this is news coming to you live from berlin myanmar's military refuses a key demand of protesters and keeps the leader. in jail pro-democracy activists for another day of demonstrations demanding her release but there are signs a crackdown could be imminent also coming up despite threats for rest russian protesters put all a show of defiance flashlight flash malts in support of jailed dissident alexina. for the kremlin response. and new travel restrictions at germany's borders

crossings are now limited with parts of austria and the czech republic after a search incredible hours mutations plus. pipeline print for extend their unbeaten streak to 10 games and move up to 3rd place in the standings after dispensing with visitors. hello i'm terry martian good to have you with us on mars military junta has extended the detention of deposed leader aung sun suu cheap she was due to be released today but will remain in jail until february 17th protesters are once again on the streets demanding her release and an end to the coup that brought the one to power 2 weeks ago military. intensified its crackdown on the protests

sending armored vehicles patrolled the streets and imposing an internet blackout this after images were circulated online that showed the military firing on a crowd of protesters it's unclear whether live ammunition was used. spring in journalist dave here he's covered me on more extensively and joins us now from kuala lumpur good to see you again dave tell us house the situation in myanmar right now how volatile is it. yeah i communicated with some people on the ground this morning and it's clearly things are very tense there as you said armored vehicles on the streets soldiers patrolling in fatigues you've got police you've got water cannon visible people are certainly on edge now there are reports that there are fewer demonstrators on the streets in the ngata now compared to previous days but it's early afternoon there are still see if those crowds pick up one thing

that has also created a lot of tension are these nighttime raids and arrests that are going on the military has given itself sweeping powers they can detain people without a court order they can search property without a court order now people have created these sort of neighborhood watch groups to try to keep an eye out for the police to alert one another to try to protect one another but they tell me this is leading to just a lot of sleepless nights so things are really tense i think a really key thing to keep an eye on over these next few days is this government work stoppage that is going on basically government employees were refusing to go to work if this continues and if it continues to pick up momentum and get more and more government workers on board it could make it difficult for the military to keep the government running and if that happens in some key sectors senior gentleman on long the man who's basically put himself in charge of the whole country may feel that he is backed into a corner and then how does he respond then that's the key thing we've got to look

out for now that scenario and when this could be the civilian leave the defectives civilian leader own sons who she was arrested she's still in detention or lawyers and she will not appear in court today as expected she's going to be kept in custody at least until wednesday do we know what's happening with her. it will basically corner lore about happen because that's what a judge decided the judge in a bit of a town keep in mind me m.r. does not have an independent judiciary so is long as the military is running the country they're going to find a way to keep her in detention for as long as they want to that's just the bottom line especially with those sweeping powers they've given themselves i just described a minute ago now the military is also shutting down the internet whenever it suits them severely disrupting communications now some of that apparently has been restored but social communications social media platforms are still severely

restricted what does this mean for the protest movement in the country where facebook is the defacto communication main line of communication yes so the bottom line is these demonstrators they're finding ways to communicate with each other some of them have gotten virtual private networks to get around shutdown some of them have been using sim cards from other countries such as singapore and thailand i mean if you look at the past days of demonstrations there's a sign i saw numerous times that really stood out to me and said you've mastered the wrong generation and what that basically says is that you've got technology today that they didn't have decades ago on the demonstrators protesting the a prior does and that this is a smart tech savvy generation and they're going to use that to their advantage they do not want to live under military rule like their parents and grandparents used to today thank you very much as always journalist david about there in kuala lumpur.

now to russia where the so-called flash light protests lit up the night despite days about for it by the kremlin to suppress them large scale demonstrations took place nationwide over the past 2 weekends but this time supporters of jailed opposition leader election about it went small in their show of defiance against political oppression. as dusk fell the lights in the so-called flash flood protests went on across russia supporters of opposition figure head alexina volley switched on lights in a display of unity in the siberian city tomsk the protests motto love is stronger than fear shone down from the window of an apartment building. earlier in the day hundreds of russian women formed a human chain in central moscow this time to show solidarity for novell these wife uli enough and other women who have become victims of the crackdown since his imprisonment here to this same message love is stronger than feeding the women took

this message to the streets despite threats of repercussions by the state. it was there i'd seen you but i didn't used to protest i was scared and i'm scared now i don't know what consequences there will be but i'm more afraid about the thought that if i don't come out if others don't come out then everything will stay the same it's needed we had need any sort of solidarity you know because alexina vali is the most well known political prisoner now some people forget that there are also a lot of women in his team who are also being persecuted for their political opinions and for their work. against violence of any kind whether it's political violence or domestic violence that's why we're here for love. fair or by the way of correspondent emily short one together with warner pulled

ellis catch up on some of the other story. making headlines around the world today the west african nation of guinea has declared a new a bola epidemic after an outbreak near the liberian border at least 3 people have died there if the 1st cases detected in guinea since 2016 the world health organization is delivering packed scenes and trying to contain the outbreak. former arjan time president carlos menem has died in buenos honors aged 19 he served 2 terms from 1989 to 999 pursuing a strong privatization policy he also paid the past so to the u.s. dollar to control inflation argentina has declared 3 days of national mourning. parties in catalonia that favor breaking away from spain have boosted their combined majority in the regional parliament following sunday's election but the socialist party which opposes independence looks set to claim

a narrow victory as the biggest single party. and in the u.s. state of florida families and survivors held a memorial for the victims of the park lynch school shooting massacre 17 students and staff were killed there 3 years ago president joe biden used the occasion call for tougher gun laws including a ban on assault weapons. well there is one sign of course that the vibe in the white house would like to take the country forward many in the u.s. keep looking back political debate still rages in the days after the acquittal of former president all trolled for his role in the capitol riot he watched the impeachment proceedings from his new home in florida it's a political battle ground the remains divided over trump and the country's future. donald trump is a hero to willie guardiola he lives a 30 minute drive away from the former president's home in palm beach. he's never.

a metro but is a staunch supporter who doesn't believe he lost the election. it's a big lie i still believe in him i still believe that he is the leader of this country i still refer to him as our president. after leaving the white house trump has been living at mar a lago this private club for the rich is set to be both his residence and headquarters. he doesn't want to be just another senior playing golf the head of the house republican conference has already paid him a visit yet on this playground of millionaires and billionaires people are wary despite trump's acquittal and his 2nd impeachment trial many rich neighbors and generous benefactors are now keeping their distance after the insurrection things changed he became a dangerous damn damaging character and many people don't want anymore to do with him that's why some people are say they're leaving the club but many of more modest

means are diehard trump supporters some call him daily to a conservative radio talk show hosted by brian mudd their people believe the impeachment trial was simply a witch hunt for jobs what say you would you vote for trump again or course i would he should things up to washington d.c. one of the reasons why the judge rid of him you know there are many conservative media outlets in florida with hosts like mud who want to continue supporting trump's political future. there's a lot of personal sacrifice there there are very few examples in modern times i think that are analogous to what we've seen with donald trump and their faith in him hasn't wavered every friday locals get together at this intersection organizer guardiola thinks trump should simply disown the republican party. come up with a new name a base and bring in people who are going to be loyal to america for trump 2nd and you know put your hand on the holy bible and these people would love to be part of

that new movement that supposedly will be launched soon from trump's new headquarters in florida. here in germany authorities have banned travel from parts of neighboring austria and the czech republic their strictures are aimed at stopping the spread of highly contagious variants of the corona virus which have been detected in several border reach european union has criticized the travel shuttle which is causing major disruption for workers who commute across the border very little has got through this checkpoint at the austrian german border since early sunday many drivers trying to cross from the austrian state of t. hole were told to turn around unless they work in a very limited number of jobs classified as essential it's much the same situation at the german czech border. we have ensured that testing is available for anyone who is eligible to enter but who doesn't have the

results of a covert 900 test. and. it's a difficult situation for commuters some are even considering temporarily moving to germany and they say the changes to the rules were badly communicated with you. we have no information we don't know a thing can we drive to work tomorrow will we have to go into quarantine. i'm having a hard time i don't know if my job is classified as essential or not allow me to cross over i don't know. we need to work it will be hard without this work and if you have a family back home you have to pay the bills there is no plan b. . the check commuters association says bavarian officials did not inform their czech counterparts about the new rules. to

matt we won't be forced to live in germany we're not german citizens we work there and we pay taxes there but now the borders are closed again just like they were 30 years ago. that was when you were it was divided by the iron curtain and communist leaders in the east barred their citizens from traveling to the west but today germany is worried about highly contagious virus variants traveling across its borders. are going to be lost and thus we cannot allow these severe measures these restrictions that have been followed so well by the population here in germany to be for nothing the new variants could seriously endanger that and that's why we have border checks and why we're turning people back because i believe it's necessary. and yes my no nor to be sued tens of thousands of commuters have now been left wondering when they'll be able to get to work. well the very latest let's take

a look at the situation at the german czech border in the bavarian town of sharon doing it's a place where a lot of commuters travel to work in germany now our correspondent barbara basal is there for us and joins us now. so barbara the border closure affecting people where you are it's affecting people gravely because they really as we just saw don't know what to do can they come can they not come but what we're seeing this morning of course is what was to be expected long lines of trucks here because after sunday when trucks can drive they all come out now and they're trying to cross the border here and it is a very slow process because every single one of them is stopped and the drivers do have to show a negative koran says now for many drivers who just do this cross border traveling

a lot they have to go to test center like every other day it is very slow it is cumbersome and they are complaining about it and saying this is really very difficult for seizure now this seems to have call people on the check side of the border off guard barbro where they don't properly inform. no they werent and that is one of the big problems of course people are angry people are really dumbfounded they don't know what's happening to them because this is their life i mean this is about 90000 people who come across here every day we see on the other side still some private cars lined up but these people in there they're presenting their work contract and they don't know whether the police will say yes you can go or you can't and then from wednesday on it will be even less there will be even less people allowed to come because then the rules become even stricter and there will be a more or less total shutdown here except for some trucks rolling so this was badly

communicated the authorities on both sides of the borders didn't talk to each other and local people say it leaves a very bad taste because it sort of raises suspicion against each other and he had one unity and sort of togetherness of people in this big border region it could very easily be lost we're talking about unity the e.u. tends to frown upon internal border closures this closure affecting the czech republic and austria been coordinated with the e.u. . absolutely not i mean it's been done more or less by by decision in munich by the federal government and of area and they've just done it overnight and then just said we will close the borders finito and they didn't even talk to anybody and particularly they didn't talk to the governments on the other side and say how can we organize this hard to tell people how this is going to work and the question of course is can you stop the virus can you stop it at the borders of commuters don't

come over anymore is that really what has caused the spread of the british or i and here nobody knows that there is no proof for it and so many people think that this is politically highly problematic and also of course this region here will be hit again which has already been hard hit by the corona crisis we see many shuttered shops in places that are empty and they would just have to take enough economic hit it is a very difficult decision also a very cold there as i can see not fun for the people who have to sit in their car for hours our correspondent barbara basler ensuring doing a very a thank you so much barbara. well here in the german capital our political correspondent meanwhile is also on the story well what does the federal government here in berlin make of the state of bavaria shutting its borders. well there's been 'd the hasn't been an official reaction from america

this weekend but the situation led to diplomatic tensions between balin and in that the foreign minister alexandre schellenberg on the austrian side talked to his german counterpart. yesterday sunday into german ambassador so they expected for talks by now to tell us minister yes fun here in germany defended images he said that's in light of the rapid spread off the variance where these foods were drastic but they were indeed the best way to stop a lot of the infection of waste in german border regions build the the federal government's pro-government and germany's 16th federal state they've been longer heads multiple times in this pandemic the authority of berlin has been challenged on occasion has because germany's federal system proved a liability in addressing this health emergency well definitely the crisis

revealed just how much power the regions have even any federal system and revealed how much coordination coordinated action was necessary and time and again we see chancellor we saw chancellor angela merkel wanting to take to measures and she wasn't followed by the regional state premiers now germany for as much better in terms of infections than indeed a month ago to 7 days into this trade up to national level of you know is 680-0000 inhabitants the love don't have to be reconnected and time again we so to difficulties all the chancellor of the federal government to agree on measures we see original head heads of states middle thank you very much that was our correspondent ben will show us. now similar to some other of the developments in the corona virus pandemic worldwide

a large israeli study shows the biotech pfizer vaccine is highly effective at preventing serious illness israel has vaccinated more than more of its population than any other country new daily cases in the u.s. are averaging below 100004 the 1st time in months but public health experts warn that infections remain high and restrictions should stay in place the 1st vaccine doses have arrived in australia and new zealand quarantine hotel workers will be among the 1st to get the jobs and england opens its cornton hotels today in a bid to keep out new code variants passengers from 33 so-called red list countries will have spent 14 days under the new border restrictions. well since the pandemic began death has become a much more prominent fact of life at the same time distancing measures have often

made traditional funerals impossible in germany one funeral director has made it her mission to help families find a way to say goodbye. tell and aleksander kwasniewski started their own funeral they snatched the pandemic because. but that already noticed a growing demand for a more personalized approach to dealing with death. and i think this is a really important development and a very liberating one when it comes to death which is perhaps no longer such a to be as people always thought over time the topic has come more and more into focus and now with the coronavirus pandemic this is also a chance to think about what it means to say goodbye and why that's important what . the shift is partly generational instead of religion issues like sustainability have become more important to some people barbara says that's why

she chooses natural materials for example filling pillows for the coffins with hay from a local farm. her business the funeral lists looks nothing like the typical german undertakers she encourages people to be creative and bring in their own ideas when laying a loved one to rest for example the basic urn for a person's ashes can become something more meaningful with personal items like a favorite bag or well worn cushion cover. in the tin if you have something you can identify with something you like and have a good feeling about even just seeing that it can really help with grief with. our . these small choices offer a contrast to an often prescriptive process. is highly regulated in germany and steeped in christian traditions in almost all of the german states people or their actions must be buried in official graveyards and coffins or earns a compulsory. the pandemic has brought new restrictions and that are stacked months

mother died of old age in a care home last autumn lockdown measures meant not all of her family could be that to say goodbye but barbara encourage them to find an alternative if. the idea came up to get our sister on video chat so she could be there when our mother was picked up before we wouldn't have dared to do that we would have said you can't do that the ethical reasons people just don't do that and then barbara said why not well meet whether it's going digital or getting hands on the need for individual ways to deal with death is more pressing than avar. that's the opposite of what it's just so important to be able to have the opportunity to say goodbye and what's have the full not might be and the pandemic has made that really clear because so many people are affected by it as. germany's

daily death toll from coronavirus is now falling but it seems new perspective sunday a set to rise. in sports news and then germany's bonus league frankfurt's champions league dreams receive a boost after beating cologne on sunday frankfurt or in top form and have only lost twice the c's. not a hooter's frankfurt hadn't lost at home all season making them one of only 3 teams in the bundesliga to make that claim a win against cologne would bump them up into 3rd place. and after a scoreless 1st half frankfurt hit the target courtesy of andre silva his 18th of the season the 2nd most in the league and what a beautiful touch it was. and then frankfurt doubled their lead late in the half to have an indy car doing the honors

this time in his pinpoint header leaving the cologne keeper with no chance. to nail it how it ended and out he has frankfurt stay at home and are staking their claim to a champions league spot. and finally prince harry the grandson of britain's queen elizabeth and his wife megan have announced they are expecting their 2nd child a friend of the duke and duchess of sussex made the announcement in an instagram post the pair of now live in southern california where they moved in 2020 after quitting their royal duties harry and megan already have a son archie who will turn 2 in may. you are watching t w news coming to you from berlin up next we've got to morrow today for you our science magazine and there's always more news and information any time you want on our website that stay w.

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