange very strange i hope in a couple we saw her went to the store and. pick out stuff and now. it's a whole different experience for me now i feel back to. back to the real world. amid the uncertainty she hopes that some point she will be able to see family and

friends once the effects of divac see nation drive kick in and here are other stories making headlines around the world amazon founder jeff bezos is giving up his role as c.e.o. of the company and moving to the role of executive chair later this year he will be replaced by andy jassi who runs amazon's cloud business the announcement came as the company reported a surgeon 4th quarter profit and revenue. world health organization experts have visited a research center in the chinese city of will khan as part of their investigation into the origins of the corona virus pandemic ohana is of course where the virus was. first thought to have crossed over from animals to humans although china has disputed this claim. jamarcus police have filed charges against ousted leader aung sang suu kyi for breaches of an import export law documents say that illegally imported handheld radios were found at her residence it comes as people in the

country took part in the 1st widespread protest against the military coup in early hours of monday. italy's president sergio my t.l.'s says that the latest round of talks to form a new government have failed he is expected to tap former european central bank chief mario draghi to take over as caretaker prime minister later in a bid to avoid snap elections amid the pandemic the previous government collapsed last month after its small party withdrew its court. well turkey's biggest city istanbul has been in the grip of mass student protests and tuesday evening saw some of the most violent confrontations with police since demonstrations erupted weeks ago officers in riot gear crackdown on demonstrators using pepper spray and tear gas at times chasing them through the streets that followed a protest on monday in which more than $150.00 people were arrested students are

angry about president gretta type there to want appointment of party loyalists as head of a prestigious university in instant. correspondent is on the story she joins us from istanbul so you were at yesterday's protest what is going on. well we've seen weeks now of student protests on and off major campuses here in istanbul but also in some other turkish cities and the police reaction to these rallies has come has become increasingly violent they have used tear gas riot shields we even saw router can and police used to disperse the crowd dozens of people were detained again now i should mention that such demonstrations have become rare here in turkey or for a tease show little tolerance for them yes today's the protests had also been banned by the authorities but students gathered anyways because that's what they

are trying to do they're trying to resist present and one's appointment of the new rector to istanbul's was at university of western leaning very liberal institution that's often referred to as turkey's hall that now prison ed one hand picked a loyalist a long term member of his ruling a.k.p. as the new rector and students say this is him trying to politically influence the university but many students also told me that for them the protests have become about more than just that they say they are standing up for their democratic rights and freedoms in a country where such freedoms are under massive pressure there's also a new aspect we have to mention that it involves the community explain about side of things. well let me try to keep it short a few days ago several students were detained for displaying

a post depicting is holiest site the kaaba in mecca with pictures of the rainbow flag that's been deemed insulting by many conservatives here in the country turkey is a majority muslim country now high ranking government officials a.k.p. politicians have condemned the move they say the students that have been smearing religious values the interior minister for example call those detained and i quote him here l g v t c tweeted this twitter later restricted his tweet flip flagging it as hate speech and president add on himself got involved let's listen to what he had to say. god willing we will raise our young people for the future not as. young people be fitting this nation's glorious history.

it's young people like you who will show the way. youngsters. young people like you don't bend lies instead. you repaired broken hearts so this is basically the president here are making a distinction between good young people and bad young people and those remarks all together have the few the student protests here in istanbul ok yulia how is this likely to play out ultimately i mean will this director be forced to resign. well this is a what the students and by the way also many academics at was at university and other institutions demand his resignation they are determined to continue their protests they're getting support now by some opposition politicians the mayor of

the capital ankara for example wrote an open letter asking me with a new director to resign to step down but ultimately this will be up to present himself right now it doesn't look like he's going to reverse his decision but i guess it's safe to say that these a rally these protests driven by young people deliver a rant challenge to the turkish leader you leon with a view from istanbul thank you so much. you're watching data news a quick reminder of the top story that we have been following for you at this hour a russian court has sentenced opposition leader alex involving to 3 and a half years in prison the court ruled that the kremlin critic violated the terms of his parole on earlier fraud charges while he was in germany recovering from a poison attack the volunteers lawyers say that they will appear appeal the decision. to your party to be

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