as the day progressed police detained hundreds of nirvana supporters would come to show their solidarity. age was no barrier and this woman stood her ground in defiance. as night fell on moscow the protests room oh. 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 but we came out so that our children won't be beaten with the tonnes in the

future. soon enough the police 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. give more now we're trying to buy andreas nick a member of the german bundestag 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. of the 1st episode we are very concerned but also very 'd impressed by the courageous 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 and that is why it is an important element of international obligations and contractual obligations and that's what we are pursuing the relief of which are missed in the valley was. detained again was already. rendered obsolete by the european court of human rights a couple of years ago and that is something that the council of europe all its. direction will have to deal with. the next few weeks and it is the obvious point of. addressing this because russia is violating international obligations that the russian federation has it's an edge of 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 vonnie 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 those of the society that we are. strictly looking at the insurance to construe 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 professional party. but 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 is a cost to this behavior. and this is going to unfold over the next couple 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 they should be ever sponsor 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. i. know this discussion to the completion of the construction will not seem to work if we are considerate of the whole set of options we should be talking about as the trees we should be talking about troop movements but we could have a very serious debate about the relationships of everyone with russia in this context but i think for this debate to be almost a meaningful thing everything has to be on the table it is not about bilateralism this into

a german russian issue with there we need to talk about $30000000000.00 of us oil purchases or. who or 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 as the is not meaningful it's just abusing the labelling case for sure that they're critical and commercial interests and there are some in your party and i'd just like to bring in a quote right now on from north african for example his post as you know has been quite vocal on this issue he said that going ahead with the north trying 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 go ahead that he can silence his critics and there will be no real consequences. no it's not meant to serve 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 permits are in place this would probably trigger billions of dollars in damage payments i'm not sure we should be wanting that trigger but if we are if we're talking about putting a freeze off. oil and gas pushes the for 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 leaking has written more than 30 years ago. ringback ready about the former dispute. guess imports from siberia i think we could have a good basis with the new is yes that mr bush to come to come crouched in addressing

that but i think we should not only 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.o. 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 and those protesting in the streets we thank you so much for joining us this morning to share that you andreas 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. so you. me on mars police have filed charges against ousted leader aung sang suu kyi for breaches of an import export law police documents say that illegally imported handheld radios were found at her residence authorities are seeking to detail to

detain her excuse me until february the 15th it comes as people in the country took part in the thirst widespread protests since the military coup in the early hours of monday. journalist dave going to bomb has been covering the country for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur dave why do you think the military is choosing to charge on song suchi with this law in particular. well this is a very vaguely worded law that you can basically bend it to fit around anything and to accuse anyone of breaking this law as long as it was imported or export and you know the interesting thing here is that during the days of the previous. many of aung san suu kyi supporters this law was used against them and they were locked up and when her party came into power 5 years ago a lot of people thought that they should get rid of this law they did not they did not prioritize it it's still in the books and now it is being used against her here

and when me and the president he's being charged with violating the natural disaster management lot of this is a fast developing story breaking news i don't have more specifics on this with him but i would not be surprised if the charge against these 2 is just the beginning i mean the military is trying to legitimize themselves by claiming the election and the cover was fraudulent although they provide no evidence of this so they've got to try and pick up some ways to make other people look illegitimate and doing this on some of the most to the general masses of me are the most popular person in myanmar this is quite a move on their part but we really should not be surprised by that and given that popularity and it's also no surprise to some protests last night how is this latest moves these charges now being handed down likely to impact the public or sponsored me on mars. certainly i've already been in touch with some of people i contact i haven't ma'am are people are your is about this not entirely surprised but serious but this just raises the question

a last night people were protesting by banging pots and pans on the streets from their balconies hunting their horns we saw doctors today refusing to go on the job at the hospital saying they did not want to work in government hospitals to give the me and our military any sort of legitimacy what will be next people are going to have to think really hard about how far they're going to go this could push people harder so the counter to this though is are they willing to take that risk with mass mobilization mass demonstrations at some point that could lead to a very violent backlash from the military journalist going to bond with the latest on the situation in myanmar thank you. here's a look at some of the latest headlines from 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 and later this year he will be replaced by andy jassi who runs amazon's cloud business the announcement coming as the company reported a surge in 4th quarter profit and revenue. italy's president. 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 druggy 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 a small party withdrew its support. the world health organization experts have visited a research center in the chinese city of will on as part of their investigation into the origins of the corona virus pandemic on is where the virus was 1st thought to have crossed over from animals to humans although china has disputed this. captain tom the british and tevye aryan who raised money for the u.k.'s national health service by walking laps in his backyard has died of over 90 so tom morris campaign went viral last year and raised over 30000000 pounds or 34000000 euros.

for. a new data show that russia sputnik vaccine is more than 90 percent effective western governments had initially expressed doubts that the vaccine about this vaccine because russia started using it before completing the usual clinical trials now however results published in the leading medical journal the lancet appeared to back up russian claims that the job is safe and it works as we report hungary has already begun using the vaccine. 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 hungary and society the quicker we can lift restrictions on public life. going to scottish accent without a shot sputnik b.

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 to greenlight that's because sputnik he 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. 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 prime time german t.v. on tuesday evening the chance are given a wide ranging interview focusing on the coronavirus and demick let's get more now from our chief. correspondent well and to crane 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 convictions 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 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 to the health 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 one kind that is not what we are aiming for there be. the call for patience i mean this is really you know the message that has been echoed

over and over again will end 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 high level of willingness on the part of the population to comply with locked out restrictions with a large majority saying that 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 vaccine but through the time being i don't see the news points nick sides significantly changing public opinion melinda crane and her land thank you. turkey's biggest city is some bull

has been in the grip of mass student protests and tuesday evening saw some of the most violent confrontations with police since demonstrating erupt to erupted weeks ago officers in riot gear crackdown on demonstrators using pepper spray and tear gas at times chasing them through the streets it followed a protest on monday in which more than $150.00 people were arrested students are angry about president brett a type error to want point to hardly of a party loyalist as the head of a prestigious university and istanbul. 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 no proof 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 room water cannon 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 have 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 a new rector to istanbul's was at university of western leaning very liberal institution that's often referred to as turkey's harvard 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're 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 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 a 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 stays 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 8 c tweeted this twitter later restricted his tweet flip flagging it as hate speech and present 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. but as young people be fitting this nation's glorious history. it's young people like you who will show the way. you know youngsters. young people like you don't bend lies instead. they're broken hearts so this is basically the president here 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 rector be forced to resign. well this is a what the students and by the way also many academics that was at university and other institutions demond his resignation they are determined to continue their protest they are getting support now by some opposition politicians the mayor of the capital ankara for example wrote an open letter asking made with a new director to resign to step down but ultimately this will be up to present add on 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 rallies these protests driven by young people deliver a red challenge to the turkish media julieann with a view from istanbul thank you so much well a 2nd test flight by space x.'s latest starship prototype has ended in

a fireball the stainless steel rocket managed is successful take off in a high altitude test in texas but went up in flames on landing last prototype met a similar fate in december in a webcast of the latest launch the company said it had a great flight but still needed to work out their landing a bit. and then sports teams were in action in the german cup on tuesday with a major upset occurring in one of the last 16 matches last year's finalists leverkusen were knocked out of the competition by the lowest ranked remaining team as sin are in the 4th division and managed a $21.00 win in extra time elsewhere dortmund beat powder born and teal kicked out . having brushed past cup holders byron in the previous round bremen beat furt and there are 4 more fixtures to be played later today. a quick reminder of the top

story we're following for you on news a russian court has sentenced opposition leader alex in a volley to 3 and a half years in prison a court ruled that the kremlin critic violated the terms of his call on earlier fraud charges while he was in germany recovering from a poison attack of all means lawyers say they will appeal the decision. coming up next it is our business magazine made in germany to stay with us if you can for that i'm sorry coming in for land thank you for watching take care and stay safe.

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