it has about 90000 checked workers that's a substantial number today it was a sunday so it was of course relatively calm but people were crossing over here and trying to figure out what was happening there was a distinct lack of information would to a company who bakes bread for instance would the lady who tried to cross the border be counted as an essential worker or not all this is still very unclear and so people are confused and the czech people we talked to today were really confused and and sort of dumbfounded why is this happening to us so we didn't do anything wrong and we had testing every 2nd day in any case because that was already one of the rules here but so now this will be completely closed and it will be harsh for the region now barbara the bavarian authorities have rejected the use criticism of the newly introduced border checks what i've been saying.

now the european union it's just about 2 weeks ago their leaders decided that they wouldn't do this anymore that they wouldn't do just the border closings overnight and sort of let people in the dark about what was happening and not talk to each other beforehand and figure out a strategy to make this viable but the various archies have their own head and also it's a free election year of course so we have german elections in the fall and there is a certain amount of grandstanding going on of course the e.u. doesn't like this because this is not the only border region and the economic fallout of course is dire and we don't know how long this will last this can last for several weeks in fact. these are working really at cross purposes and it is not a very happy picture that you see here today as barbara theys own. reading

from the german town of standing which is near the czech border thank you so much. to russia now where hundreds of women have turned down for protests in support of union of all media the wife of jailed russian opposition leader alexei in of all name in moscow the women formed a human chain to show solidarity for and of all the and other women who have become victims of the crackdown since her husband's imprisonment as dusk fell so-called flash light protests were held across the country in the siberian city of tomsk the protest model of love is stronger than fear was displayed from the window of an apartment building russian authorities had threatened to arrest protesters for defying a ban on protests. all right let's bring in correspondent emily sure when who observed some of the protests in moscow earlier today hello to emily so these were 2 sets of demonstrations in russia today so we have the women mainly

in moscow in solidarity with you and of all the amp and then the flashlight protest in support of her husband alex and of all me elsewhere across the country we know you spoke with some of the protesters today what have they been telling you. well i think both of these protests today or extremely peaceful and they were also almost poetic both of them aimed at showing solidarity and kind of uniting people so i was at the protest today in moscow where women stood in a lie and they held on to one long white ribbon which has become in the last 10 years or so a symbol for opposition protests they were holding flowers they had pinned heart shaped. pieces of paper to their jackets that bore the name of various political prisoners and they told me that they want change in russia and they as women said

one woman said that you know women are that there are new life and they want a new life for russia as well that way when it comes to that flashlight protest you mentioned that was actually called by alex enough by a nice team and the point of that i think is you know people go out into their courtyards and shine a light essentially in the sky but the point is that they can see who else in their houses actually support me and who else is opposed to the car and the current man in the kremlin well today of course is valentine's day and the russian interior ministry had warned people against an authorised protest today were police to be seen cracking down on the demonstrators to the same extent as we've seen before. surprisingly not despite the warnings that we heard last week and despite the over 10000 arrests that we saw at the last protests. pretty much things today were

peaceful and there wasn't much of a police protest even here in the capital moscow we have however last week for example been seeing almost a smear campaign going on against me on state television they've been referring to him as unpatriotic and they've been painting him repeatedly as an agent of the west and russian president vladimir putin also came out at the end of last week and said that he was an agent of the west without naming him personally calling him a blogger once again which is his usual strategy with alex enough not to name him by name but he said that he's trying to sow dissent in russia in a difficult time during the pandemic normally the fact that the demonstrations this weekend are much smaller on a much smaller scale than previous weekends is this perhaps

a sign that these team is changing its tactics. well nobody's team had announced actually after the mass protests that we saw in recent weeks that they were not going to protest again until spring and that they wanted to concentrate on the upcoming duma elections in september where they're running a campaign of strategic voting against the kremlin then they kind of change their mind it seems and we saw these protests today but they made it clear that they wanted to avoid any sort of confrontation with the police and to keep things very peaceful as they said almost everyone has been arrested and they don't want essentially everyone to be behind bars with the upcoming duma campaign especially the w.'s only sherman reporting from moscow we appreciate it. let's get a check now some of the other stories making news around the world guinea has

declared a new brink of ebola with at least 3 people dying in a town near the liberian border it marks the 1st time the disease has emerged in the west african state since it ravaged the country from 2013 to 2016 authorities say bullah has reached epidemic proportions. protests against the military coup in myanmar are continuing with demonstrators again flouting restrictions together outside the u.s. embassy and young gone and busy officials have warned of a military crackdown 2 weeks after the coup telling its citizens to be careful on sunday armored personnel carriers appeared on the streets of several cities in myanmar for the 1st time. to the united states now where donald trump has been acquitted of inciting a 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's legal team revel in their client's acquittal we want 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 early 7 republicans voted to convict giving former president donald trump his 2nd acquit. 57 days or 43 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 wolf lead cited in

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 that what happened 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 they asked 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 is no question. there president trouble is practically. and morally responsible for. 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 for trump to run for the white house again in 2024. 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 the initial quake was followed by a series of aftershocks are below. us to get you going it 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 when i thought. 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 that miss fear 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 new leak from 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. here up to date on the w. news thanks for watching. maybe i'm david and this is climate change. happiness in 3 books. this is the book for you. will get smarter. how does a virus spread. why do we parent and when will all this and. just through the text and i we couldn't read your heart. if you would like any

information on the coronavirus or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. slash science. this week on world stories. immigrants in the u.s. are counting on biden women in moscow are driving metros again but we begin in northwestern syria where tens of thousands of refugees are living in camps in. they may have escaped civil war but they still haven't found safety. to bartend

frame standing among charred to ruins to remind of the horrible night 4 weeks ago when up to that game just 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 5 made it out of their homes and. their youngest daughter also suffered severe burns and the 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. tragedies like these happen frequently in the makeshift camps in the northern eclipse tens of thousands of people are living here in miserable conditions there like 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 age organisations have been doing their best but are totally overwhelmed the situation is made even worse by the rampant coronavirus infection rate in egypt province has risen dramatically. falling out of the. 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 and disinfectant but given the desperate

situation it's not enough. of them. absolut family are simply glad that the aid organization 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. 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 it's very very hard for us. when they fled the fighting and their rates up to 5 tests 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 he clip 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. that is what brings them together even on a cold day and make 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 ban from the get go should not have ever been made it's rooted in divisiveness fear mongering in haiti and the fact that it separated so many families for so long is just it's cruel and it's going to be a race 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 meaning

. citizenship for all 11000000 undocumented immigrants and who all deportations and detentions. are right from. olivia to the united states with her 2 sons 20 years ago and hasn't been home since her son's 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 isn't. she arrived with a tourist visa and never left undocumented immigrants like ingrid a contraflow 5 percent of the workforce in the united states they are part of the backbone of the economy and houses offices hospitals and doing the domestic work for many american families. because of the pandemic ingrid has lost 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 most of 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 policies and for those hoping to become an american citizen that toll now has an it job i'd. like. to look around a virus hit germany hard but in a city in the state of mecklenburg for palm on 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 boston infection numbers. currently lower than the german every. discipline where disciplined northern germans are quite different from everyone else. 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 in 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 hits before that he was an entry printer helpful when leading a team. and avoid people of very surprised when i said no 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. the search reason for the lower number of infections could be the north specs the nation's strategy relative to its inhabitants they have vaccinated more people than any other region in germany and there is something else a few family doctors are gaining nationwide attention because they started vaccinating people in their own 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. my and 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 pneumonia. 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 through 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 hope. no matter what you want to become everything is possible he 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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