this is g.w. newsline from berlin tonight no early exit from the coronavirus lockdown here in germany despite declining numbers of infections the viral variants have chancellor angela merkel insisting on extending restrictions for another month schools and here dressers make it a quicker free free also coming up tonight the wife of the kremlin critic alexina volney has flown into germany yulia noble najaf lands at frankfurt airport on the flight from moscow the russian opposition leader her husband has been in prison for

allegedly breaking his parole and 2 of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial believe prosecutor are choosing the former president of being the insider in chains responsible for january's riot at the u.s. capitol. i bring to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome germany's federal and state leaders have agreed to extend the country's coronavirus lockdown until march 7th the decision came after transfer i held a virtual summit with the leaders of germany 16 federal states. made it clear that she wanted the national lockdown extended for several more weeks at least schools shops bars restaurants and leisure facilities have been closed here in germany since mid december. the number of coded 1000 infections and deaths have been on the

decline here in germany but chancellor merkel is urging the public to stay vigilant and today's summit she warned that coronavirus mutations could fuel a new wave of infections this up this tiny little then this is a 3rd wave that we have to fight. and we can only fight it if we bring down the incident right. if health authorities get control of the virus again meaning they can begin contact tracing again then we can reduce the instant right even more with further steps. and that's what we want. one step in 15 states penetration that is why the period between now and meet march when the experts tell us that the meted viruses could gain the upper hand over the previous virus is so important that we must continue to reduce our case numbers and be very

careful. if what if he said i was the german chancellor speaking earlier tonight let's go now to our chief political editor we kill equipment she's been following the story for us because of the chancellor she entered the discussions today with a cautious approach and we know that she's worried about these viral variants did she get what she wanted. she did partly what she didn't get was that there is some kind of agreement on schooling she had to leave it to all 16 states which she legally have to anyway but she couldn't find a common line for those gradual school reopen next which some states want to proceed with and others don't what she did do is for the 1st time she pegged re openings very localized ones even to that magic formula which used to be 50 infections but 100000 people within the space of 7 days that was the threshold

when debate started about gradually getting out of the lock down that's now down to 35 because of the fear of those mutations but at the same time there's a promise that if this can be reached at the very local level that there could be very local openings so that's a real change in the approach as this mutation is of arriving and do we know how is this going to go down with the public that people have been living in a lockdown now for months. yes well still upwards of way beyond 50 percent of our behind the locked down at the same time when you talk to politicians the conversations that they have in their constituencies then they've really felt the pressure and we can see now that had to us is out of all trades will be allowed to open again from the 1st of march that psychology is it is

based in fact because they want to demonstrate that there is some kind of light at the end of this very long very dark tunnel yes but enough cannot be said about getting a good haircut these days they are rare between let's talk about the vaccination campaign speaking of something that is rare the campaign has had a bumpy start it's been too slow that's what people are saying how is it going. but slightly picking up speed but at the same time still is germany which has some $83000000.00 inhabitants is that the level of israel when it comes to weekly vaccinations at the rate of $700000.00 so that's by far not enough but that is the promise from the german health minister that soon there won't be enough capacity to get all of those vaccinations because so much vaccine is of arriving here actually delivered to people so that's the next challenge but germany has been slow on the

uptake it remains way too slow to deliver fast enough what is the ultimate exit from this pandemic vaccinations and that's why michael is so much insisting on breaking off contact any spread of any mood taishan in this time yes very good point it's hard for people to accept a longer lockdown when they know that the vaccine is there are many thanks because look if you're with the latest tonight you're in berlin. well there are reports tonight that the wife of. critical of all the has arrived here in germany from russia germany's magazine is reporting that. landed in frankfurt after flying in from this evening. comes a week after her husband was sentenced to nearly 3 years in prison for allegedly violating his probation as he recovered from a poisoning attack. are with me this is my colleague he's been following the story

what more do we know where you said it brant. reportedly according to dish beagle which is one of germany's most respected weekly magazines has landed in frankfurt earlier today russia's interfax news agency news agency had reported that she had left moscow we didn't hear anything for a few hours then came this report from spiegel there's no confirmation yet from these camp we have no reason to doubt spiegel's reporting according to the god in which has spoken to me sources it's reporting that. exit from russia is temporary and not a permanent one that's according to the guardian surprising considering the situation with her husband right now exactly yulia is someone that's constantly

stood by her husband's side of a since he's poisoning last august and then he's the recuperation and then his eventual return to russia on january the 17th at the moment there she can't be by his side because he has been sentenced to 2 years and i months in prison for allegedly violating the terms of his probation on an invisible man to conviction he wasn't able to field a probation because he was in germany being treated for poisoning i guess we have to look at it from her point of view was well. have returned to russia on gender the 17th tens of thousands of people have taken to the streets in support of an a valley and then in protest at his conviction there's been a huge crackdown on anyone really associated opposition activists anyone really seemed to be connected to alexei navalny has been targeted and if you remember when . he came here to berlin for treatment after the poisoning attack then of course

took a medical emergency and turned it into a diplomatic situation for russia in germany with his wife coming to germany now going to see any impact on ties between germany and russia well what we know from the past week is that russia. expelled diplomats from germany poland and sweden and then germany acted in concert i guess we really have to see what the diplomatic repercussions could be that have been some already going to be good to exactly what the reason for this visit or this trip find out hopefully sooner rather than later thank you jim. well the army and b.m.r. has raided the party headquarters of detained leader aung sang suu kyi the international community becoming increasingly concerned with the united states expected to announce sanctions on myanmar later today meanwhile the military is

tightening its grip on power and cracking down on nationwide protests anti cool activists have returned to the streets for a 5th day to demand the release of their elected leaders and to highlight their grievances they are using ever more creative tactics. sitting in inflatable tubs this group of young protest isn't yang gonna risking their lives. their protest tactics quirky humor and the use of english i knew from miami oh my. god. this is one protest idea from the young generation we're always thinking about how to be more creative because we need international attention. younger generations are using both social media and lessons learned from activists and neighboring hong kong and thailand to gain support.

there on the streets dressed as beauty queens. c or going shirtless like these members of a bodybuilding club to show their opposition to the coup. demonstrators calling for an end to the military dictatorship and freedom for the nation's elected leader aung san suu kyi and her allies they also want to new constitution and the return to democratic freedoms the groups remain undeterred off to choose days violence security forces declared the rallies illegal drenching peaceful protesters with water cannons there are reports that police fired live rounds to disperse some marchers. a teenage protester was shot and critically injured waiting outside the hospital where the 19 year old girl is fighting for her life her sister vowed to keep demonstrating. your dollar

i will keep protesting until we can get rid of this military dictatorship for the sake of my sister i want to ask people around the world to support this protest. abana strong from the highway railing shows the end get go. many of the demonstrators are shocked but still determined to get a handle on it. now we see that the military is taking brutal action against us but we young people will lead the protests 3 various groups and every peaceful way we're voting on its own rules oh my god she's a man. i care for you and restrictions and gatherings have been put in place but they have not stopped fresh protests from breaking out across the country. well here are some more of these stories that are making headlines around the world a powerful earthquake has struck the south pacific triggering a tsunami warning from new zealand and other countries in the region the magnitude

7.7 tremor struck east of the loyalty islands authorities in new zealand have warned the public to stay away from the beaches along the northern coast. one of saudi arabia's most vocal women's rights activists has been released from prison jane has or was arrested in 2018 allegedly for violating counter-terrorism laws charges that critics described as politically motivated she openly advocated for the right of women to drive and for and into the country's restrictive male guardianship system. poland's independent media outlets have temporarily suspended programming to protest a planned new advertising tax critics say the tax represents an attempt by the country's government to undermine press freedoms the government says this new solidarity tax is needed to raise money with state finances strained by the endemic . clashes have erupted in the greek capital between police and students protesting

against planned education reforms the measures include the formation of special units to police university campuses critics say the reforms threaten academic freedoms built up after the end of military rule in the 1970 s. . where democrats are laying out their case on this day 2 of donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial trump is accused of inciting the riot at the u.s. capitol building on january 6th in which 5 people die in pietschmann managers are arguing that trump undermined the election for months democrats and trump's defense team now both have 2 days to present their case in the u.s. senate here's what the prosecutor jamie raskin had to say earlier today the evidence will show that he clearly incited the january 6th insurrection. it will show that donald trump surrendered his role as commander in chief and became the inciter in chief of

a dangerous insurrection. and this was as one of our colleagues put it so cogently on january 6th itself the greatest betrayal of the presidential oath in the history of the united states. are in the street the story out of washington our correspondent stefan simons on the story for us going to do you on this trial i daresay is becoming must see t.v. in the u.s. what are we seeing so far from house impeachment managers. right it's on all channels from top to bottom wall to wall and the question is is america mesmerized with the performance of the house managers of the house impeachment managers of the democrats making their case and what are they trying to do as you said before trying to make 3 points donald trump was responsible for what happened on generous 6 be they he knew what he was doing and see he had

a plan and it started all long before that with citing lies that he lost the election that the election was rigged is that result and not to forget different phone calls to different officials in in different states to put them under pressure to find them remember the phone call to georgia to the secretary of state there to find them 11000 votes and so on the democrats so far making their case and their timeline in very very very much detail we haven't seen what they have promised yet and that is new video video which has nobody seen which is from the closed circuit television cameras in the capitol so we're still waiting to watch for this and the watch and see what they are providing in their case to make their case yesterday 13 minutes video as you know that was pretty impressive and very emotional and have to say that to rep it up the democrats try the house impeachment just try to keep this not just very factual but also very emotional to get to the republicans to the republican senators who are likely who are not likely to vote in

their favor or for a conviction of the whole trump in that matter that video we're going to be looking at the video coming up on the day right after this news bulletin you mentioned timeline i know the trial is expected to be a speedy one because be over a week from today why are both sides so eager to have this wrapped up. well there it's got a little bit complicated but 2 main things are democrats and the white house joe biden is they want this to be over one way or another why because they want to be back in the limelight and the white house and joe biden needs to push some policies he promised in his campaign through the senate he so the white house needs the legislative to be actually working on things not just to do this impeachment trial there chris have promised they can do both at the moment they're actually busy presenting their case today for 8 hours tomorrow for 8 hours and then it's the republicans turn sless not the republicans turn the lawyers of dollars for 2 days

also one way or another the republicans have an interest of course to make this very very very very speedy because they want to leave the past behind they want to focus towards the future of course get on a new track positive and already elections in 2022 in mind i mean we saw yesterday this vote on the constitutionality of just impeachment trial the voting was largely there along party lines that's what we're going to see for the the verdict in this case is what people are saying right. yeah absolutely you're right there is no doubt that most bets are on voting along party lines yesterday 7 republicans voted with democrats for for the declaration of this trial to be constitutional but at the end is an acquittal or a conviction of paul jump likely there will be at least 4044 republicans as

it looks like now who vote against a a conviction that means he will be acquitted all right still to be used to funds imes with the latest on that impeachment trial in washington stefan thank you. belo russo has been rocked for months now by protests over that disputed reelection of the hardline leader alexander lukashenko more than 30000 people have been arrested since last august but the unrest shows no sign of easing prominent bella ruffian athletes like the olympic basketball player elaina chunka are among those pushing for change she was jailed for 15 days for protesting speaking from athens greece where she now plays basketball she told the w. news that she still supports the opposition movement. before i am an athlete i am a human human being i have

a right and constitution on my conscience to. raise my kenyan to not be clean with something maybe an apple or a it was time for me to to give the fans for the people that supported me throughout my career and i use my platform and my words and all those terrible terrifying events happen and. i can be quiet and. there was no other option for the one we i did together we knew there is a chance that we are not an exception and the government can use us to show other athletes to show people that you know that anyone the. my father dropped me off that they were poor and i was racking my leg each and insulates have managed order and when i turn around there was 2 police men and they said they are there to

arrest me for participating in protest i mean you literally couldn't sell it's very very small and my 2nd day there they have taken everything from us they've taken matches to so you can literally the only place you can sit is kind of bench. to turn off the hot water our tool it was an election. in 15 days i was there at the now it's acoustic shower i believe till the last minute because they didn't release nina rested in jail they took me they put me in a car the only way i could i would never lax when i found that car and i have not accomplished how my dad and i acted like a lot of it we want to just add to that and i love that we want to just add this is one thing just being i'm using. without knowing who are in charge of their plight here if you would have told me you know i'm going to be arrested. right away but i don't regret anything that has happened to me throughout my career i

learned this from negatives you've got to look at the positives that shape your mind. and this is where. are the best of all to football now are immune to prepare for tomorrow's final of the club world cup in qatar the team has confirmed that a top player drone boa tang has taken leave for personal reasons but one thing is a defender from bahrain and german media reporting that his former partner has died owen saying was a starter in monday's semifinal win over egyptian side. now in bahrain are bidding to make football history has more on their match up in the final with mexican club secrets. hante flick has almost done it all by the number one club in the world one a handful of titles in 2020 everything from the bundesliga to the champions league

the visually became part of byron silverware collection that season now in qatar bahrain have one more title to go winning everything plus the fifa club world cup is tantamount to football perfection it's only been done once before back in 2009 by barcelona. winning the final am at the club world cup. the cherry on top. with all of the titles we've won. and then when this additional one. navy at 1st you don't think about it that much and that also the but in the end when you know only one team has won 6 titles and the season is on the south and you have the chance to be the 2nd team it's a chance to make football history for us and i have been chasing history robert living golf ski fief is reigning footballer of the year has scored $27.00 goals

this season and he helped by and reached their 1st fifa club world cup final since 2013 success would add a cherry to the dream season hansei flicks already had it by iron in his 1st season in charge. arnelle to south korea where efforts are being stepped up to halt coronavirus cases among peoples pets the capital seoul is offering free testing for pets whose owners have tested positive a kitten has become south korea's 1st confirmed case of animal cove with 19. this is no ordinary trip to the veterinarian health care workers made a house call to test this dog for the corona virus. after some coaxing the animal emerged from its kennel of course series of swabs as of monday house pets can be tested free of charge if they meet their requirements.

for those. dogs and cats that came into contact with the confirmed patient can apply for testing. if it's determined that there are symptoms you can contact the animal department and a team of health care workers will visit your home to collect the sample from to its orbit and. pets who test positive must remain in isolation for 14 days at home. around the world other animals including zucker realist and mink have tested positive for cove at 19. the officials here aren't taking any chances after months of rising cases the numbers in south korea are now on the decline restrictions are slowly being eased and the 1st vaccine has been approved in the country. other local governments plan to follow in seoul

footsteps to ensure these 4 legged friends are also free to roam. the pets when northern europe has spent the last few weeks walking carefully through snow to avoid any slip ups but they finish artist has taken this to a whole new level yarn a pooka and some local volunteers use nothing but their footsteps to create this elaborate work of art not far from the capitol hill seeing the patterns were combined to resemble massive snow flicked the whole piece 160 meters across but it's unlikely to stand the test of time heavy snow no surprise is forecast for the next few days. enjoy it while you can. and here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you germany's leaders have agreed to extend the national walk down until march 7th chancellor angela merkel has insisted on restrictions remaining in place despite falling numbers of infection schools in hairdressers may be able to open earlier and the wife of

kremlin critic. to have flown from russia to germany newsmagazine says that you will you have. landed in frankfurt on the flight from moscow this evening the russian opposition leader her husband has been imprisoned for allegedly breaking his approval. you're watching live from berlin after a short break i'll be back to take you through tonight's the 2nd day of the 2nd impeachment trial.

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much work and really get it. we still have time to ask and doing. what it says. that some scribes and more news like this. if the 1st impeachment trial of donald trump seemed abstract and cerebral this trial is visceral the evidence experienced by the jurors themselves as the trial began yesterday prosecutors revealed never before seen disturbing video of the storming of the u.s. capitol the senators watched connected by images on the screen and in their collective memory the president's attorneys then delivered what.