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to punish the former president for. a warm welcome to our viewers around the world. we begin here in. germany has banned travel from parts of neighboring austria and the czech republic the restrictions halt the spread of highly contagious. virus detected in several border regions germany has deployed thousands of police officers to controls only essential travel and trade. are now allowed intensifying concerns about the

negative effects on business. for more on this let's now go to. a small very in town on the border with the czech republic barbara tell us more about the situation at the border where you. get this is support a crossing that normally is completely unseen you don't notice as you just go across you know bought overnight everywhere around us police car have been settings are setting up they put down containers for control staff checks for cricket coronal tests and if we look over there to the czech side we can see that is the region around agar where this extremely high incidence of corona infections is taking place now check authorities are discussing whether they should do what they should close off that whole area and the bad thing there is that it's a british mutant particularly infectious variety off the coronavirus now if we turn

over here we can see the police posts where the police is checking and stopping every car that comes here everybody is asked why he's trying to cross the border you can only go if you have particularly documents you essential worker or what you transport for instance is particularly important and people really have to show these and they have to show a recent crew on a test everybody who doesn't feel full these are crimes it has to go around and immediately turn back on the other side so the situation here has completely changed overnight and it's really difficult and cumbersome for people who are trying to cross the border because they work here clearly officials are taking this very seriously do we have any sense about how much the closure will affect the german economy barbara. the economy in the region movie gravely affected because. really relies on those czech workers these are they have almost 90000

czech workers who are crossing the border every day in order to work on the german side here and it is it is small factories it's manufacturing it is bakeries we just talked to some people who work in a bakery and were asking yes will be be essential workers because they don't know yet whether they even have work anymore so everybody on both sides of the border is really very worried whether they couldn't they couldn't continue at all throughout the next weeks. visual on in a valving situation there at the border thank you so much. hundreds of russian women have turned out for protests in moscow and st petersburg in support of yulia the wife of jailed russian opposition leader alexina volley the women formed a human chain to show solidarity for. other women who have become victims of the

crackdown since her husband's imprisonment protesters said the chain signifies a triumph of love over fear russian authorities had threatened to arrest protesters for define a ban. straight to correspondent emily sure who observed these protests earlier today emily some 200 women or so have taken to the streets there in solidarity for yulia. and other political prisoners what have the protesters been telling you. well the protests that we saw today in moscow were very peaceful the women were holding one long white ribbon which in russia is a symbol of opposition protest many of them were holding also flowers kind of in a nod i think to the women's movement that we've been seeing in the reuss as well and many of them had cut out hearts made out of paper and had written the name of

political prisoners on them and pinned them to their coats i spoke to many of the protesters today and one woman said to me look a lot of people here see the opposition protesters these mass protests that we've been seeing in the past few weeks they see the protesters as kind of hooligans or troublemakers even though many of them are peaceful most of them are peaceful from what i've seen and she said the women gathering today were kind of a symbol a sign that actually the protests are peaceful and one other woman i spoke to said you know women give new life so we hope that we can also give russia new life i mean. the protests are on a smaller scale than the previous weekend is that because the protesters are changing their tactics. well just over

a week ago one of. our allies announced that there actually wouldn't be any more mass protests until spring he said that these allies have to concentrate on the upcoming duma elections which are scheduled for september where has been avick vacating a sort of campaign of strategic voting against the united russia party against putin's party he then changed his tactic today we saw this women's this women's protest but also this evening there is a planned protest as well where volkov called on people to take come out into their own court yards and essentially shine a light a flashlight or light from their mobile phones up into the sky just to show their opposition to vladimir putin and also in solidarity with each other to see how many of their neighborhoods are in opposition to the current politics as well as

correspondent emily sure and in moscow thanks as always and only to the united states now we're donald trump has been acquitted of inciting last month's attack on the u.s. capitol as expected the vote in the american senate fell short of the 2 thirds majority needed to convict the former president however 7 republicans voted to side with the democrats making it the most bipartisan impeachment verdict in american history. smiles all round donald trump the legal team revel in their client's acquittal we won guilty. it was always going to be an uphill battle for democrats they needed to convince at least 17 republican senators to cross the aisle. in the end though only 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquittal in. 57

days 4 years 3 the day's proceedings was time for both sides to make their closing arguments hoping to swayed any last minute votes to believe based on the evidence you have seen that mr trump actually wanted and indeed willfully incited an armed insurrection to overthrow the u.s. government would be absurd democrats pushed back saying the senate could stop violence from happening again the cold hard truth is it would happen on january 6th can happen again. i fear like many of you do that the violence we saw on that terrible day may be just the beginning donald trump was unrepentant in welcoming his a quick to saying the trial was yet another phase of the greatest witch hunt in the

history of the united states. after the vote democrats scorned republicans for voting to acquit but there's the majority of the senate republican caucus including the republican leader voted to acquit former president trump signing their names in the columns of history alongside his name for ever and despite voting not guilty republican senate minority leader mitch mcconnell conceded that the former president was responsible for the riot there's no question oh oh. as procter. and morally responsible for provoking. the lawyers have rested their case on the matter of donald trump's involvement in the january 6 riots but the divisions in us society remain the equip to open the door to run for the white house again in 2024. as

highlight some other stories making news at this hour nato is mission in afghanistan looks set to continue beyond april of this year that's despite promises to the taliban that all international troops with withdraw by then the german news agency d.p.a. is reporting that nato defense ministers will pull along the deployment at their meeting later this week. goes to the polls for an election madrid hopes will unseat the region's ruling separatists more than 3 years after a failed bid to break away from spain many are worried about voter turnout as pandemic conditions could compel large numbers of cotton lands to avoid polling stations. a powerful earthquake has struck in northeastern japan injuring more than 130 people and leaving some 860000 homes without power experts believe the quake was actually an aftershock from the massive tremor that hit the region 10

years ago. woken up with a jolt a strong overnight quake as it hit northeastern japan off the coast of fukushima her initial quake was followed by a series of aftershocks are you over. to get your good was like an explosion it shook so much that all of our tableware fell for the civil war before so we haven't had a large earthquake in a while and this one was really big it made me remember the past. back in 2011 a similar earthquake in the same region triggered a tsunami that caused a severe nuclear accident the fukushima nuclear power plant had a meltdown that leaked radiation into the atmosphere and the pacific ocean. the cleanup from that disaster will likely take another 30 to 40 years the japanese

prime minister has dismissed worries that fukushima nuclear plant could suffer a newly crum this latest quake as residents began cleaning up the aftermath officials are calling on people to remain on the alert for further aftershocks in the coming weeks. football now and in germany. dynamic duo of jayden holland both scored against hoffenheim but dortmund could only manage a draw. darkman coated in tears it has won only half of the game since taking the helm back in just samberg his star studded team came into this clash in just 6th place and against hoffenheim they were once again relying on their backup goalkeeper marvin hits with roman bookie out injured. dortmund drew 1st blood in the 24th minute jaden sanch over doing the honors i

sand show leaving the hof and home defense in his way. but the lead didn't last long. before making it one all 7 minutes later sebastian rudy chimes his past perfectly and job or finish the job in style. and early in the 2nd half often time took the lead thanks to. god the kids knew he'd been beaten. rudy once again with the assist and verbal heading home. with his team facing a loss elling holland charge forward to score a lady equaliser and as tempers flared a scuffle broke out before he could celebrate. the young norwegian scoring machine putting on a display of sheer will and power. but the frustration was evident on

his teammates faces as tears itches dortmund side had to settle for a disappointing 2 all draw. it watching the news from berlin coming up after a short break reporter in a look at china's muslim minorities in shinji i remember you can get all the latest news in our website dot com. unskilled and. if i work that hard and in the end is a me you're not allowed to stay here anymore we will send you back. are you familiar with this. with the smugglers were alliances of the what's your story ready ready. i mean when i was a women especially in victims of violence. take part and send us your story we are

trying in all ways to understand this new culture. another visitor another guests you want to become a citizen. in for migrants your platform for reliable information. comes. up with most of all of the if when i arrive to the airport i was told to wait a postal controller to everyone else had left. than 2 policemen pulled my jacket over my head so i couldn't see anything up and they shoved me into a car and drove off i had no idea where we were going. if. they took me to a very crowded place there were about 800 women that it was

a jail but they told us it was a school. you can't interview people here we've got many negative reports and then bit by bit because you know if the world combined sodomizes the chinese government to reach its goal the weaker cousin and the killer gets people will be wiped out looted physically called as well as culturally you alluded. here is a university lecturer in germany for many years the only remaining link to his family have been a few academic texts books written by his father. a respected weaker linguist and long standing member of the communist party in 2017 years father suddenly

disappeared thirty's accused him of spreading ethnic hatred. so the party has the right to decide who is a professor and who is a criminal and my father was a professor under research and he was hardworking and so the party allowed him to do this. and now the party has made him a criminal also mounted a melodrama. there on that time china began the mass construction of prisons and reeducation camps and since its western most. estimates more than 1000000 we sent other minorities have been detained there this was the start of an unprecedented campaign against muslim minorities that would reach far beyond china's border. many. government. china claims it's merely combating extremism. whose ear always han is an ethnic

origin li from she emigrated to kazakhstan but returned in 2017 to visit relatives at the border she was detained and sent to a camp. the minorities in china's far west seen by beijing as restive were to be reeducated to become more chinese. clay made us or peach chinese words we didn't know or if we forgot them they struck us with electric shock devices they tame for a head say that the williams were concealed by our hands and our husbands wouldn't notice later here they would have been visible. we go to get a closer look at one of the camps where was era says she was detained following an international outcry china said the camps were vocational training centers and that most people had already graduated the complex any meaning county was built in 2017 satellite imagery shows that security measures seem to have been subsequently

scaled back walls were replaced with fences the gate is close but it doesn't look like a high security facility and most of the internees appear to be young they walk in orderly lines and aphoristic before entering the building. because iraq told us that some of our fellow inmates had been sent to regular prisons on the outskirts of inning we find a high security complex with watch towers built around the same time. 'd they were. due for whatever stopped if you take pictures here we will have to take measures against you. was here our han is one of the few people who managed to leave china and talk about her ordeal besides psychological and physical torture she caused the detainees were routinely administered injections well local coming in a after the injection some women stopped having their periods those who were still

men straightened out of in just one pad which they had to use for 2 or 3 days we took quite a family about it we stopped being ashamed. for theories ation and birth control measures have led to a drop in birth rates among muslim minorities one of the reasons why observers say they repressive measures add up to genocide. people with ties abroad have been targeted in particular in seeing john a say mean was a shop owner selling imported foods and a lot of products today we meet him in a rented apartment in germany in 2015 he was returning home from a business trip to malaysia when he was stopped at the airport and taken to a detention center can they took me into a room there they sat me down at a metal table and they handcuffed my legs and my arms to them then they tightened the cuffs until i could no longer move those books that hurt them and i stayed in this position for 2 days me national the whole thing he says he was never told why

he was arrested a suspect a month in detention his documents show that he was suspected of endangering state security then suddenly he was released under one condition he had to agree to work for state security or i thought i just had to stay in touch with them but i didn't intend to really work for them again. after his father's detention tie your criteria was no longer able to get in touch with his family now he has followed in his father's footsteps and teaches we go language and literature this semester he's teaching a class on we got pop music due to the pandemic his classes i had on like. today's lesson is about europe one of syngenta most successful stars. and.

he brought up 2 of his main themes one is love of one's home and the other thing you mentioned is the collective memory of the weakest. to sing up out i your past since disappeared as have korea's father and a large part of the week a cultural. i feel angry when to most but i try to control my emotions if you can and stay humane and peaceful. hometown cashcard the cultural capital of the many historic monuments have been restored transformed into a tourist attraction but inside the ancient city traditional life is under attack all the mosques have been closed some minarets removed prayer rooms now hold businesses the rooms dedicated to a blue sion have been turned into public toilets. one mosque was even turned into

a bar which since has been closed. after his detention a same in regularly met with a secret service agent who became his handler was allowed to continue traveling abroad he says nothing specific was asked of him and he maintains that he has never informed against anyone but it's impossible to check these years. about one year later he was detained again this time he was released with a specific request to spy on a young we got into. a cell left for istanbul where he defected and went public with his story then he received a phone call from his hand. and then he said so you've decided to appear on this cost and talk that he you know the your family members are here in china on

the stuff. since then many of his relatives have disappeared 5 siblings were arrested he says oldest brother was sentenced to 25 years in jail he cannot reach any of his relatives by phone it was fellow egos who passed on having news. is below them. now the chinese government has separated us forever. when our life wasn't bad and that that i was in good health not on doing all right financially but it was a happy life. an american colleague and i tried to visit the place where he lived we have followed closely and constantly harassed. the villages in the area seem to really empty many houses have been sealed by the authorities. before reaching ace's village we have

stopped would be if. you can just walk around here and interview people the world is watching she job there have been some negative reports. 18 months after his father's disappearance tell your criteria finally received word from him. looking old and frail he denied on video chat that he had been detained and said he had spent the last month in hospital. my son you must not believe these lines you must keep your mouth shut and publicly renounce the accusations you have made and clean up the dirt that you have left. this will be the best for us. was yours it always makes me sad that he had to spend our entire conversation defending his abuses. in qashqai try to visit tell you here is father he lives on the university campus as the police appear i say i want to meet. you we don't have

the authority to let you in. oh and you consent to the interview personally you have to apply through the foreign office. was the other one i asked my hand kind of just so many people have been detained and some many more disappear every day. so little and. america know about it and he owns it all that america did not become us it was without shedding a lot of blood. much more is going to happen. i. think it's also remembers that his handler met with him once in istanbul and seemed to be operating freely into a king a say decided to move to germany where he's waiting for his refugee status to be approved. 0 now lives in istanbul she too is afraid of china's

reach. the months the koto mother no good i so wake up and lightness of being back in the chinese internment camp and i see images and memories of altera geisha the beatings and the things i did to women when they still haunts me. yuri's father does seem to be back home again though his condition is not very clear. here he can call its parents every 2 weeks but after 2 minutes the lochness come. from. the chinese government as maybe a lonely man and pass the san lonely man in exile. it is his work that keeps him going preserving the weaker culture.

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