land. cuts off internet access amid protests against the military coupe around a 1000 people take to this feature largest city of gone gone on saturday to denounce the army's takeover quiet police blocked the streets using barricades and water cannon. expels diplomats from germany poland and sweden. the diplomats of attending a rally for trailed kremlin critic alexei navalny the e.u. denounces the move as one member states respond in kind as tension still.

before they head to warmer climes in qatar. with a narrow window standing there. we'll bring you the action. i'm michael thank you for joining us military junta has cut off internet access across the nation amid growing protests against this week's to about a 1000 people took to the streets of largest city young gone on saturday to denounce the military takeover riot police blocked the streets using barricades and water cannons many in the crowd wore red in support of a rested leader aung sang suu kyi and her an l d party protesters are demanding her release it's. dave going to bomb. as

a journalist who has been covering miramar for many years he joins us now from kuala lumpur. we're seeing reports of the nationwide internet blackout give us some idea about why the government would deny internet access right now the military wants them to not because this is what the demonstrators have been using to communicate with one another where they're still social media whether it's through e-mail and other methods and they want to make it a lot tougher to them to organize to strategize that's why also they're using the internet to get these their messages and the visuals these powerful visuals out to us and the outside world they want to make it tougher for us to know exactly what's going on inside me on maher keep in mind the military before they went forward this coup they had already worked out a playbook of what they would do step by step based on what they saw the public react got the playbook ready and now they're using it does i'm curious are these protesters a vocal minority or rising ground swell well some of the more than

a falcon people on the streets of yangon marching that was the biggest that we've seen so far overall the number of people actually doing street marches to demonstrate they're clearly in the minority but we see the powerful images at night of people banging pots and pans from their arms but even the street protests are slowly picking up momentum and they clearly have the majority of the population on their side interesting tactic don't today's demonstration in yangon they ran into a police roadblock when the police were standing in a line there was a barricade set up with barbed wire fencing the demonstrators off at the police water i saw one report where they were offering them flowers keep in mind the rank and file police officers they do not live well they have such assistance level living and so the protests are trying to tell them hey don't stand with us who stand with us it's an interesting tactic to try to get the police over on their side. for testers are calling of course for the release of aung san suu kyi she's an immensely popular figure there despite a tarnished reputation in the west of course what does she represent to the people

in miramar she represents the fight for democracy keep in mind during the previous winter she spent 15 years under house arrest fighting for democracy she is an icon in this country you go around the country see her photographs and people always vote in the cities in the villages the only person that wives are in their history for popularity is her father general aung saw and the independence hero who was assassinated when she was a girl that's dave green a bomb in kuala lumpur thanks much dave sure thing. germany has summoned the russian ambassador over the kremlin's expulsion of swedish polish and german diplomats russia accuses them of participating in a legal protest against the jailing of opposition figures alexina vonnie the kremlin made the announcement while the european union's top diplomat josep burrell was in moscow he described the blocks chuy's with russia as being under severe

strain. it was supposed to be a day to mend strained ties between the european union and russia but when 3 diplomats from sweden poland and germany were expelled from russia friday evening the message was clear and so was the response. and we consider these expulsions unjustified and we believe this to be yet another expression of what we're seeing in russia it is far from the realms of the rule of law a moment in who pulled off this. russia alleges the diplomats had participated a print of ali rallies the linen sisterhood that staying informed about ongoing issues is simply part of a diplomat studious the day had started with the 1st just liberal the e.u.'s foreign policy chief was the block's 1st envoy to visit russia since 2017 his meeting with russian foreign minister sergey lavrov aims to keep lines of communication between brussels and moscow open but tensions continue over the

imprisonment of criminal critic alex a novel me. my views are going to charge with arrest and sentencing. and the rest of us with the most traitors. like you can expect i have conveyed to me. i want to concern and great created. release want to launch an investigation of. the e.u. had put additional sanctions on hold and while lover of stressed that russia wanted to improve relations he did not mince words. we have gotten used to the fact as i have already mentioned that the e.u. more and more often uses one sided restrictions which are not based on any legitimacy at this stage we have to assume that the e.u. is an unreliable partner but your. not going with that throughout the visit was

barely over when the diplomats were expelled and despite all efforts to improve communication some actions speak louder than words. here's some more the stories making headlines around the world tens of thousands of farmers have walked highways across india to protest against new agricultural laws the blockade is the latest action in more than 2 months of protest farmers have been camping outside new delhi demonstrating against laws that they say benefit big business at their expense. the u.s. air force. we'll review security procedures after an intruder entered the air base that has air force one the president's plane officials said the man who had no extremist links was able to get onto a military plane on thursday president joe biden flew home to delaware from the base on friday evening. until a demonstrators have clashed with police during the latest round of antigovernment protests hundreds took to the streets of santiago on friday where they were met

with tear gas and water cannon the protests have persisted for more than a year demonstrators are angry about inequality and want social reform. judges at the international criminal court in the hague have ruled the court has jurisdiction in the palestinian territories this could lead to investigations of alleged war crimes committed there israel which is not a member of the i.c.c. insists the court has no jurisdiction. a german army medical team flew to lisbon this week to help portugal cope with a virus surge that has made it the world's worst hit country by population size for sure goal has an acute shortage of medical staff which means the german team has gone straight to work. doctors and nurses from germany are getting ready to provide urgently needed assistance that part of these hospitals beginning monday they will

treat patients with a specially said vehicle with 19 infections. currently they are still getting acquainted with the works. we've gotten does look at us yet site luckily we had already spends 2 days together before we were flown out of course with cold and patients and i cannot stress this enough it's extremely important to always wear the personal protective equipment correctly it helps no one if we ourselves get infected in that sense and can summarize it and the fun once again on. in fits in time this of the essence portugal is currently the hardest hit country by the pandemic in europe in january alone almost 6000 people died in the small southern european country funeral home say they are close to maximum capacity this mortician in lisp on how to increase his stuff and buy additional refrigerated contain us almost all coffins have the same warning sign

that the deceased had called it even when people are already in hospital from through some weeks people don't receive receipts you cannot see a. relative in the hospital and then they die any not seen again indeed indeed we know a funeral showing. the most difficult thing that you are facing right now 3 weeks into the latest lockdown people are hopeful that parts of gaza has reached the peak of new infections but intensive care units all over the country are overcrowded and additional resources including from abroad urgently needed support of the german medical team is much appreciated by the portuguese public team members say that people that want peace. on the street but there are also some critical voices especially before to the hospital where the germans are which is

a privately owned. one is that dr katz in tunis does not want to participate in any political debate criticism came both from the portuguese and the german opposition for the medical work was their 1st priority is helping patients on. this private clinic only provided us with infrastructure and they offered additional support but the patients we treat from the public health care system are. a total of 8 patients will be treated some of tenuously by the german medical team at this i.c.u. . deployment is said to last 3 weeks but the mission might be extended. let's catch you up with some other developments in the grown a virus pandemic here in germany the number of new infections keeps falling health authorities registered 10500 new cases in the past 24 hours down from 12400 a week ago a nighttime curfew has again been imposed in havana the 1st weeks of this year have

seen more corona virus infections in cuba than were recorded over all of 2020 and the world health organization has called on vaccine makers to dramatically boost production the w.h.o. stressed that almost 130 countries with 2500000000 people are yet to administer a single to stay in the business leader heard of berlin hosted by in munich in a mini blizzard byron weren't fazed by the elements winning one nil to go 10 points clear at the top of the table the bavarians had hoped to make short work of the capital club before jetting off to qatar for the club world cup but hurt were not prepared to simply roll over. lynn versus brian a match up well worth watching as happened typically up their game against the record champions for recently rehired coach paul died it was

a 1st home game back at the helm and his side put in another strong effort by and did win the penalty in the 11 minutes which saw robert live and step up he scored all goals in this season's previous 43 victory over how to this time he was denied by who ya shine back between the posts under the new coach and repaying the faith. however he could not prevent by and scoring 10 minutes later kingsley come on benefited from a hefty deflection the frenchman put in a lively performance and was rewarded with a slice of luck. after the break how to hell before it kept counter-attacking they even hit the back of the net just before the hour mark only to have the goal ruled out for an offside position in the build up. the capital club put in a strong performance in their 2nd game underdog i but it did not yield any points

by him got the win them hurried off the pitch to catch their flight to the club world cup in. sad entertainment news now and a big loss for fans of the screen and stage oscar winning actor christopher plummer has died at the age of $91.00 the canadian born plumber had a prolific career spanning 7 decades but he was best known for portraying captain gale dunn trial in 1060 five's the sound of music plunder enjoyed a late career renaissance at the age of 82 he became the oldest academy award winner in history taking home the oscar for best supporting actor for his role in the 2012th film begin. and a reminder of the top story we're following about a 1000 people. the districts of near the largest city of gone on saturday to protest a military coup or leave this week riot police blocked the streets using barricades and water cannons the crowds were the largest yet to protest incoming they had an

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