china's gateway drug. stores february 19th d.w. . this is d.w. news live from berlin the closing arguments are underway in the 2nd impeachment trial of former u.s. president donald trump trial resumed after democrats and republicans agreed not to call witnesses but leader mitch mcconnell's intention to vote for a little means trump is unlikely to be found guilty of inciting violence. also on the show the united nations calls for the immediate release of myanmar sounds to

pfleger accents and she that says hundreds of thousands take to the streets there to protest against the military. omarion evanston it's good to have you with us we begin in the united states where the closing arguments of the 2nd impeachment trial of former president donald trump are underway democrats had the senate floor 1st the accuse the former president of quote willfully betraying congress members of congress by inciting a mob attack on the capitol last month and then refusing to stop but neither the end pietschmann managers nor the trump team called witnesses in the case but both sides agreed to have a republican representative statement added to the record of

a statement accuses trump of being more concerned with his political future than the lives of congress members. last night congresswoman jamie herrera butler of washington state issued a statement confirming that in the middle of the insurrection when house minority leader kevin mccarthy called the president to beg for help president from perspire ended and i quote well kevin i guess these people who are more upset about the election than you are needless to say this is. an additional critical piece of corroborating evidence further confirming the charges before you as well as the president's willful dekel or dereliction of duty and desertion of duty as commander in chief united states his state of mind and his further incitement of the insurrection on january for the latest from washington we're joined by washington bureau chief in us paul hello to you in a so it was

a rather chaotic day at the senate will we see lawmakers voting on donald trump's 2nd impeachment by the end of the day it is indeed really happens that the moves in the u.s. senate are so unpredictable well after potential witnesses were expected to be called now they have a deal to move forward to conclude the trial also the concluding clue concluding arguments then this would will take place but it's still a very unlikely that there will be 17 republicans who've will vote along with the democrats to convict don't will trump especially after we learned earlier today that republican leader mitch mcconnell will vote to acquit now enos do you know what exactly was going on behind the scenes and how is this alternately resolved.

well you know. sending the senate into a panic the democrats came back with this new deal and this is really not a good look for the white house most likely was really not happy about the possibility to extend this trial be one beyond today because you know we have to keep in mind they have a tight deadline to pas their trillion dollar stimulus package and if the trial continued this could slow down the whole process so it is very valid possible that the white house has pulled some strings in the background and now what about the american public just how concerned are regular people of balance in this impeachment trial. you know what the american people really care about this is how to get out of the scope of crisis they want to know if they can pay for the food on their table or if they cave can pay rent in the next weeks so they are not

really interested in the political games which are played right no in the senate of the united states. that was washington bureau chief in a spall innes thanks so much for your reporting. now to some of the other stories making news around the world experts from the world health organization are requesting more data from china on possible early covert 19 cases china reportedly refused to hand over information to the team investigating the origins of the virus the u.s. has urged china to provide more exact data saying it has deep concerns about the w.h.o. report. at least 10 people have been injured in a gas explosion in afghanistan local residents trying to control the ensuing massive fire near the iranian border in the town of islam it is not yet clear what caused the explosion why in somalia

a suicide car bomber detonated near the presidential palace in mogadishu the car was speeding towards the palace but it was intercepted by police who opened fire on the vehicle the driver was killed and at least 7 others were injured this is the 2nd major explosion in the somali capital in recent weeks. protesters in thailand gathered at bangkok's democracy monument dripping it in red cloth to signal their opposition to laws on defamation in the monarchy a scuffle ensued between protesters and riot police and several people were injured police appeared to make at least one arrest. the united nations is demanding the release of myanmar leader and says suit she and other civilian government leaders who were detained in a coup earlier this month the army takeover last week that ended 10 years of democracy in the country has incited a storm of anger and defiance huge daily protests continue against the military

regime despite a violent crackdown by security forces in recent days. and for more let's bring in involves arnie he is the co-founder of forces of renewal southeast asia which is the network. of scholars and activists that support democratic struggles across national borders he himself is from myanmar and now lives in london where he's joining us from i thank you for being a d.w.i. like to begin by talking about the suspension of the laws that limit security forces from detainees suspects without a court order this of course will make it easier for people to be arrested will it work to make people less likely to protest against the military well let me sooner or later the. months of rest are going to fall and you know one of the reasons than to all the primary reason i should say that

the military has emptied the jail you know we're due 423000 or 20 $5000.00 criminal convicts and others is to make room obviously for the for the activist and dissidents there who they are planning to arrest and so. undef their fear is very powerful factor however we are looking at a scenario where a new generation has never. tasted the violence and interrogation and all of that and so they seem to be for better you know a lot freer from fear. well what can you tell us about these night time kidnappings of opponents of the military. well the military's resorting to several different major strategies auld and new

the 9 time wrist that has been conducted conducted every time there is a popular must revolt against the regime over the last you know 50 plus years the military has been in power since 1992. also the nighttime rest and kidnaps and have become rather frequent because the military knows that it's under international microscope the u.n. human rights council held a special session yesterday and released a unanimous statement calling for basically return to even the limited civilian drew and their new tactics that they are using including you know c.c.t.v. cameras imported from china russia and other places the hacking of activists counts as well as you know beating up activists once the the night falls on the

streets and also finally they are using facial tech you know recognition technology used to identify key organizers and cheesing them so the laws that restrain the security forces to go into private homes have been really relaxed or abandoned that is a bad signal that the military is and on you know carrying out repressive measures in the you know behind the scenes that was human rights activist sarnia speaking to us from london thank you. germany has banned travel from regions in neighboring austria and the czech republic after a surge of infections with more contagious coronavirus variants there only essential travel into germany will now be allowed from the austrian region of the role and check or regions but there are worries about the impact of the

restrictions on trade and industry. starting sunday strict travel restrictions will be in place between be very anti role where the highly infectious south african variant of covert 19 is sporadic in austria travelers test are controlled by authorities in perth area occurrences of the variants are more and more frequent . better to be on the safe side i feel that we are taking the right path. from monday the border between germany and the czech republic will also be affected cross border workers will only be allowed in after daily testing and if they work in transport of goods or in health or animal care. we need test centers at the borders where truck drivers can get tested quickly if they're healthy they can continue their journey if not then of course not.

it's a shipping nightmare that threatens distribution chains. we really fear that the goods and people will be stuck in a never ending traffic jams and that this will lead to even bigger difficulties for industry and trade. according to brussels border closures and travel bans should be avoided and germination make exceptions for cross border workers and essential travel. therefore the commission has asked the portuguese presidency to distrust according to travel restrictions truing the next term of the crisscross. for now stricter control seemed the only way to avoid a 3rd wave of infections. let's get a quick look now at some other developments in the coronavirus pandemic south africa how will reopen 20 of its land borders to allow normal travel after

restrictions were implemented to control rising kovan 1000 infections last month really journeys in china during the usually busy lunar new year holiday are down by nearly 70 percent that's amid calls for people to stay put to avoid a new outbreak of the virus rio de janeiro would normally be kicking off its famous carnival now but instead of booming drums and flamboyant dancers its samba drome is hosting a coven 19 vaccination drive this year. all right some sports news now and in german bundesliga soccer on saturday have liver coups and could only manage a 2 all draw against lowly mayans after the break patrick schick made it to no 2 liver cruzan with minutes left in the match outmaneuver the minds defense and beats of the keeper for the score of his 6 of the season but mines battled back and netted 2 late goals to deny living in the victory over

a lot so here with the 1st of the 2 which was also his 1st ever but just the goal the. turning to the other results from them because they get so far this weekend dortmund scored a late to level with hoffenheim and mines battled back to level the scores they were couzin as we solve braman and freiburg share the spoils stood guard and hard to berlin also drew there was yet another draw in saturday's leave match between it when you're on berlin and shall come back on friday night live 6 defeated else for and there are 2 matches to come on sunday byron however is in action on monday. and finally before we go down the streets mouse catcher in chief is celebrating 10 years in office larry the cat was recruited by then british prime minister david cameron it to solve a brat crisis the rescue cata since drawn the attention of international media

especially during that time the chief master has seen many political leaders come and go and has held his position longer than any political party leader in the united kingdom. richard. yeah there he goes that cute cat you're up to date now on the w. news seminarian and the steam from me and the entire team and birthday and thanks for watching. in the heart of london train. for. what's in store. for the future. we can make your city today your insight. into a man homey pushed over lunch i'll throw it all in the water right no climb

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they may have escaped civil war but they still haven't found safety. a bar tent frame standing among charred to ruins a reminder of the horrible night 4 weeks ago when up to 5 that game lost his 10 year old daughter. in the bitter cold his 10 neighbors were trying to light a homemade furnace when the entire tent went up in flames. the fire spread very quickly there were huge flames and a motorcycle and some fuel exploded all the tents caught fire my wife and children were trapped inside only fife made it out of the homes of. their youngest daughter and also suffered severe burns and aid organization brought the one year old to turkey for medical treatment doctors have sent messages and videos but the family's not allowed to visit. the border with turkey is closed to

syrian refugees the mother fatima can barely stand it. so i hope so much that you come back healthy but i saw the fire i fear the worst. the halo. tragedies like these happen frequently in the makeshift camps in the northern eclipse tens of thousands of people are living here in miserable conditions even basic necessities latrines food heating fuel and medical care. constant heavy rain has now made the situation worse people here were cut off from all supplies for days many tents were destroyed. aid organizations have been doing their best but are totally overwhelmed the situation is made even worse by the rampant coronavirus the infection rate in egypt province has risen dramatically. how in the of the country we've done what we can and together with other aid

organizations and the white helmets we've tried to raise awareness about the coronavirus we've handed out masks scientists in fact and. given the desperate situation it's not enough. of them. have to fight half family are simply glad that the aid organisation has given them a new tent some clothing and even a new furnace but they hardly use it despite the cold they have no money for fuel and they are terrified of using it anyway. because. my children and i have a psychological problem in the tent we are afraid to light the furnace when my husband isn't here so our children panic and start screaming when they see fire so it's very very hard for us. when they fled the fighting and their rates up there for a task thought they would only be here for a few days but now it's been 14 months and they are too afraid to go back home to

southern eclipse because the fighting rages on. around 11000000 undocumented immigrants live in the usa during the trump era they lived in fear of deportation president biden has promised them a path to citizenship but many are still worried. solidarity that is what brings them together even on a cold day and meet the pandemic. it's the 4th anniversary of the muslim travel ban imposed by former president donald trump and now revoked. by one of president biden's 1st executive orders. and so this from the get go should not have ever been made it's rooted in divisiveness fear mongering and the fact that it separated so many families for so long as it's cruel and it's going to be raised i'm here in

support of the action all of us meaning that we're demanding to the white house and congress president biden we need justice for everybody. citizenship for all 11000000 undocumented immigrants and to all deportations and detentions. from believe to the united states with her 2 sons 20 years ago and hasn't been home since it's her sons know no other country than their own the united states they were granted legal status by the dream act but they still don't have a u.s. citizenship so. it's hard to be an immigrant here it's painful it's sad it's hard work you have to fight a lot. she arrived with a tourist visa and never left undocumented immigrants like ingrid a contraflow percent of the workforce in the united states they are part of the backbone of the economy taking houses offices hospitals and doing the domestic work

for many american families. because of the pandemic her main source of income now she's also lost her home because she can't pay the rent anymore but she says what hurts most is not to be able to visit her family. it is difficult to visit our countries because if we leave we will not be allowed to enter again and it just for many immigrants solidarity and the will to fight have grown even stronger despite the pandemic and the trumpet ministrations of all these years and for those hoping to become an american citizen that toll now has a name. oh oh. the coronavirus hit germany hard but in a city in the state of mecklenburg for the infection rate is much lower than the national average what are they doing differently.

is it the cool baltic breeze or the rather calm and collected mindset of people in the north of germany so far they have made it well through the covert crisis especially here in the city of. infection numbers are currently lower than the german every. discipline where disciplined northern germans are quite different from everyone else. so we're a bit more nordic and distance anyway maybe that's our secret recipe timing might have been one reason very early on the city started testing more people than ever it masks quickly became mandatory and designated places and alcohol was spent on the streets earlier than in most places in germany. another reason might be him of our stocks mayor he is originally from denmark and had just started his political career when the pandemic hit before that he was an entry printer helpful when

leading a team. people looked very surprised when i said now we're going to shut everything down it took 15 minutes and then they started working all together as a strong team and immediately put my words in action and i can understand that when the new mayor suddenly says we're going to shut everything down here we're going to get. a search reason for the lower number of infections could be the north specs a nation strategy relative to its inhabitants they have vaccinated more people than any other region in germany and there's something else a few family doctors are gaining nationwide attention because they started vaccinating people in their. practice unique in germany because so far people had to go to vaccination centers to get the jap administering it has been doable for doctors here contrary to popular belief the biotech pfizer vaccine can be stored at normal french temperature for

a couple of days. might want my wish of course would be that when we have enough vaccine available in the near future that we will have proven with this model project it's possible the family doctors can do the vaccinations it has brought in this idea and let the family doctors take over. but germany is still missing vaccine doses until that problem is solved the country's north will have to continue counting on its discipline and maybe the fresh baltic breeze. our last stop is russia for a ride on the moscow metro after a decades long ban women can once again drive for the capital cities rapid transit system. women are finally in the driving seat and are pushing full speed ahead on gender equality in the russian capital. started working for the moscow metro almost 18 years ago

at the time women were not allowed to operate subway trains in russia but arenas says for her it was worth the wait. this is my childhood dream i used to play with model ships and airplanes with the boys my father was a pilot so why the metro somehow it drew me in the fact that it's underground i guess it's like flying but under the ground. irina is proud to be one of the 1st 12 female metro drivers after all the moscow subway is legendary the soviet government started building it in the 1930 s. calling it a palace for the people for commuting workers in the 1980 s. the government decided women had no place driving these trains they said the metro is too deep underground too loud and too dark for women and the vibration from the trains could damage their so-called childbearing function even now women drivers

are only being deployed on the most modern trains and only operate one line that runs partially over ground despite the fact that they get the exact same training as their male counterparts. in russia 100 jobs remain off limits for women for example metal manufacturing like the work in this steel mill mining and drilling on an oil rig are still considered men's work russian lawmakers insist the restrictions are still relevant today. we treat women with care here these tough jobs and hard labor are still seen as men's work in our society also women are mothers so providing for and taking care of their health and their reproductive functions is important that's why we used recommendations from doctors to determine factors that are harmful to women at work .

is on her way to her next shift the 38 year old says the metro feels like a 2nd home to her especially now that she's in the driving seat and the arena is optimistic the other band jobs won't be off limits to women forever. i'm sure they're working on it already the bounds must be in place for a reason so the government must be taking care of women i would tell other women to keep believing and hoping no matter what you want to become everything is possible . eating a dog already has her dream job and the next group of women will start training to become drivers soon but outside of these metro tunnels gender equality is still a long way off.

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