then in the rush mom lunch and i will. get up early. this is g.w. news live from berlin and more than a 1000 people are arrested in russia after the jailing of kremlin critic alexina's balding riot police are now being forced into moscow to prevent people from demonstrating against the court ruling activists say that they are targeting peaceful protesters the elderly accuses president vladimir putin of trying to

intimidate his critics also coming up the fight against the democrats a boost after a dance trial showed russia sputnik the vaccine is more than 90 percent effective against over 19. and the german military sets off on a mission to help portugal as the country's health care system threatens to collapse after coated $1000.00 pieces spiral out of control plus people in the yanmar start a campaign of civil disobedience to protest against the military there. 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 the police used. yes

a force to detain peaceful protesters but the kremlin says that the police response was justified now earlier novelli was sentenced to 3 and a half years in prison for violating the terms of his parole western governments have condemned the rowling and called for his immediate release. in the future to truly 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. go over the border 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 in of on 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. page was no barrier this woman stood her ground in defiance. as night fell on moscow the protests room was. close 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 there's. reduced and the courts behave

like this and it looks like they will soon start beating us with their baton is 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 are tons directed indiscriminately at anyone in the crowd. in the palm 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 andrea snake a 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. the 1st step was that we are very concerned but also very impressed by the courageous way that russian civil society broadcasts 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 fault of the euro or of 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 that is something that the council of europe all its usual 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 restoration as it did interest so you say that the condemnations 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 to. send a double message to russia those terms of the government as terms of the society that we are. strictly looking at the experience 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 that to say we are considering all options to increasing the pressure. and make it 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 in through the next couple weeks should one of those costs be gas exports because earlier this week france's european affairs minister of renewed pressure on germany to stop the north's train to gas pipeline project and of course its 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 of this discussion to complete the construction of motion to i think if we are considerate of the whole set of options we should be talking about s. it freezes 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 the meaning of cool thing

everything has to be on the table it is not about by letter realizing this into a german russian issue with their we need to talk about certain 1000000000 dollar of us oil purchases or. who oil from russia we also need to talk about gas export gas imports in centuries for sure i think bilateral or is it just talk about one specific issue i think is not meaningful it's just abusing the abana case for sure that they're critical and commercial 1st and there are some in your party and i just like to begin to quote right now on from northern iraq and for example has 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 deep go ahead that he can silence his critics and there will be no real consequences. no let's not once have 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 of. oil and gas pushes the from 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 the suggestively king has written more than 30 years ago. 'd about. the dispute. guess in imports from siberia that i think we

could have a good basis within us guess that mr bush to come to come crown's in addressing that but i think we should let me 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 and the process to change 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. new data show 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 now results published in a leading medical journal the lancet appeared to back up russian claims that the tap is safe and works and as we've reported hungry has already begun using the vaccine. truckloads of russia rolling into hungary the 1st 14000 of 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. those we've just got to chicago with a shot sputnik the 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 he has already been administered at least a 1000000 times without any serious side effects so hungry has decided to sidestep

the use 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 to be is 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 but the data is correct

that can also apply to vaccines. or portugal has the highest number of coronavirus cases in relation to its population and a sharp rise in new infections has prompted several european countries to offer help. germany is sending doctors nurses ventilators and hospital bals beds on and military plane due to land in the next hour which calls them bastards says that the country will be forever grateful for the aid portugal has reported close to half of all its 51000 deaths just the past. and let's bring indeed happy is yon philip schultz who is joining us from the airport in lisbon right now again philip how important is this help it's urgently needed most intensive care units oh you're in portugal sometimes patients have to wait for 67 hours in the ambulance in front of the house but certified

spoke to. an ambulance driver last night and she said the situation is really a nightmare and any kind of hope is the pristine. human resources medical equipment everything i also talk to other medical professionals would say that the situation starts to remind them of what you saw in bellingham or know that it's really at the beginning of the fundament in march when really that the health system pretty much collapsed and was overwhelmed by the press that. why it does portugal have you know one of the highest death rates in the past 2 weeks around the world why has it been hit so hard. it seems like it's been something like a perfect storm evolving here and part of our. part because government relaxed restrictions during christmas time and this was exactly the time when the new more aggressive strains of the myra's started its true threats in the country for the

better has closed of the u.k. so the british variant of brits here are the reference speech also the hard to get health system is quite weak one of the weakest in europe especially our method broke out in the past year. how are people coping with the 3rd wave. and there's an impressive wave of solidarity in the country i've seen many pros in this instance and upon days when people try to have medical staff they try to have relatives of the victims should generally. like to. really follow the measures for the place but it doesn't actually predict the voices that there are still too much traffic on the streets considering that we are in a complete knock down here of course there's a great amount of fear that the worst still to come here and. crisis is far from over. young philip schultz in lisbon thank you.

well israel has vaccinated a greater percentage of its population than any other country if i thought the number of new infections is still high and the cabinet 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 well and uniting as many people as possible as you have used when you claim reports senior citizens are among those suffering the most from the pandemic. it's been a long while the no new year foods rochus since the outbreak of the corona virus pandemic last year the 88 year old is very 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 they say 2 weeks after the 2nd vaccine so what if you come visit me i'm very excited saying keep one person.

side they're 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 vulnerable population over 70 has received the 2nd vaccine chart a so-called green passport confirms the vaccination but for now that doesn't mean any extra privileges while israel as rafa drax 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 very and the songs african variant and we have been. the son jealous variant and the british variant which are 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 january 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. myself williams critical cases and at younger ages. seem very big that saving a few 100 meters from the covert 19 ward it's mostly young people waiting for their vaccination last week people over 35 fed called up to get their 1st jab over 3000000 out of israel it's 9000000 citizens have received at least the 1st maxine doze in jerusalem ruth rogers and her cag of ameri are on their way to a local shopping center what might seem ordinary has become special hasn't been his

since march last year a strange very strange very strange i hope in a couple weeks ago went to the store and there and pick out stuff and now are it's a whole different experience for me now i feel back to. back to the real world. a myth the uncertainty she hopes that at some point she will be able to see family and friends once the effects of divac see nation drive kick in. you're watching d.w. news still to come on the program he was an inspiration to many but his message of hope and now the 100 year old world war 2 veteran captain thomas moore has themselves died overnight. more on that a little bit later but here are some stories making headlines around the world for now britain has asked the e.u.

to extend the preg that grace period until 2023 according to the b.b.c. it comes after threats were made against port staff and checks were suspended the extension pertains to checks for goods moving between northern ireland and the rest of the u.k. new regulations came into effect after bragg's it was implemented. former european central bank chief mario draghi has been summoned to talks with italy's president druggy is expected to be asked to serve as prime minister of a government of national unity in a bid to avoid snap elections amid the pandemic the previous government collapsed last month after a splinter party withdrew its support. 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 surge in 4th quarter profit and revenue. in turkey more

than 300 students and their supporters have been detained to this week following violent confrontations with police they are angry about president recha type editor wants appointment of a party loyalist as the head of a prestigious university in istanbul the rector at the center of the debate has ruled out quitting despite the rust. fully on mars police have filed charges against ousted leader aung sang suu kyi for breaches of an import export law police say that document. illegally imported handheld radios were found at her residence authorities are seeking to detain her until february the 15th it comes as people in the country took part in the 1st widespread protests since the military coup in the early hours of monday. journalist it when a 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 you with this law in particular. well this is a very vaguely worded law that you can basically bend it to fit around anything into accuse anyone of breaking this law as long as it was imported or export 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

there 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 i mean it's also no surprise because of protests last night how is are these latest moves these charges now being handed down likely to impact the public or sponsored me on mars. have already been in touch with some of people i contact i have a ma'am are people are your is about this not entirely surprised but serious but this just raises the question all last night people were protesting by dying hopson hands on the streets from their balconies honking their horns off we saw doctors today refusing to go on the job and possible 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 the counter to this though is are they want to take that risk with mass mobilization mass demonstrations at some point that could lead to a very violent backlash from the military journalist ain't going to bomb with the latest on the situation in myanmar thank you sir. in sports 8 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 finalist laver couzin 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 the powder born and teal kicked out dom shot having brushed past cup holders byron in the previous round bremen beat 1st and there are 4 more fixtures to be played later today. well the ice hockey world championships will take place soley in the latvian capital riga this year

that decision comes to weeks after bellerose was removed as co-host due to the political situation in the country denmark and slovenia have bid to replace bellerose but ice hockey is peak body decided on keeping the event in one city as it was deemed safer in terms of covert 19 restrictions. and speaking of covert 19 british captains sir tom moore gained fame after he began raising money for u.k. health care workers during the pandemic but now unfortunately the world war 2 veteran has died at the age of 100 after contracting the corona virus himself he was unable to be vaccinated because of other medication he was taking 3. 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 certain amount of money as the roads and so on all made the closers there's a really good one for him to relate to source of all they think. 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 noted 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 the quote was all new people well. it is no no and maybe you saw them . but i would say to everyone. things will go but there's no doubt that wrongdoers will roll out onto the ground some who go on and hears of the price of the late captain tom war there with a positive message and a hope for us all but that now you're up to date i'm sure that he thinks i'm sarah kelly thanks for watching.

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a special edition of eco off the ball species extinction or refreshment biodiversity loss i'm krista lem's coming to you from lagos nigeria. thank you crease there is no 2 ways about it this is indeed the nix shimmy problem bart heal in equal africa we also want to show you that there's some great projects under gives out there on how to stop the decline in species i am sunder to nogay here in company uganda and here's a quick loop some of the stories that will be looking not in today's special edition. we go to kenya well species of until obese on the brink of extinction bought a breeding program is trying to save them. grass baits a marine corps house box they have seen huge losses the recent decades german scientists might have. and finally inventing species of animals and plants

are causing trouble in many parts of the want banks people in the museum of finding solutions. every day we lose more species of plants and animals pollution the forestation poultry and other human activities at the straw in our planet's rich wire diversity species extinction is jerry the hole in the sophisticated well sensitive network of crew systems plants growing pollinated while extreme weather events leave entire habitats yet restated including the coral reefs dug up by jewel for many fish. but changes brought up all by humans i think rightly point 4 and 4 they're not sure. yet are all few facts and figures on these warring developments you know.

the list of animals and plants that have become extinct is already desperately long and over 12 percent of remaining species are on the brink of extinction according to the intergovernmental science policy platform on biodiversity. extinction means gone forever wildlife populations have collapsed by more than 2 thirds in less than half a century. over that same period the human population has grown considerably. the global assessment report on biodiversity and ecosystems says pressure on the environment is growing and so is global g.d.p. consumers are buying more and industry is consuming more natural resources especially in developing nations plus urban populations have more than doubled in

the last 3 decades the loss of habitat is the greatest driver of species extinction particularly in rural areas slash and burn methods are used to clear land for agricultural and livestock farming the direct exploitation of natural resources such as deforestation and overfishing in the world's oceans are the number 2 cause and the climate crisis is changing many ecosystems to such an extent that some species can no longer find food finally there's environmental pollution caused by industry traffic and by us individuals to plastic waste alone has increased 10 fold since. 1980 but some action is being taken a network of countermeasures is gradually developing more than 130 countries are part of the latest global efforts to protect biodiversity some countries are now building up databases with d.n.a.

samples of endangered animal and plant species. and to be jordan is asians like the united nations the world bank have pledged more than $200000000000.00 in order to further environmental goals. well we are off to kenya the seawall of the rarest issues of artillery in africa to go there critically endangered you are that. still a bit. to make things even want they are among porches predict has this is only going. the kenyan government is around and has not implemented a plan to since the species on its numbers. and it will keep us women more ruthie has come to check on his charges he looks up to mountain bungles at the mount kenya

wildlife conservancy he feeds them twice a day and makes sure the head of their antelopes is intact i like it i love the job and i'm proud you know having that ananthamurthy than hunter because no more there but now it's here so it's it's makes me do it with with me not with me a lot so i like walking here i love with. my aim is to have as many as i can. here in captivity the animals don't have access to all the vegetation they would find in the wild that's why they're giving me titian all supplements known as winter cubes these special pellets i reach in protein and fiber which grossed the antelopes immune system. the air force seems to be paying more into the canyon wildlife conservancy. the mountain was nearly extinct in the wild in kenya and so are

a few. and taken to the us is breeding and in pools of and 4 we received. from different in the us and for those 18 we stop and the breeding program on sunday and. 77. last youngest boy was born on the 7th of july and it is that is in the sort of the bungle. with the increase in numbers to conservancy plans to release 25 into the mount kenya forest where kenya for savvis. has. $800.00 acres for a protected century. this enclosed area as the foretold mount kenya is not just a sanctuary for mountain bungalows knows the rare white zebras and had buffalo also plan protection from porches and pretend we divide this into different products because of the species. of the moment. in the near future

when we put them in the sanctuary this is problem would be so they don't completely so what you can see here is one of the breeding hunts. it's not just the threatens their reaction to lopes they also have to contend with the very rare diseases and natural habitat. so everything went out and other animal people looking for. forward to the coming weeks soon 5 new mountain born will be born equaling this species chance of survival. but i you see and great list is the most important and most. interview of plants animals and a fun guy certain with extinction the international union for conservation of nature he's responsible for maintaining the database it contains more than $100000.00 species in categories ranging from the least cost to the extant we

settled to a course of asian exports how badly africa is affected by the use of paris or species and how important the red mist is for the protection on the most and plants . by loss of. life. of diversity and when the species is lost it's. that balance. i think it's so important for us because you know money. on. almost. species or our food. our environment and so on that's very important for human being to put it would

have species is morally unacceptable that. it's not. because you know that the extinction of species is an irreversible sentiment. under species. in the domain of conservation but however. you know some more you consider some are more important some are like when it all was a commission is a. even boughts really because the bit in the process or position of or the species but at the same time the produce. order of our species.

i think in my puppy nando most important cause of tension of specie is the last. minute because most of this. for example when you do for us is petition you tend to transform the primary for us in the country for it in that is the birds that used to nest on top of very big trees no more reproduce and that then. the population and family lead to the loss of the species in order to hunt down lot of lands that. resource as well.

i think it's. true for this you know. because you know it's just an open source of information but why did it lot of wall behind. it's more for decision making for this young man in. the very use when he was thank you. us you had the start of the program it's not just on e-mails that are dying out in fact plant species even. but up to the point it's equal systems till tends to be overlooked did you know for instance why sea grass is so like 2 to a feet and why we can't get here comes these weeks doing a bait we have some says. they're

known as ocean rain forests large beds of sea grass provide a home and food for countless species they also produce oxygen and sequester carbon dioxide for a long time. but scientists are warning that sea grasses under threat global warming is causing massive algal blooms that cut off the necessary light for sea grass to grow and that's not the only problem and important so much good to see if you think there's lots of sea grass in the tropics but it's disappearing because dynamite is often used in fishing because trenches are being cut to lay pipelines that creates corridors through the beds and the sea cross can't repopulate those areas. artificial sea grass could help provide a solution to universities and industry have been working together for 2 years on the sea project. just like its natural counterpart

artificial sea grass would help dampen why even to g. and prevent sea bed erosion providing the right conditions for natural sea grass to grow back. and a recent study highlights another desperately needed service that sea grass provides. it appears to continuously filter plastic debris out of the ocean. and how about you if you're also doing your bit tell us about it this is how websites oh send us a tweet. hash tag doing the open. when jack your still rings. and staying in the what fishes on the marines all suffering from an increase in the sea of species that have no natural predators in the new environment we'll see how to nice trying to get one such problem back under control and we all sing the same sort of things

happening in many of the places sundra the wind the weather all ships and planes can transport flora and fauna into eco systems where they don't belong awful think you're in a fight for survival between species impact and the devastated. fisherman alsa before dawn carrying their trade in the gulf of god is. the bay on tunisia's east coast is around 100 kilometers long in recent times the fishermen have had to stray even further from the coast to catch fish but you're about to start and it's not that i've been a fisherman for 38 years and a lot has changed in that time in the 20 years ago we used to catch loads of prawns but in recent years there have been repeated events that have reduced our catch the

latest problem was the blue crab they wiped out everything with that but of course . the 1st blue crabs we sported here at the end of 2.