the. click. this is news coming to you live from. military rulers block social media platforms alleging they are being used to d. stabilize the country. but in this week's truth protesters continue to take to the streets calling for the release of arrested leaders including cheap species being used of allegedly importing walkie talkie also coming up with the technology used

in some covert 19 back scenes that could help millions of cancer sufferers world cancer day we'll look at a new approach that scientists believe will become a powerful weapon in the fight against the disease. shuts down several channels allegedly. with close ties to. the country's president says the closures of the t.v. channels are necessary to limit russian propaganda some journalists see it as an attack on freedom of speech. and welcome to the program. people in myanmar have been cut off from facebook what's up and instagram the military blocked the platforms alleging that they were

being used to destabilized the country disruptions come shortly after police formally charged else the leader all souls'. acts of the finds too noisy to ignore residents of young gun buying pots and honk their car horns for a 2nd night major demonstrations against the military for now have not taken place earlier in the day health workers and hospitals across myanmar wore red or black ribbons and refuse to do any non-emergency work much of the civil disobedience is being organized online. activist fans are showing les ye is one of the driving forces behind the calm painting. and now young people in your ma we have it up however it up by we have to just say that this is the only us the would be yours and this is the war you are was that we are opposing the

military. and a heavy military presence is on full display here in the comp it will naypyidaw tanks and soldiers were on patrol. the country's military chiefs appeared on state television and 11 members into has been appointed on will rule under a year long state of emergency. the whereabouts of myanmar's i've stood leaders including own son suchi it remains unclear several charges have been brought against her including possession of unlawful communication devices the military have claimed the reason for the coup was allegations of fraud in last november's elections which suit cheese national league for democracy party won members. party have condemned the coup. to move into military action to take control of the country is not a good thing considering we've had democracy and peace the national cease fire

agreement. and we've had a well managed system to deal with covert 19 this isn't good ole for the citizens. despite international condemnation and open disobedience jamar as military appears determined to undo the course of the country's past to change. they've grown a bow as a journalist who's been covering myanmar for many years new joins us now from kuala lumpur dave the disrupted facebook and other social media services which people opposed to the coup were using to organize themselves how big of a blow is this for the protestors i'd certainly significant blow because facebook is the king of social media in myanmar for a lot of people that's all they know when it comes to social media and when it comes to the web for that matter that's of the communicate amongst each other that's how they get campaigns going during the political season last year that's

how a lot of campaigning went on because of over 19 now it will people will still find ways to communicate obviously was not long ago there was no such thing as social media 10 years ago most people didn't even have a phone in this country and people still found a way to organize and have demonstrations but this will definitely slow things down and complicate things for them so people are largely cut off from digital communications now in myanmar what steps can we expect the military to take next. well just as i said people would find other ways to communicate keep in mind the military knows all about this in the military has an extensive network of informants inside the neighborhoods in the cities in the villages across the country these informants are as many people would call rats they're there to try to find out what people are saying to each other what they're planning to do and when they're trying to do it and then communicate that message back to their superiors people who are paying them off and the security forces so right now becomes incumbent upon the people to think really hard about who they know how will they

know them and who can they really trust and there's a lot of history here of conflict between the military and civilian population what are the chances that we'll see the burmans people rise up day even challenge military rule this time will they really rise up and take to the streets in mass numbers of demonstrations what would take them over that line that's the big question because if they did that then they risk a serious backlash from the military. in the past also does they sometimes come back with violent force and sometimes deadly force it's hard to say what line would it take to get those people to take that risk thanks very much for this update that was generous dave from kuala lumpur. well as to the current a virus crisis now and all around the world people are pinning their hopes on vaccines as a way of defeating the virus well now

a new study suggests that the oxford astra zeneca shot couldn't be prevent people from spreading 19 the research by oxford university is the 1st to show a vaccine stopping the corona virus being passed on as well as protecting against you know university says the vaccine could cut transmission of the virus by 2 thirds scientists also found that a single shot can offer a high level of protection for up to 12 weeks more than 10000000 britons have already been vaccinated. the british health minister matt hancock had this to say about the new findings at this. report is a very good news at 8 'd backs the strategy that we've taken and shows the well the often vaccine works effectively and the really good news embedded in it is that it milt just reduces hospitalizations that we know people in this part of the trial who hospitalized. do we kind of add up to getting the job but

also it reduces the number of people who have actual even a symptomatically by around 2 thirds well the technology being used in that vaccine from another vaccine for biotech pfizer and others also promises to become powerful new weapon in the fight against another disease cancer as today marks world cancer day we take a closer look at the new approach that uses and cancer treatment tailor made for each patient and it also uses so-called memory r.n.a. and could be a game changer for cancer sufferers. customized vaccine created for an individual patients particular tumor fast effective and with few side effects that's the promise of a new m.r. in a technology in the fight against cancer. malignant tumors can slip past the body's defenses for years with camouflage so clever that the immune system doesn't notice

the invader or it is too weak to keep the cancer cells at bay allowing the tumor to grow on the hindered. typical treatment involves surgery followed by chemotherapy to destroy any leftover cells. a doctor can't change the biology of this disease we know that latent tumour cells can survive inside the body for a long time and they can wake up and start to divide and proliferate again. the messenger r.n.a. vaccine is a totally different approach it's injected into tissue where it provides the blueprint for a specific tumor protein once it has the blueprint the body then produces its own tumor modules the immune system recognizes them as foreign and produces anti-body. the body is now armed with the knowledge of its enemy. it's basically reversing the

production process instead of making it in a laboratory with all the technical procedures it starts out inside the patient's body which ultimately produces it on its own to teach the immune system what it needs to know. the m r n a vaccine and the study is made by german pharma company beyond whose coded 1000 vaccine is based on the same technology. and the u.s. based moderna are also using m.r. in a technology in the fight against cancer as well as covert the goal is to give cancer sufferers personalized vaccinations in the near future. well if you're mileage this is a real milestone we're no longer talking about months or years until it's ready just weeks its significance and potential efficacy have opened up a whole new playing field yet. much work remains to be done but

oncologists worldwide are confident that the new technology will become a powerful weapon in the fight against cancer. check up on some of the other stories making headlines today net flix is dominating the golden globe awards with a whopping 22 nominations it's film a may day in polish to hollywood's golden age is leading the pack 6 nominations 3 out of the 5 best director nominees are women including regina king for one night in miami by rival streaming service amazon. with the biden administration says it has extended its new start nuclear arms treaty with russia until 2026 that's after russian president vladimir putin signed off on the extension last week a new start caps the number of warheads the powers can deploy it's the last bilateral arms control treaty still in force between the 2 countries

the government of ukraine has shut down several pro russian television channels allegedly fun and spawn all of garc with personal ties to vladimir putin ukrainian president a lot of selenski justified to ban as necessary to fight kremlin propaganda that undermines his country's path to the e.u. for critics accuse him of stifling freedom of speach. independent objectivity that's what journalists at 3 ukrainian news channel say it's under threat when 2 news one in seek are no longer in ukrainian t.v. the broadcasters say it's the start of an era of lies. but in the early days 3 for channels of stop broadcasting what does it mean for free speech and what does it mean for ukrainians. since the government shut down the channels have been blasting president vladimir selenski the opposition to ukrainian leaders scared the reporting is damaging his government in the opinion polls some ukrainian journalist

say the channels have a point they believe the government's decision threatens free expression in a fragile democracy. against the president not being said here where the government of this country decides to impose sanctions against a media company based on a political consensus. but for others the channels pose a threat to the country's security they say the broadcasters provide a voice to ukraine's enemies. the government alleges that a close friend of lot of ukrainian viktor met the joke is hiding his ownership of the television stations and that he's using them to broadcast views that undermine the country and its fight with russia over crimea in eastern ukraine. after receiving enough evidence of those channels being financed by russian forces by russian authorities the national security council over ukraine adopted these very

important decisions for now the channels are still broadcasting on the internet but that could change ukraine's government is asking you to take them offline you can. and finally 10 young panda cubs have made their public debut in southwest china in celebration of the upcoming lunar new year the cubs made their appearance in a playground adorned with traditional decorations at the china conservation and research center for the giant panda they range in age from 6 from 4 to 6 months and they each weighs about 10 kilos in china prides itself on its efforts to preserve and use which are the symbol of the nation and part of its cultural influence. well i'm. home. that's what. you're watching t.v. news from berlin coming up next we've got a documentary for you looking at what the big bang may have sounded like news from

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