this is the w. news live from berlin chancellor angela merkel defends germany's continued lockdown in front of part expressing empathy for haha the restrictions are for people on the knuckle calls for patience for a few more weeks so germany can conquer the panda. also coming up prosecutors unveiled chilling images to make their case against donald trump on the 1st full day of arguments in his impeachment trial data shows rises breaking into the capitol as overwhelmed police officers plead for. the hong kong was over

seas trying to keep their traditions alive revisit the market in taiwan where hong kong was afraid to purchase and sell political merchandise something the past the possible at home since beijing's crackdown on pro-democracy activists. welcome to the program german chancellor angela merkel has defended the decision to extend germany's lockdown until march 7th telling parliament that easing restrictions too early could leads to a rebound of the virus that has said this is a hard winter but patience and perseverance are key she expressed concern about new aggressive mutations saying they could on the may undermine vaccinations trotted.

she also defended the e.u. wide vaccination program and a unified european pass out of the panda pay tribute to the more than $60000.00 people who have lost their lives to the coronavirus in germany she said politicians over to them to make the right decisions now. she also acknowledged people's freedoms are being limited in a way that would have been unacceptable before the pandemic i think that isn't your average remark or see it is our duty not to have the restrictions one day longer the needed and to lift them when they are no longer necessary that is exactly the goal of the government and i know it's also the goal of the entire german parliament. for an assessment of that speech and the reactions are now joined by the w.s.j. physical editor here krishna standing by the german parliament has been speaking on till a few moments ago of the debate is now going on here was the goal defined by anglo-american

indeed shared by the whole of the parliament what was the reaction like. well there is also quite a bit of criticism from the opposition chiefly from the f.t. which questions a very basis of action both facsimile and legally there was criticism from the free democrats who demanded that this hansen inform parliament before those key meetings with the state premiers and not afterwards and at the same time challenging her on the very aspect of using all the digital the technical abilities to full force to beat and to live with this pandemic that is something i'm going to call says germany will have to learn the world will have to learn and there was this looming fear of those mutations getting the upper hand something she yesterday evening said would simply happen that that is the fact and she wants to nip that potential 3rd wave building up in the bud now setting

a new target after the whole country was so working towards those that infection rate of 50 people 210-0000 habitants within the space of 7 days that has now been lowered to 35 so once again the german chancellor here asking for yet more patience under the ground of bringing down to 35 factional it has been improving over the last couple of weeks. government justifying standing then the lockdown for another month. well that's another 3 weeks and really that 1st figure of 50 was just as random as the $35.00 what these figures are is they are a mixture of the scientific advice which is actually more down towards 10 and then what is politically feasible and that's how we end up in these very hours long debates also that lead to anger the macro basically giving up and bringing her

state premiers in line when it comes to school openings here every of the 16 states will do as they see fit and that already creates a crack in what is seen as a key achievement in this pandemic which is all states acting at the same time together so yes there is continuing criticism and a german chancellor adamant that these measures now need to be taken or else there could be scenes like in britain for instance like in portugal and that is something that nobody wants here. chief political. u.s. president joe biden has announced new sanctions against the military regime that seized power in myanmar this is one of our said leader aung san suu cheez closest aides was detained in a new wave of overnight arrests tens of thousands have been taking to the streets

to protest against last week's military coup. the wife of a jailed kremlin critic alexander valley has flown to germany from russia according to german news magazine there should be the julian fled from moscow to frankfurt on wednesday last week her husband was sentenced to nearly 3 years in jail for violating his probation he was poisoned in siberia. while saudi arabia's most vocal women's rights activist has been released from prison nugent was arrested in 2018 allegedly for violating counter-terrorism laws charges critics described as politically motivated she openly advocated for the right of women to drive and for an end to the country's restrictive male guardianship system . china says its space probe person assess fully entered mazas orbit in the 7 months after its launch the space aim to complete one full

with around miles before attempting to land on the red planet marks a key milestone in china's mars exploration program. in the u.s. house democrats have wrapped up their 1st full day of arguments donald trump's 2nd impeachment trial the former president is accused of inciting the riot at the capitol building in which 5 people died last month prosecutors unveil chilling new video of the violent mall breaking into the building and the subsequent chaos fit. on the 2nd day of the impeachment trial democratic prosecutors wasted little time to make their case. they used security camera footage to reconstruct in painstaking detail how the rioters worked their way into the inner sanctum of u.s. democracy coming within touching distance of the politicians inside. as the riders reached the top of the stairs they were within 100 feet of where the vice

president was sheltering with his family and they were just a feet away from one of the doors to vist chamber where many of you remained at that time you can see vice president pence and his family quickly moved down the stairs the vice president turns around briefly as he's headed down. other footage leaves little doubt about the mob's violent intent. recordings of police radio calls show how the embattled officers lost control of the situation. they were doing there. where are. you going 4. or what moderate root beer oh you're up there. were heard you heard a girl. we knew someone you work a couple of hours during. the rioters did

finally manage to breach the senate floor prosecutors say they acted at donald trump's behest. this was not a coincidence none of this was donald trump over many months cultivated violence praised it and then when he saw the violence his supporters were people who love he channeled it to his big wild historic event democrats hope these dramatic images will convince some of their republican counterparts to vote to convict the former president. with millions of americans watching the televised proceedings the intensity of the prosecutor's arguments has reverberated far beyond the senate chamber. as lunar new year pro-choice is a traditional market in taipei is taking on special significance as the only lunar

new year market where hong kong was in taiwan are free to purchase and sell political merchandise it was something quite common back home in hong kong but things have changed drastically since beijing's heavy and that crackdown in the city. the smell of hong kong dame some walk through this type airlie this is the chinese new yemen. tolga nice by hong kong us who have gone into exile. home one or years ago i hope hong kong people can get a taste of home to encourage them to support each other as we struggle to survive in a foreign land all through all this is the 1st lunar new year many hong kong those in taiwan are spending away from home most of them are stuck here because of the pandemic and the political turmoil back home. before beijing imposed this national security law last year you can frequently find political much dies in the chinese syria markets across hong kong now that tradition can only be continued

democratic taiwan. free hong kong revolution now these slogans have been banned in hong kong how ironic is it that we can still chant them as much as be like in taiwan why has hong kong become like that. along with visit. all the booths year our yellow ribbon stores indicating their support for the pro-democracy movement in hong kong some so products made by hong kong designers some of the revenue were flown to needy hong kong as in taiwan. the market attracts a few 100 facade has mostly hong kong students and university in taiwan they are dotted all the holy. we've been studying here for many years we never had such hong kong people's gatherings before. we used to be scattered across different schools but because of the pro-democracy movement and the political upheaval we

gather together and spread the word that you will be arrested if you speak up in hong kong and gong li hongzhi all of the delegation was as well as that are they to be honest we can experience firsthand what happened in hong kong we feel more or less guilty we come here today as a group of guilty hong kong nurse hoping to do something or simply to support each other. you know at the high. tens of thousands of hong kong ers have already fled their hometown in fear of beijing's crackdown those now overseas are trying hard to keep their traditions alive. this event has a spiritual meaning there are things we can no longer do in hong kong but we can still do elsewhere in the world we can't stop what we're doing because of the oppression we must keep going wherever we are. these hong kong eyes don't know

when they can go home but home is always send their hearts. some sports news now out of japan yoshiro mori president of the tokyo 2020 olympics organizing committee is set to step down on friday 83 year old morant made sexist remarks about female board members during a meeting which set off a firestorm in the media initially mori refused to step down but after nearly 400 volunteers quit from the games earlier this week to who organizers revisited morris position as president according to sources replacement has already been found. downhill skiing a great ted ligety says his giant slalom race next week at the world championships will be his last 2 time olympic gold medalist and 5 time world champion will retire at the age of 36 because he was the forefront of pushing change in his career

but spoke out against the trend of straight of course settings he can paint for more curbs and heads and steady is many victories mark him as one of the great his american skiers of all time. the tampa bay buccaneers football team have celebrated their victory in sunday's super bowl with a boat parade in their hometown fans and players took to the water and boat sailed down the hillsborough river in tampa thousands of supporters lined the river bank to cheer on their heroes city officials and asked attendees to wear masks and socially distance but their request was largely ignored. you're watching the news here's a reminder of the top story we're following for you german chancellor angela merkel has addressed the blonder star defending her reopening strategy and calling for patience on wednesday of not. announced that the coronavirus locked off will be

extended until at least march 7th vakil said the government's objective is to lift the restrictions as soon as possible. to watch if you don't use dog film is coming up next all about the dangers of sleep deprivation and remember you can get all the information on our website got alphas press which. young german jewish i'm jewish so what. does that mean in daily life and at school 11 teenagers 11 stories. i'm jewish and so. on.