it into the comments made by sergey lavrov and other russian officials today. while rebecca suggestions that russia might be preparing for war have certainly perplexed the government here in berlin the foreign ministry spokesman said that these comments from circle of rolf were strange and hard to understand that other german politicians have been pointing out. that you know russia would perhaps act in its against its own interests if it still aided itself from the e.u. and suggesting this is just saber rattling the german foreign minister heiko marse has condemned russia's treatment of alexina valley and opposition protesters but has also said that germany continues to be interested in cooperation with russia they don't want to drive russia or into the arms of china as he put it but of

course these type of comments from the russian foreign minister don't make the dialogue and corporation any easier what about their german government approach to sanctions especially when it comes to their position on that controversial gas pipeline between the 2 countries. well burd lin has not ruled out more e.u. sanctions being imposed on russia and of course some other e.u. countries are quite keen on that idea but of course the german relationship on this point is overshadowed by the nord stream to gas pipeline project angela merkel and her coalition partners are sticking with that that plan that project is nearly complete despite the growing and increasingly all double opposition to its donald trump was against north stream 2 there are hopes that the biden administration might be a bit more ignore stick germany would like to get talks going with the new administration on nordstrom to if they can and there's hope for some movement in

this area but now it seems there is a new threat to the north stream to project which germany says is important for its energy supply and that's coming from russia's internal politics and indeed the e.u. reaction to it so it's a very complex situation from germany's point of view runtime and thank you 31 at simon young and on then. well turn to some more of the some other stories making headlines around the world this hour it cranium president for a lot of years olinsky has visited the frontline of the conflict in eastern ukraine after 2 ukrainian soldiers were killed there in clashes with russia backed separatists fillets he said attacks had increased recently and accuse the separatists of wanting to disrupt a ceasefire agreed last july. dozens of tennesseans have blocked roads in the poor southern region of tata win in protest of what they see as broken government promises last november the government pledged to create hundreds of jobs and

a fund to support economic projects the protesters say they have not materialized. china's broadcasting regulator has banned b.b.c. world news it's a largely symbolic move as the channel was only easily accessible to foreigners britain had earlier revoked the u.k. license of china's c g t and watchdogs concluded the network was controlled by the chinese communist party . lawyers for donald trump or opening the defense case in the 2nd impeachment trial of the former u.s. president prosecutors in congress have wrapped up their arguments they urge senators to convict trump for inciting the violent mob which stormed the capitol building last month the. prosecutors made their closing pitch on the 3rd day of the impeachment trial of donald trump without using up their allotted speaking time of 16 hours. i wanted to start

simply by saying that in the history of humanity democracies an extremely rare and frau draw and precarious and transitory thing this isn't just an attack on the capitol building and the dedicated people inside it was an attack on what we were elected to preserve our democracy. and of the prosecution made heavy use of video footage of the january 6th riots to prove that the former president had incited the violent insurrection. impeachment is not to punish but to prevent we are not here to tarnish donald trump we're here to prevent the seeds of hatred that he planted from bearing any more fruit republican lawmakers were quick to dismiss the arguments if you think that

the arguments today. that they were all repetitive. i'll put it all in. a 2 thirds majority is needed to impeach trump meaning 17 republican senators have to cross the aisle. let's go straight to washington now and bring in our correspondent stephanie simmons is following the story stephanie moving into day number 4 it's about to kick off today it's time for trump's attorney david sherman and his team to put their side forward what can we expect. yeah though the defense team of all time just started we have live pictures this is michael funded dean now making the case and 1st out of the gate he says of course all of the house impeachment managers the prosecutors or the democrats who function as prosecutors said in the last 2 days is a unjust and be unconstitutional of course democrats and

a few republicans beg to differ on this but the problem is as you said democrats have to win over 17 republican senators to find donald trump guilty of inside the of the insurrection on general use thinks and this is very unlikely now what are we going to see today we're going to see today a case made by the defense team it's not expected anymore that they need another day meaning tomorrow meaning another 8 hours they were probably read up today within today and within the hour scheduled a little breaks after every 2 hours and a big break at 5 pm local here for everybody the republican senators their critics senators and everybody involved in this so and witness is probably not likely. now that the riot that quite chilling riot footage has played a big pot in this trial how much of an effect do you think that had on senate. that's a very good question and

a hot one to answer it definitely had some effect on maybe all of the republican senators who the democrats are trying to win over to find dolls from guilty of inciting this insurrection and being responsible even in the forefront for what happened in generation 6 but they were very very detailed in their presentation they were a very emotional kept emotional appeals so to speak up those were videos hard to watch for somebody who was there i was there and it was quite a bit to watch this so that hits home it hits also home for many many millions of americans who are still kind of in shock about what happened there and can't really believe it and now have they have seen in detail how brutal and violent this all was now really again heaven effect on the people who count in this matter here on those more than or at least 17 republican senators i highly doubt it because they

are other other configurations at play which are full of political well devotees washington correspondent i found someone speaking to us from washington thank you. people across asia have rung in the lunar new year ushering in the year of the ox normally the weeklong festival sees the world's largest annual migration in china as people travel to visit family but for the 2nd year in a row covert 19 has cast a shadow over the celebrations. china welcomed the new lunar year with the usual color and customs street festivals were held across the country with the traditional lie and dance and still walk is on show. but due to covered 19 these new year's celebrations took on a new form from past traditions in and outside of china many people were forced to improvise. the lion dance was banned on the streets of malaysia this year due to

restrictions on public gatherings but that didn't stop these divers of my aquarium in kuala lumpur from getting into the spirit. in vietnam tighten travel curbs have meant more subdued celebrations struggling with renewed coronavirus outbreaks the government is urging people to avoid large public gatherings. so too in taiwan most of the island's busy temples have had to scale back or even cancel some of their 1st events to comply with the government's pandemic regulations. there were plenty of celebrations outside of asia in sydney australia lanterns were lit at the entrance to the city's chinatown. sydney holds large lunar new year celebrations every year and sees the festival as an opportunity to celebrate diversity.

a little it's a really important occasion and it's not just the chinese our culture is to celebrate it says it's a sense. so it was it's a time when occasion for everyone to come together and celebrate multiculturalism. but the really impressive live shows were of course back in china colorful lights and lanterns are an important feature of the lunar new year celebrations and this year's display didn't disappoint. the government has appealed to the public to avoid travel for the holiday season meaning streets in many major cities across the country are largely deserted. with most gyms and other sports venues closed it's no surprise that many people have given up on their fitness retains i certainly have but one german saina citizen hasn't let the restrictions get her down she's been taking social media by storm with her fitness videos.

no sign of not town for t. h e one year old eric harris has become a star on instagram and to talk. it all started with some videos she recorded for her family. and in the lockdown started and my daughter and i decided to do a video on to talk. and after lots of positive comments and appreciation really just carried on i'm about to combust. the clips that mother and daughter record in their living room have gone at the 100000 followers and nearly 10000000 views on to talk. and he's going to come into the kitchen in the morning i look at my tablet how many more followers how many likes have i got now. erica's fitness videos if even content the u.s. the wall street journal interviewed her and she has appeared on good morning america. and sometimes erica gets her husband to join her in some

moves. but. it's funny sometimes she gets the choreography quicker than me also poor guffey. so to beat your look down fatigue to get off the sofa and showing erica. you're watching it they go 1000000000 years we'll have more news headlines at the top of the hour i'm rebecca riches in berlin thanks for watching. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection been developing. what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update. on t w. w's crime fighters are back africa's most

successful radio drama series continues this season the stories focus on hate speech prevention and sustainable charcoal production. all of the sos are available online and of course you can share and discuss on africa's facebook page and other social media platforms. crime fighters to mindanao. get. accused of being super straight has denied play dates and locked up in the most important developmental stage of their lives. the pandemics hit kids hard. and you german study shows they're not the main culprits in passing on the coronavirus. pediatricians are edging schools and kinda got

to reopen warning of a lost generation i did normas psychological costs whole society. will get to the findings of that study i mentioned in a moment when we talk to the specialist behind it 1st coles from children's organizations here in germany they want the government to do more to support kids through this crisis. a real kick about the friends now feels like a fantasy for children like 9 year old luna growing up during the pandemic has often meant missing out. the heart of something spending days weeks and without having much contacts are the people who contact the. missing them . it's changed my character a bit. i've been lonely without any one to do things with.

and i've really missed. this. but not before the pandemic around 30 children would come to this after school club in berlin every day now they're making do with $1.00 to $1.00 activities for a couple of hours a week or. some relied on the club for a hot meal to make sure they don't go hungry director bianca's on the feds prepared 10 to 20 meals a day for the kids to collect. but most things children made can't be packed up to take home. from an educational perspective it's be encouragement we give every day that is being lost and that's what's really difficult at the moment we can't carry out our everyday work in terms of inspiring the children cry sharing the new perspectives. and the conversations we have here often open up a whole new world for these children and if that's not possible right now that's

really sad the us. has got a little nuclear. crisis has hit children from poor families especially hard one in every 5 children in germany is growing up in or at risk of poverty with a household income of less than 60 percent of the national average but they often have less space at home like the equipment they need for online learning and restrictions of. made it harder to access support. for the. children growing up in poverty this is a very hard year a last year when it comes to their education and social development and they just won't be able to catch up you know so it's important that we support these families now and don't wait until the crisis is over with your thing because of a. childhood can't be put on ice for all children's resilience and adaptability this period will have long term consequences. you honestly is

a specialist in pediatric infectious diseases and joins us from germany's university hospital. what's your stance on the closure of kindergartens that's something you've actually investigated. who we feel good are and should be reopened soonest possible children are not the fire off the epidemic they are not the major transmitter of the new coronavirus of age 2 and even the wireless they have only one complete injection it can we already rule out though that daycare centers and schools are sources of infection. yes i think we can we have in which to gauge it here in 9 child care institutions you have continuously investigated asymptomatic children who are sitting in those daycare institutions in the last autumn and

winter and also we did several sawzall swaps and leap of terrorists we were not able to indeed defy any major problems coronal infections in these institutions so definitely we couldn't exclude you. who are visiting these it is usually as major sources of infection isn't it possible though that asymptomatic kids continue to spread the virus a matter of weeks if not even longer. the asymptomatic q.c.'s they should have the wires to so what are needed we rest of it is those children who where they said dramatic and we could not find the wilds so or only you know and a handful of cases among several start tests so i don't see that asymptomatic children contribute to the spreading of the virus in the population it's

a just explain to me what do we know about the disease process in children and parents. and only when we know our children and that if they get infected by the new coronavirus they usually get it all light up every infection without any complications no name very small heart of children mostly like older children around 10 years who might have complicated natori complications the so-called martin the majority systemic syndrome. this is an exception. but it is a relative specific for the new coronavirus. what. i was just going to jump in based on what your saying what what would your advice be to parents then who have to work who want to take their kids to a can they got no one to let their kids go on

a play date that's been denied them for so long. the parents should explain their shy children the general rules which still are effective in the population keep just sense and regular early a white those close contacts according to the regulations because. we cannot because we have to see the family as a not as as an or whole group and not to make any exceptions for you know small children in the family all the children it would be too complicated spent to keep one clear. well actually is. well clear of communications for all but but you want to keep it simple the fact is

though what we've got a whole generation of kids growing up here in a very different environment what about the psychological effect on these kids. the psychological effects should not be underestimated. if children do not have regular contacts to their age related peers to all there are into tuition like child care institution kindergarten and primary school secert really miss an important piece which is important for the end your logical development too and that is what we as a pediatrician feel and therefore of course the whole that the child care institution can then be open soon and as i said before i don't see a problem in this because in the child gets it usually. there is

no major infectious to see sick to the d. by the new coronaviruses so far ok thank you very much for talking to us your highness lisa university hospital visits both department of pediatrics. thank you. for the last time this week it's over to our science correspondent derrick williams he's been fielding your questions on our you tube channel. if you have already had kevin 1000 do still need to be fact in a tent. yes health care authority is recommend that you do assuming of course that you've completed your isolation period and are symptom free but that blanket advice is also evolving and growing more specific as we move forward with vaccinating growing numbers of people for example a number of studies have indicated that naturally acquired immunity in nearly

everyone who had the disease really is effective for at least several months we expected that but it's still reassuring to have the assumption backed up by evidence during that period re infection appears to be very rare so if you've had copd at 19 recently it almost certainly won't hurt to wait a while for the vaccine the experts say and that will increase access to vaccines for people who haven't had the disease during this this critical stage of the pandemic where the vaccine production still vote and other factors could also influence future advice for example in a recent study looking at this topic but still awaiting peer review the authors found that after a single dose with a vaccine people who had already had copd at 19 had antibody responses that were often more powerful than what 2 doses tossed in people who'd never had the disease

and and that powerful immune response to a single shot was accompanied by more heavy duty side effects like the t.v. can and fever and headaches as well which. in people who have never had the disease usually come after the 2nd shot so a debate has begun on whether it might make sense for those who have had covert 19 to be dosed only once which would also free up more vaccine for people who haven't had the disease but at this point with data still limited a lot of experts say it's really better to err on the side of caution and stick to the 2 dose regime used in the trials for everyone until we know more. in the german city of passaro is offering his customers a different kind of injection to count

a negative news about vaccines the must the confectioner has created the jam jap it comes in various flavors and is injected into freshly baked goods you can even get a vaccination certificate old loyalty card 21 stamps and you get a free dose of jet. that's a lot of arnott's thanks for watching stay safe so you can answer.

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