the boys play china's gateway to europe. during 19th d.w. . black . plague place. the c.w. news live from berlin and tensions boil over in the on market police used water cannon against peaceful protesters and warned them to leave or be dispersed by force people are demanding the return of democracy after a military coup. also coming up at least 18 people are dead in northern india as

the clay shirky breaks. devastating flooding the search continues for more than 180 people still missing. and south africa suspends its rolls out of the oxford astra zeneca vaccine after a study shows disappointing results against the country's dominant coordinate our asparagus. plus a few celebrations in floor about. her. parents as the sound of baby mirrors to meet the kansas city chiefs to win this year's super bowl. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program. myanmar police have warned protesters to disperse or face force after tens of thousands of people across the southeast asian

nation joined a 3rd day of demonstrations against a military coup police used water cannon in the capital to break up groups of protesters they are demanding the release of their leaders including unsung suchi. one week on from the arrest of their elected leader me and ma has grown bolder. 'd protesters in the capital naypyidaw police water cannons on monday blocking their path their only weapons a 3 finger salute which has come to represent the pro-democracy movement of thora he's have since issued a warning on state t.v. to protesters who break the lol you know what you need to unite action must be taken according to the law with effective steps against offenses which disturb prevent and destroy the state stability public safety and the rule of law. in addition to the street protests a nationwide strike began on monday

a campaign of civil disobedience has all the while been growing louder launched by medical personnel. all and nurses from a government hospital and our goal is to help the civil disobedience movement succeed and ensure the military system fails we health workers are leading this campaign to urge all the government staff to join the c.t.m. our message to the public is that we aim to completely abolish this military regime and we have to fight for our own destiny the. protests have now spread across the country after the army chief seize power on february 1st the military detained later on suchi and dozens of her party members accusing them of election fraud demonstrators a demanding her release and the restoration of her government the release of science. pace fell on like bloody crackdowns during watch spread protests in previous decades but pressure is building the protests are growing bolder and

demonstrators continue to be matched with a great show of force from afar she says and let's get more on that we are joined now by lone a filmmaker and an activist in the capital young gun who happens to be obscuring his face for safety reasons welcome to the program and thank you so much for joining us 1st i'd like to ask you for your reaction we are hearing that the military sent some clear warnings to demonstrators what do you make of that and do you think that it will deter the protests. thank you sara yes if there are warnings the worries are a little bit because in the beginning be a mostly or was mostly. from testers are mostly sort of growing. and tired when a tree dictatorship in the afternoon there were a few pro-military supporters and so people were the concern is no but as soon as there was opposition protest people on social media were trying to encourage people

to avoid confrontation and to you know to stay calm and not to get into fights and then sharing this in case of emergency so things go on this but it's here and now at this point people are going back home so for today things were calmer. calmer calmer than you saw it but the tell us a little bit about where you have been witnessing on the streets there in myanmar. right so so so all in young though there has not be any violence but then people were afraid because of the latter but i don't mean same time some civilians really want to cooperate with police and military so we can see a lot of social media these days that some people applying to encourage people to provide water and food to the security forces as well and it sounds of aliant i

think the idea. is because of the population. with the security forces but one thing for sure what we can see is there's a huge gap between the community and then law enforcement officers. so right now but right now things calm despite the concerns and fears today concerns fears i mean we're seeing protesters there are facing water cannons from the authorities for example you know they're coming out onto the streets despite all of that what do the people in the anwar want for their future what are the demonstrators. i mean if people could any do anything between legal framework they were trying to do but i think mechanism that we have is not fair on set so people want to change this mechanism so whoever the concert hall people want the government that takes for the day of action for our group that

lower education economic you know social welfare and roping in general that people want justice and peace between you know community minorities different religions and say and also dialogue really into law makers that's what people people want and right now people are people be protesting on the streets to. show the opposition against dictatorship and military reagents and for us for international community we would like to encourage to. take considerations the other alternative than assumptions because. i thought. the country if they were all of wealthy was bush most of the time to speak not beneficial for their citizens and now we have to suffer from it so we look like to encourage international communities to

find ways and 100 days to help our country on the situation moaning filmmaker and activist joining us from young joining me on mark thank you so much for your time. at least 18 people are dead and more than 180 are missing in northern india after part of a himalayan glaciers broke off unleashing a torrent of water that crashed into a dam local authorities in the state say that rescue workers have begun recovering bodies of the dead the flooding happened so quickly the people had no time to react search efforts for survivors are still under way. joy as rescue workers recover several survivors but the search is far from over some dead bodies have already been found several groups of workers are still believed to be trapped in tunnels unable to get out. of us if it's

since this morning we have intensified also operation in a 2nd tunnel we have information that around 30 people are trapped there and around 300 police officers are deployed there clearing the tunnel so that people can be rescued. according to information from the local authorities around 170 people are missing 12 people were rescued by a team on sunday from another tunnel. they say is the moment a small dam was swept away after part of a mountain glacier upstream broke unleashing a torrent of water and a brief one hydroelectric plant was destroyed another under construction was damaged or thora he said they were able to prevent further damage downstream by opening the gates to release water the tragedy occurred in northern india and the top of an area of the state of to rock out and this region in the himalayas is prone to flash floods and landslides in 2013 monsoon floods here killed 6000 people

and led to calls for a review of development projects in the state authorities say the main flood danger has passed but the work for rescue teams here. there's only just begun. and here are some more stories making headlines around the world floods caused by heavy rain have hit indonesia's capital jakarta the high waters triggered evacuations and power outages in some parts of the city households along the city's chilly one river were particularly affected floors and landslides are common in it's in india indonesia especially during the rainy season which runs from november to march. the corruption trial against israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has resumed in jerusalem netanyahu is accused of bribery fraud and reach of trust in 3 separate cases he denies the allegations the trial comes just 6 weeks

before netanyahu faces reelection. but this candidate andreas our rahlves has won a 1st round victory in ecuador's presidential election early estimates give him over 32 percent of the vote he will advance to a runoff scheduled on april the 11th 2 candidates are neck and neck for 2nd place. authorities in the netherlands declared a rare code red or merge in c. on sunday as the country was hit by its 1st proper snow storm in over a decade heavy snow also hit britain and germany causing widespread travel disruption and putting some coronavirus testing on hold. south africa has suspended its rollout of the oxford astra zeneca corona virus vaccine after a small clinical trial suggested it offered only minimal protection against mild to moderate illness from the covert but variant that originated in the country south africa received more than a 1000000 doses of the vaccine and had planned to start inoculating frontline

health care workers in the coming days authorities say that the vaccination program will proceed in the coming weeks but with vaccines by johnson and johnson and pfizer biotech instead. of get more we are joined by professor salim of dual careen he is south africa's leading infectious disease specialist and one of the chief medical advisor is to the south african government thank you so much for your time this afternoon sir why is suspend the astra zeneca vaccine rollout is it limited protection better than 0 production. so when we developed our overall exene strategy we always wanted to have a diversity of candidate since so as a senator was one of the candidates we selected based on the evidence that was available that showed it was effective against both mild and severe disease including hospitalization however the study that was just published that was just

released yesterday showed that some of the if you can see against mild disease is quite low and that's supported by look moderates the evidence is well now we are uncertain about where the past is and to go back see and also prevents the disease and hospitalization against the 5 a one wife the 2 variant that is prevalent in south africa and so in that kind of uncertainty we thought it prudent to put a delay on the rollout of b.s. as an intervention until we can establish the processes right clicked the information to this this ok and there has been some reaction we have to say to that decision professor sara gilbert for example oxford's lead vaccine developer she said that the vaccine should still protect against severe disease that she has at least optimistic that that is still the case in the meantime we've mentioned your

frontline workers your health care workers they were 1st in line to get this vaccine and that was supposed to happen in the in the coming days so what do you tell them now that it's on hold given that they are facing that risk on a daily basis. of course i wouldn't expect the investigators to say anything negative about their product but the reality is that the speculation doesn't help us we need evidence and the way in which we propose to collect that evidence is to actually roll out yes there's an income vaccine in a step wise manner where the 1st group that gets the vaccine we would assess hospitalization rates and if we find it's below the threshold and we will continue the rollout of the has to seneca vaccine if we find it's above that social will stop the astra zeneca vaccine because we would like the approach that we take to be based on the evidence we would want to see as rolling this out to healthcare workers only to find out later it doesn't prevent hospitalization and severe

disease as for the health care workers we have managed to secure some doses of the johnson and johnson back scene and those will start to be all about within the next week or 2 so it we haven't really impacted that much on our initial starting date what we have impacted is our scale up we now have to take a more prudent approach to scale up why are we scaling up the johnson and johnson vaccine we will in paddle out also be doing so with the asters an effort to assess its efficacy against hospitalization just briefly tell us what makes you think that the other vaccines will have better results. so as it stands right now the johnson and johnson vaccine has actually been studied in south africa in a very large child that included the o.t. as well and so they already have the evidence to show that against the variant

inside that ego that no one has 5 born why the 2 that the johnson and johnson vaccine is education suggests that and it's 85 percent difficult cases against hospitalization and severe disease so on that basis we feel quite confident to move forward with the johnson and johnson we do however want to ensure we have a diversity of products and so we do need to assess it's effect of the if you can see of each new vaccine whether it's as to senator or pfizer or i think those will have to be assessed as part of the rollout and that was salim updo karim south africa's leading infectious disease specialist speaking with me a little bit earlier let's take a look at some other developments in the pandemic british authorities say it's likely that people when they to receive a booster of the coven 1000 vaccine and that subsequent annual vaccinations like with the flu shots the u.k. like many countries is very soon to inoculate its population in the face of new variants authorities in south korea's capital seoul have launched

a testing program for pet cats and dogs after the country reported its 1st covert 1000 case in a kit 10 tests will be limited to pets showing symptoms of the virus who have been exposed to someone who tested positive and in the u.s. it has passed 27000000 cases of the coronavirus the highest number in the world that as president joe biden warns it will be difficult to vaccinate 75 percent of the population and achieve herd immunity by the end of the summer. now in other news it has been almost a year since the penn demick caused schools to abruptly shut forcing children into a new world of online learning the up evil has meant many hours away from activities and friends and plenty more time scrolling the internet and using social media add to that ongoing uncertainty about the future has experts concerned that teenagers in particular are increasingly vulnerable to radicalization by extremist groups the reporter kathleen just

star has been looking closely at this topic and joins us to discuss further so tell us a little bit more about these concerns. right well essentially media is hugely popular here in germany with most teens having you know they're on smartphones and many on social media any type of platform you could think of from instagram see you tube to snap chat to whatsapp which is widely used by most kids between the ages of 10 to 19 and i watched our groups have been warning for several years now that extremist groups also are on the exact same social media platforms they know how to use them and they are targeting teens and when you consider how much times are spending on the internet right now and the fact that the penn demick puts them at risk for being receptive to kind of extremist messaging it raises the question you know how concerned should we be right now what groups appear to be targeting teenagers out of a lot of the men. well the 2 big groups in germany are islamist extremists they were

talking about me a salafist in recent years it's also been the islamic state we're also talking about far right groups so you know the classic kind of image of neo nazis hooligans are what one extremism expert explain to me as the new right think the proud boys you know like a completely revamped image of far right ideology that looks really relatable and it's less about combat boots and skinheads and you know more about beards and button down shirts and just looking really presentable and the way that they're ruling kids in is that they're packing their messages in such a subtle way that it's hard for the authorities to clamp down on them much less teachers and parents recognizing what kids are looking at what are you being when you say subtle i mean what how are they doing this. so subtle meaning that they're producing high quality videos for you tube you know they have logos that look like they're done by graphic design firms to make them look legit you know where he might instagram accounts that are really well curated and might appear to only be

talking about family values or a love for him of germany in this case but when you start digging deeper as one professional told me you know you come across things gradually like anti-semitism islam phobia a conspiracy theories about you know trying to bring back an ethno state or the government trying to install a dictatorship so it's all pretty disturbing stuff and it's just you know not as obvious as it used to be and what's being done. so there are a number of initiatives in germany and one that i spoke with called career teaching that just wrapped up a pilot project and is now certified teachers they say you know counseling intervention is great but what it's going to take is many years of getting a dialogue going in schools between teachers and students where they can really feel open to talk about these concerns because some of the stuff the conspiracy is here that these groups are hitting on are concerns that they really have like about the pandemic and another cornerstone of that is making sure that teachers as well as students are aware of the own bias that they bring to the table and their own

prejudices so it's a long process but a lot is being done it hasn't slowed down during the pens emic it's just the big question is what are teenagers looking at at home away from teachers eyes that's what's more difficult right now as kathleen just there thank you thank you. we had to the u.s. now where donald trump's historic 2nd impeachment trial is opening this week with a sense of urgency democrats want to hold the former president accountable for the violence to u.s. capital see huge while republicans want it over as fast as possible the stark divide isn't only a political one it's every bit as obvious among ordinary americans. it's been over 2 months since election day but trump seems to be as present as ever in rural pennsylvania and his upcoming impeachment trial is finding little support here tonight. paula lynn grew up in piketon a small village on the outskirts of harrisburg he's about america we're not trump

followers we want somebody that represents. long time america and where we came from america is at a crossroads and pennsylvania is a prime example for the divide between rural and urban on the one hand you have trump supporters who still believe that the election was stolen on the other hand you have democrats who want to hold stolen from the accountable for the storming of the capitol ungenerous 6. only 20 minutes away an opto in harrisburg the political landscape changes from deep red to bright blue the democratic phenomenon which can be found all across america i'll be happy to give it all up front and his supporters why because the. capital you know i mean the lies that was lost for what i talked to 2 pennsylvanians state

senate is. because of covert restrictions is it really worth taking the risk to deepen the devide of the country even more with the impeachment there's a greater danger in not prosecuting yeah because by not doing it where more or less an ok it's all right that he did that we can go on he committed a crime. and he needs to be held accountable for the crime you know this is more than the republicans that's a different take it's not going to do anything that you know the nation i thought i'd obviously we want to show biden well. a great move he could do it is to say you know what and talk to his friends in the house and senate states stop it it's too symbolic it's meaningless he's out of office yet back in piked on paula does not feel optimistic about our country's future now that trump is no longer president it

will be a big divide. it's scary actually it's very scary because we're patriots or not going down easy and the next generation might be still living in a fractured nation on this the new president can prove such that. to the biggest event in american sports now that is more uniting for the country quarterback tom brady shown as the tampa bay buccaneers beat the kansas city chiefs on their home field in the super bowl brady secured his 7th super bowl title the most of any n.f.l. player and he gave the city of tampa bay a big reason to party. even the pandemic couldn't keep these fenced off the streets masks and social distancing were nowhere in sight not after the tampa bay buccaneers stomped kansas city $31.00 to $9.00 to win the super bowl the victory exceeded all expectations.

crazy to me that brady just come in and win the super bowl in every field by again like it was kind of a very minor bit of box where my boy for you to go to all game with the big stone burro was all my buddies guy called you know engaged i was stupid you know all of them are betting against the boxing you know you can't bet against tom brady that's and you really can't tom brady threw 3 touchdown passes he also see a record 7th super bowl title and a 5th m.v.p. award but was this championship more special. the girl special order or. it's been amazing you're making your restructure get start severance you would not have a rough stretch you are going to write unity and a lot better football down last december january and just really proud of all the guys. coaches after we put in. to understand just how

impressive all this says no other play in the n.f.l. has won more than 5 super bowls brady is also the oldest player to win the championship he's 43 but age is just a number and tom brady continues to fly high. now europe's most famous carnival has kicked off in venice where for a 2nd year of events are drastically scaled back because of the pandemic no throngs of tourists on st mark's square this here but some locals are donating costumes and mask of some of the traditional variety after businesses launched a campaign encouraging the nations to rediscover their city without the crowds but for the fans on able to visit right now some vents are being streamed online for their viewing pleasure wherever they are needy or the community that. own it that a good book good or 5 who's it look at a spot where they put the bin it's a quick reminder of the top story we're following for you here on t

w news police in myanmar have sworn to empty coup demonstrators to leave or be dispersed by force police fired water cannon against peaceful protesters as opposition to a military coup in the on mark grows increasingly volt. up next it is eco india our environment showed you see with us if you can for that i'm sara kelly in berlin as it was more on the web site t w dot com you can follow us on social media at t w as thanks for watching take care.

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one produces $300000000.00 tonnes of plastic every year and it's followed everywhere in cities in dolls and in villages that pollute land and oceans what can we do want to be eradicated of dependence on plastic that's what we talk about today how welcome to india. let's start with something that most of us me and many of us laugh. when we pick up a shirt we love dress that might look great we don't notice that more than 65 percent of all textile fibers using crude oil which is why the textile industry today is one of the biggest pollutants worldwide if you go for natural alternatives like cotton for example we're still a part of the woods cotton production needs a lot of water you know where does it on the world are experimenting with revolver t.v.'s which would cause the least amount of negative impact and hemp seems to be

one such natural fiber. interests used to live off tourism the oregon valley. is a popular destination peak season is from may to october but the pandemic has changed everything. around what needs to look for another source of income hemp might be the answer the plant flora she's here in the mountains. and has a tradition of hemp production that dates back centuries. until recently people didn't know much about him potential. we grew it mainly for personal use like making shoes and ropes but now we know that this product has

a value and can be sold at a price so it's only now that we're beginning to work with it commercially. while the fruits and flowers of hemp a variety of cannabis are banned in india under the 1985 narcotics drugs and psychotropic substances act the dried stock and seeds are not. had a cow and is the 1st state in the country granted a license to cultivate hemp for research and industrial use but only the non-narcotic variants of the plant the plants that traditionally grow here in the mountains contain high levels of psychoactive substances less than 40 kilometers away from raw its village and the town of people j.p. my tiny has been working closely with farmers to promote the extraction of hemp for industrial use. there but as the head of a federation of self-help groups my tony has been working to create local resource

based employment for the vulnerable mountain communities of the charm only district . but all got to believe one source of income is him cultivation itself the other is processing the fiber to make clothes. but then there is the processing of seeds to make protein products and oils the c.b.d. oil extracted from it is used in many are your verdict medicine so a single plant has about 1200 uses. or it also grows in 6 to 7 months doesn't attract blog life and it's not labor intensive. that's no burden on women and children really but it. has been working on projects with the gas federation for over 20 years. the drive stocks of hemp are processed into fiber to one and manages

a team of women from nearby villages employing them seasonally for a daily wage of 300 rupees just over 300 the number of women working here depends on how much hemp needs to be processed in a region where work has become increasingly difficult to find the project gives women like the one a hope. that here in the hills a lot of men are alcoholics they don't earn a living usually their wives are the ones who come here and work it's the only way they can afford to light their stoves at home. on average $100.00 kilos of dried hemp stock produces about 10 kilos of processed fiber. this is then made into garments. there's a growing demand for hemp clothing as organic eco friendly fashion becomes more trendy. but so far hemp processing hasn't really taken off the primary reason

being the local availability of the non-narcotic low t.h.c. seat. reality for now we are unable to produce the low t.h.c. seeds in the district we're working in that direction along with a few other companies they're trying to develop a lower t.h.c. seeds. but this needs a lot of research and it's a time taking process. in the meantime industrial hemp seeds are imported from the us australia and europe. the center for aromatic plants in data doon was established by the government its director near penn. played a key role in shaping state policy on hemp cultivation he's working together with research institutes to develop non-narcotic seeds in india which will not adversely affect local biodiversity and that if industrial hemp creates business

opportunities then why would people grow something that could land them in jail we are hoping to make these seeds available freely so that locals can grow industrial hemp in as much quantity as they want there are already comprehensive plans for him production in the pipeline. despite the challenges on the ground experts in the sector remain optimistic that hemp cultivation could become the backbone of the state's economy. the plant has been growing in these hills for centuries and has long been misused and misrepresented the new strategy could help improve the lives of the local population. when the plant has high t.h.c. seeds then people smoke it especially now when there's so much unemployment if we only grow low t.h.c. seeds then this problem can be prevented. is already doing better in the past year here and $5000.00 rupees around $56.00 euros by selling raw and fiber that's only

a small percentage of what he earned previously but he hopes that eventually cultivation will provide him with a reliable income. now historic perspective of being one of the 4th blondes to. use the both bought modern times hemp has a controversial reputation let's see how it's evolved over the last 200. this is automotive pioneer henry ford in the early 1940 s. leaning into a prototype made of plant based materials including hemp hardly a subtle product but savvy marketing the vehicle was lighter and more stable than its metal counterparts but it never went into mass production temp was an important commodity in the european textile industry into the 1800s until low cost cotton imports replaced it a cannabis plant it was later banned in many countries because of its intoxicating

qualities but attitudes towards cannabis have been changing in recent years. some countries such as canada have even legalized recreational marijuana at a national level. while industrial hemp has lower levels of psychoactive substances it does contain c.b.d. which is short for cannabidiol a drug that is said to have many positive effects including therapeutic ones there are currently 12 european countries that permit the use for medicinal purposes. there is. you will end up with a needle stuck with cannabis but it has been proven we want our patient to get symptom relief for the problems that can be pain or know what. to do to chemotherapy or radiation hemp is also being rediscovered as an environmentally

friendly building material it's breathable and can also help regulate the temperature and air moisture in buildings thus saving energy. this is classic wall insulation and can be a good alternative for polish styrene or mineral. hamper keeps out moisture and bugs when mixed with clay it can last for centuries. him is a renewable raw material but growing it is only allowed under strict conditions only particular varieties are permitted for large scale farming in the e.u. . industrial hemp is a plant that grows quickly and has multiple uses another advantage is that hemp farming uses 50 percent less water than cotton farming.

camp is also being combined again with synthetic materials to form composites automobile manufacturers like b.m.w. use hemp in car door panels. people can also purchase smart phone covers made of hemp creating these innovative materials is still labor intensive and expensive but industrial hemp has lots of potential it's also rich in protein omega 3 and omega 6 fatty acids as a result c.b.d. has become a darling of the lifestyle in the street it's found in trials medics like oils creams and soaps as well as food stuffs like lemonades cakes and coffee. in an ideal world we would only completely recyclable products we wouldn't have such a huge amount of plastic waste and we wouldn't find plastic everywhere in out of it

but unfortunately we don't live in that ideal world our plastic problem is saw huge it's estimated that by 2050 there will be more pieces of plastic than the number of fish. lucky for us that a many people who are trying to solve this problem we resistant some of them in germany. and i delete location on the who are river in western germany. take a closer look and it's not as beautiful. as. kevin know where and their classmates have come to do some fishing but not the usual kind it's trash they're fishing for. and here it doesn't take long there's lissa everywhere they look. and lots of different types of it and kevin and the where she was some discarded newspapers and cigarette lighters they worried they could cause wildfires . and there's plenty of plastic. and quite

a few glass bottles to. the students attend a local high school and are taking part in an initiative called plastic pirates it's a research project where young students get to do the work of real scientists. they take water samples and measure count and record the pieces of trash they recovered from the rivers and river that. scientists in kew use the data to generate a garbage map of german rivers and calculate how much trash ends up in the sea. since 2016 more than 15000 plastic pirates from 700 schools have collected samples from all over germany. the project is now being launched in other european countries to teach. for the past 2 years the school has included the topic of recycling on their curriculum. and the teachers are happy to do their part to inspire the budding scientists. out there. it's something i care about myself

it always bothers me when i see people leaving rubbish behind it specially when they have small children with them and are supposed to be setting an example. the work of the plastic pirates shows that on average one piece of trash can be found for every 2 square metres of riverbank in germany. france also has a project aimed at tracking down the trash it's called plastic origins and goes a step further using artificial intelligence and an app we want to move it out as much as brought us and citizens as we can to go on the reverse or you can create either through or walking around that we've got bags and using those data using the video footage that they are going to take over the river banks we will be able to analyze as we do detect early 2 items and uses data to my previous

plastic pollution the aim of plastic origins is to get straight to legislation introduced on plastic waste and regulatory limits for the amount of plastic in european rivers their garbage map is intended to identify especially polluted areas and it's important because it's going to help us. to know exactly where we should act 1st you know the pollution is coming from everywhere but we know that most of the poor. we found the ocean is transported by readers. right now we don't know which way ghosts of the most polluted. but the app contract micro plastics in germany and our own full kilos of micro plastics per person per year end up in the environment the main sources particles from vehicle to industrial waste and household garbage it's difficult for waste water treatment

plants to filter out the tiny particles but a munich startup called showing how it can be done using a.