this is the w. news live from berlin myanmar police clamp down on tens of thousands defy a protest by a 4th straight day of determines the mass street protests after a military coup that overthrew aung san suu cheez elected government protesters are demanding the restoration of democracy also coming up. is there life on mars as not one but 3 probes close in on the red planet we ask what exactly is there to gain from this race into space.

welcome to the program security forces in myanmar again used water cannon to disperse crowds after people defy the ban and demonstrated for a 4th day against a military coup some reports also suggest police have been firing gunshots into the air the junta has now imposed a curfew on the young go on and mandalay pro-democracy activists say they will continue to fight. oh. a ban on gatherings hasn't deterred from here in the capital naypyidaw police fired water cannon and protesters rallying for their freedom. to mounting a return to democracy and the release of elected leader aung sang suu kyi from

naypyidaw. to mandalay. to yang gone. the week of military rule in me and man has triggered a groundswell of demonstrations right across the nation. everywhere the same demand. from china i want unsung suchi and president when meant to be released quickly we want all the people from the winning party the n l d to be released that's what we all want the n.m.i. feeling miserable. in his 1st t.v. address to the nation not the country's new military latest sought to justify the coup repeating allegations of fraud in last year's election. we're investigating the responsible for eighty's regarding voter fraud. promised fresh elections but gave no timeline for when they might be held. the comments have done nothing to

quell the anger and defiance of these protestors he say it's too little too late. they want the army out and say compromise is no longer an option. spoke to i'm in town and journalist and young gone i'm young mama i asked how the situation is developing where she is. the situation is much more defiant than it was yesterday i think if you were looking at the coverage from the protests yesterday you saw a lot more families a lot more people. really trying to express themselves i think everyone kind of saw on the other the really sort of protest but today the scenes are much more. prepared for violence i saw a lot of people wearing hard hats today. sort of being that you see a construction site as well as a lot more people way sneakers which i think if you're not from here you might not

quite understand that you are in the country where most people are wearing sandals even in colder areas where they might be wearing a scar and gloves but they will still be candles and so those it's significant change. support seems to be growing there are reports of some firefights even a policeman joining the protests. yes there were marches fired by those who have been joining so the civil disobedience movement is definitely growing you know it started out with largely teachers and medical workers but that myanmar state the amount of people who are civil servants and they are constitutes a very large amount of the population and the protestors know this and because of this a lot of beach hats that we've been seeing the last few days have been really is that the police to say you're the people's police joining us. you have covered the developments for years usually charged when you see so many people are on the

streets to fight for that tell you stuff democracy that they have been able to enjoy for a couple of years now. yes i think it's really encouraging to see that people are now taking to the streets and doing so in such a focused and specific way what specific demands and i think you're in the intro earlier as well. it's not just that people are asking for the the freedom of access to you and other political prisoners and respecting the election result but they're also very vocally a publicly demanding for a. constitution that the army wrote in 2008 to be. created the constitution essentially and protest what had really died down after the assassination of the and i believe they're 30 years ago because he was one of the main people pushing away in the report we saw one of the generals promising

elections soon trust. i will say that when you if you don't watch any of the facebook live videos because they're not allowed to stream since facebook has banned military. outlets from there you will see that almost everyone is reacting with the hospital and most of the comments are accusing him of being a liar so i think you get a good sense of the people thought that but it doesn't sound like this situation will be. solved with peaceful negotiations. well. i'm not sure about that i do know that the the leaders on the ground in terms of the civil disobedience movement their goals are largely to cripple or to completely stop. them from you know our state of being in the ship and if people

are able to band together and essentially bra burning regime of any legitimacy as well as any cooperation in terms of you know in acting their role then i think it is something that can be possible without violence. pulitzer prize winning journalist young or myanmar many thanks for the time. thank you for having. some news headlines now a court in hong kong has denied bail for jimmy la a newspaper publisher and government critic he faces charges under the toto as national security law well i was arrested in december in a crackdown on pro-democracy activists protesting chinese influence in hong kong. german exports tumbled 9.3 percent in 2022 to corona virus trade disruptions according to new government figures meanwhile new lockdown measures have put a trade recovery that began in the 2nd half of last year in december german exports

edged up just 0 point one percent. rescue efforts continue in the indian himalayas following sunday's down collapse 26 people have been confirmed dead and some 170 more are still missing was overwhelmed in a flash flood after part of a glacier broke off. the members germany poland and sweden expelled 3 russian diplomats on monday in a coordinated response to the expulsion of the country's own diplomats by russia last week russia had accused the diplomats of participating in demonstrations in support of jailed kremlin critic they say. global health authorities have sort of reassure the public about existing coronavirus vaccines following concerns over their effectiveness against new virus variants prison staff you see chief medical officer urged people to receive a covert 19 inoculation now if offered saying he was confident that current

vaccines had a substantial effect on preventing serious illness even from new variants britain is one of many countries that has bought large amounts off of r c developed by oxford university and astra zeneca. at the weekend south africa suspended plans to launch a mass vaccination program using that vaccine study showed that even though it largely prevents the illness from getting serious it offered less protection against mild to moderate illness caused by the virus variant that originated in south africa to the abuse everyone creech reports from that. it was supposed to be the turning point in south africa's fight against corporate 19 the arrival of 1000000 doses of the astra zeneca havoc seen last week presidents who run up was and the health minister came to receive it personally but the doses will remain in storage for now and you study suggests the vaccine appears to offer only minimal

protection against mild and moderate disease from the new variants that was discovered in south africa the government's roll out plan is now on hold. if we want to send is a risk what do we do with a citizen you can. just dream. it is watching what. we do upward so there is no potential sense because we speak it is to find out so just how to deal with it for it is clear however that health workers will not stop receiving the vaccine as planned this week and for the rest of the population there's even one certainty that is quite unfortunate because we actually thought the vaccine was going to help people especially in south africa and i do need it actually i needed. to show on that note that i don't wish really no vaccine means nicole would you know go along and that means a longer lockdown for all of us meaning people in charge meaning. when they going

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johnson and johnson vaccine that delivered promising results against the new variant new deliveries are expected in the next weeks but in the long run it is scheduled to be manufactured in south africa. we're taking a trip into space now where not one but 3 nations are currently in a race to reach mars perseverance rover will arrive on the red planet in just over a week but china's mission to mars arrives tomorrow and today is the day the amal probe sent by the united arab emirates and to mars orbiter it represents a giant leap for that country. the u.a.e. probe is called or hope it's been traveling between earth and mars for the past 6 months it enters mars orbit on tuesday. this is either going to work or it's not going to work there's nothing in between it's not a spectrum of success now they could only wait and see if the mission goes

according to plan. leads the u.a.e. mars mission the 34 year old is one of 70 women on the emirates team that developed the probe the u.a.e. government which provided $200000000.00 to launch the project wants to inspire more women to go into science. we need to have a greater risk appetite to be able to work in areas that is considered a quite challenging especially when it's the transformation of your economy to be based on science and technology the emirates oil reserves are dwindling with only enough oil left for a few decades so the u.a.e. are no developing their image in the fields of science and technology this has allowed our researchers and our huge for science to get to a point where they are able to work with the global mars science community in a short amount of time so as we started this mission about 7 years ago it's a short amount of time for any nation to enter into any scientific community and

this is one of the main proponents all of our space exploration the probe will monitor weather patterns on mars and it will also help the u.a.e. establish itself as a technology hub of the future. on some sports tennis day one of the australian open didn't go well for germany's. who won the open in melbourne 5 years ago the multiple grand slam winner crashed out in the 1st round 2 but not apparent in straight sets tested positive for corona virus on her flight to australia was among the players who had to be hunted quarantined in a hotel room prior to the tournament. that's been rescued after causing chaos during rush hour traffic in the australian city of adelaide the muscle peels attempt at crossing a 6 lane freeway resulted in a total of 6 cars crashing no ambulance was required for the injured motorists

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