this is news coming to you live from berlin myanmar's military refuse a key demand of protesters and keeping leaders. in jail pro-democracy activists are out for another day of demonstrations calling for her release but there are signs a crackdown could be different also coming up despite threats of arrest russian protesters put on a show of defiance flashlight plush malts in support of jailed dissidents alexina about how the kremlin responds and new travel restrictions at germany's borders

false things are now limited with parts of austria and the czech republic where a surge of infections with coronavirus variance has authorities worried plus in bonus league of football high flying frankfurt extend their unbeaten streak to 10 games and move up to 3rd place in the standings after easily dispensing with visitors cologne. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us myanmar's military junta has extended the detention of deposed leader aung sun suu cheap she was due to be released today but will now remain in jail at least until wednesday protesters are once again in the streets demanding her release and an end to the coup the power 2 weeks ago. the military has intensified its crackdown on the protests sending

armored vehicles into the streets and imposing an internet blackout this after images were circulated online that showed the military firing on a crowd of protesters so unclear whether live ammunition was used. spring in journalist dave green of 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 he's got police you've got water cannons 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 those crowds take 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 lawn 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 coup the the civilian leader the defectives

civilian leader only ones 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 laura that 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 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 in 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 it 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 a group there in kuala lumpur. now to russia demonstrations of another

caius so-called flash like protests lit up the night despite days of effort 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 day went small in their show 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 his wife yulian of 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 representation is by the state. a little bit out there and seeing if 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 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. our moscow correspondent emily sure and together with you know because warner. hold and now to some of the other stories making news around the world today the west

african nation of guinea has declared a new epidemic after an outbreak near the liberian border at least 3 people have died there the 1st cases detected in guinea since 2016 the world health organization is helping with liver vaccines and trying to contain the outbreak. parties in catalonia that favre breaking away from spain have boosted their combined majority in the regional parliament following sunday's election the socialist party which opposes independence looks set to claim a narrow victory as the biggest single party. 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 to call for tougher gun laws including a ban on assault weapons. in the u.s.

many are wondering what's next for donald trump after being acquitted in his 2nd impeachment trial little has been heard from him since he was banned from twitter for his role in the capital riot he's now living in florida a political battleground state where opinion is divided over the former president and the country's future. donald trump is a hero to willy guardiola he lives a 30 minute drive away from the former president's home in palm beach. he's never met trump but he's 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 at 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 the leaving the club but many of more modest means are diehard trump supporters some call in daily to a conservative radio talk show hosted by brian mudd their people believe the impeachment trial was simply a witch hunt al what say you would you vote for trump again or course i would shift things up to washington d.c. that's 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. so come up with a new name of 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 this. here in germany authorities have banned travel from parts of neighboring austria and the czech republic the restrictions are aimed at stopping the spread of highly contagious variants of the corona virus which have been detected in several border regions european union is criticised the travel shutdown which is causing major disruption for workers commute across the border

very little has gone 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 a 3. 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 and . 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's 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. minable 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 part their citizens from traveling to the west but today germany is worried about highly contagious virus variants travelling 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 name's east north to be. 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 very in town of sharon doing it's a place where a lot of commuters travel to work in germany and our correspondent barbara basell 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've seen 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 carone 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 suture and 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 this the some private cars lined up but these people in there they're presenting their work contract and they don't know what 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 and 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 the hard won 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 in the 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 arrived 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 and places that are empty and they would just have to take in other economic hit it is

a very difficult decision also very cold there as i can see not fun for the people who have to sit in their car for hours our correspondent barbara vai's older ensuring 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 the housing didn't officially reaction from america this weekend but the situation led to diplomatic tensions between balin and in the foreign minister alexandre schellenberg on the austrian side talked to his german counterpart. yesterday sunday and a german ambassador is also 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 ways in german border regions build the federal government's pro-government germany's 16 federal state they've been longer had multiple times in this pandemic the authority of berlin has been challenged on occasion has his 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 the 7 days incidence rate at the national level eased. 60 per

$100000.00 inhabitants but the love down has to be reconnected and time and again we so to difficulties all the chancellor of the federal government to agree on measures we see original heads of the heads of states middle thank you very much that was our correspondent man will show us. well the german government has decided to wait on the easing of coronavirus law measures until march 7th and in many regions of europe contact restrictions remain tight authorities fear the spread of new virus variants but there is one place where things seem to be still going quite easy still to be easygoing rather the spanish city of madrid and word is gotten around to tourists meeting friends and enjoying drinks in the sun a rare pastime these days but possible in madrid and that's why the spanish capital has become a refuge for young tourists from france it's so so depressing being in

a country is nothing's open it's gloomy all day you have to be back there's a curfew it at 6 you can even see your friends there are no cafes there's no you know you can't sit down with anyone you literally can't do anything in france. in madrid coronavirus restrictions are less strict than in other parts of europe and negative p.c.r. test was enough for n.z. to demand to come here she didn't have to quarantine and also prata friend i come here. there's friends there is. it's amazing it's a dream come true. a dream that theodore start and i have koby have also precede the students live in germany and are spending a few days here they planned the trip with friends knowing that germany has advised its population to avoid travelling tyrus countries. somehow you feel bad if you travel because other people are self isolating and you're not

supposed to travel at the moment. but i don't think you can stay at home for a whole year either. we want to see the world while we're in the prime of our lives . during the day the students explore the city in the evenings they stay at home they say they feel safer keeping to themselves others feel differently madrid's police sometimes have to break up illegal parties held after curfew with participants ignoring current contact restrictions which is ideal for the spread of the virus this party was organized by french tourists. here mostly about it into we've had to intervene on several occasions all the participants were foreigners who had come to madrid for a short time 2 or 3 days they rent an apartment and then they party. for a few fines for these offenses during the pandemic start at 600 euros spanish authorities

are in contact with their french counterparts. we collaborate internationally and there are mechanisms in place to pass on information so the fund should reach them but you have to remember that issued by local authorities here processing the fines is still a bit bumpy when party chorus don't live in spain illegal parties also worry dr laura's sons in the end they all contribute to more infections. that get in america so we already have to be very careful with family members and in our everyday lives unnecessary contact has to be avoided it. the young people we met this afternoon in madrid i think both can work being responsible and enjoying the freedoms of life we do all the p.c.r. test and everything we wear the mask when we have to we don't want to bother spanish people you know we just want to leave again and in france we can to do that

from now madrid is one of the few cities in europe that still allowed some leeway though that could change at any time. is a quick look at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic worldwide. large israeli study shows that the biotech pfizer vaccine is highly effective at preventing serious illness israel has vaccinated more than more of its population and 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 coroutine hotel workers will be among the 1st to get jobs and england opens its core into 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.

sports and in germany has been mostly good frankfurt's champions league dreams receive a boost after beating cologne on sunday frankfurt are in top form and have only lost twice this season. not a hooter's frankfurt hadn't lost at home all season making them one of only 3 teams in the bundle eager to make that claim 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 on indy car doing the honors this time in his pinpoint header and leaving the cologne keeper with no chance.

to nail is how it ended and audi who had his 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 macon have announced they are expecting their 2nd child a friend of the duke and duchess of sussex made the announcement in an instagram post paradela 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. and just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on d w news protesters have taken again to the streets in myanmar keeping up their demands for the release of leader talks on suchi the military junta has extended her detention until at least wednesday internet blackout said armored vehicles have

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