out there too to assemble in terms of what it is that they're demanding from the government and so on and this is why you see governments authoritarian leaning governments all around the world trying to control exercise control over social media of course because it is such an important messaging device in this day and age of course what's also interesting about it is that governments try to use social media as well or people who are trying to keep those protesters at the door so to speak they are also being engaged in this kind of game so social media really has changed the that and the dynamic of these protests quite a bit it's also made for the little bit more fun if you think about kind of the kinds of creative strategies that some of the protesters are trying to use in order to communicate with each other and with the government so there's a lot going on that didn't used to happen but it will cost us thank you that's very clear professor chris anderson from the london school of economics and. we'll take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world thousands of

people took to the streets of the cab of the capital port au prince to protest against their president. who they accuse of trying to establish a dictatorship president has been ruling by decree for a year because there's no parliament after legislative elections the shuttle for 2018 were delayed. australia's treasurer just arriving burke says the country is close to reaching significant commercial deals with google and facebook but the online platforms paying millions to media companies for content shared by users the tech giants recently threatened to discontinue some services in australia to avoid such fees they haven't commented on mr frydenberg statement. president of argentina carlos menem has died in buenos aires the age of 90 he served 2 terms 49892999 assuming the strong privatization policy also pegged the peso to the us dollars to try and control inflation argentina has declared 3 days of national

mourning. in the united arab emirates has published the 1st image of mars sent back by its probe currently circling circling the red planet and the picture shows the north pole as well as the largest of volcano limpers mones. now authorities here in germany have banned travel from parts of neighboring austria and the czech republic in order to stop the spread of highly contagious coronavirus variants that have been detected in border regions the european union has criticised the shutdown which is causing major disruption for workers who commute across the board. 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. hall 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 check border. the need been harping about how 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. i know. that 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 is classified as essential or not allowed me to cross over i don't know. we did the work 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. minette would imagine 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 up 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 mines used nor to be indecent tens of thousands of commuters have now been left wondering when they'll be able to get to work well the fears of new coronavirus variance drives those border closures in just mean curfews and closures remain part of daily life in many european countries there is one place where things seem to have loosened up the spanish city of madrid on the way it's getting out 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 but 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 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 frenzy to divine tears to come here she didn't have to quarantine and also brought a friend come here there's there's friends there is. amazing it's a dream come true. a dream that theodore stark and i who could be have also pursued 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

. very. cheering the day the students explore the city in the evenings they stay at home they say they feel safe 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 this page of the virus this party was organized by french tourists. if you want to be a lot of interest we've had to intervene on several occasions all the participants were foreigners who'd come to madrid for a short time 2 or 3 days they rent an apartment and then they party. the. fines for these offenses during a pandemic start at 600 euros spanish authorities are in contact with their french counterparts to 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 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 no major it is one of the few cities in europe that still lies some leeway though that could change at any time. well let's take

a look at some of the latest developments in this pandemic will start in south korea which is scaled back its initial vaccination target because of delays in vaccination in vaccine shipments the government also says it will not be administering the astra zeneca vaccine to people over $65.00 a large study in israel shows the biotech pfizer vaccine to be a highly effective at preventing serious illness israel's vaccinating more of its population than any other country the 1st votes doses of vaccine have arrived in australia new zealand quarantine hotel workers will be among the 1st to get the jobs and england opens its quarantine hotels today in a bid to keep out new variants passengers from $33.00 so-called red list countries will be will have to spend 14 days under the new border restrictions. well germany's borders league frankfurt's champions league dreams received a boost after beating cologne on sunday from the 1st of the strong and the goals

keep coming as they continue to ease past their opponents. hardihood has frankfurt hadn't lost at home all season making them one of only 3 teams in the blenders league 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 silver 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 evonne and doing the honors this time it is pinpoint header leaving the cologne keeper with no chance. to nail it how it ended and out he has frankfurt stay on the net home and are staking their claim to

a champions league spot. the 2022 winter olympics are about a year away and beijing's making major strides in developing one of the toughest race tracks in our pine skiing built specifically for the games the facility will soon enter its 1st testing phase the 800 metre drop in elevation is what makes the 7 racetracks here so challenging beijing is also think bill near lympics country hopes to convert the scented to a training and leisure park after the games. carnival season is upon us but looking at the unusually quiet streets around the world you'd hardly know it's the coronavirus pandemic is left very sad empty of visitors but that doesn't stop some traditional carnival characters from appearing a photo shoots probably nodding their lagoons city and while the public is on orders to stay at home children have been given permission to celebrate outside as long as they're in disguise. is there much

about top story of local media force who may have lost a shots have been fought to disperse protesters and since you're not going like it's still unclear whether these swat rubber bullets all my life i've been issued i'm to doubt whether barack casuals goes into that blackout so no the fix was for so been deployed to suppress demonstrations. i have felt more world news of the top of the hour d.w. news asia with bearish banditry is next to go into. the booth.

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a chinese campaign is clouding the truth about the origins of the coronavirus. and dogs on the fields how these disabled strays in thailand could soon be out of their homes due to the covert and. i'm finished manager welcome to be. glad you could join us at 22 year old climate activist in india is under arrest for her walk in support of an ongoing farmer's education in the country the show ravi is accused of party formulating a document which listed ways in which people could protest in favor of the demanding withdrawal of controversial farm laws ravi is also accused of collaborated with the separatist movement by police the documents being called

a tool kit was shared on twitter by swedish climate activists. calling gonzales a human rights lawyer and a past where no of the right level to go to war he joins me now from delhi cullen police are calling her a court key conspirator in drafting a document that essentially lists how one can protest for a cause is this conspiracy or campaigning historically. it's peaceful democratic secular law. and the government it becomes so it all or it they don't even want you know being really serious police can be very active even it is constitutionally protected. and the government wants to stamp it out. so we're trying to 2 year old is now are sitting in police custody for essentially campaigning i wonder then what is the message the government is trying

to send out. but the message is very clear we don't care about what you stand for what you believe in we want no criticism of the any government at all and if you criticize earth we will treat you as a terrorist. as a eco terrorist as a farmer's terrorist we will teach us the terrorists and we will draw the book at you in terms of the most severe charges possible we will arrest you without cause even without legally and make an example of you that's what. if that's a frightening message column coming from the biggest democracy on the planet just talk us through why the message is this from a government when it is faced with protests for more than 3 months from farmers who are demanding the rollback of certain laws well it's not

a new or stapling measure that all it's been going on for a long long time in india and started with the arrest of grumblings human rights lawyers were still rotting in jail for doing nothing really so it's not you at all except in the case of this girl disha they have overstepped their boundaries and they are handing down and somebody was totally innocent and they can't make a case either of a link with the girl is the only move in or with the nation economy that is totally up abrogated case and this is staying there overstepped the boundaries and i think the government has been he is going to get a very negative publicity on this. but do you think the government of india cares given that the foreign ministry to we did into this is specially when people migrate a term bargain popstar briana treated calling for greater attention to the ongoing protests by farmers you say the picture of india is going to be damaged you think

the government cares she the government is a bully. a big bully awful bully and the government thinks it can make people surrender give up become timid and frightened. this time if the government doesn't care there's going to be security action to this is a rest but i think now the believe will realise it's a david and goliath kind of situation that david is going to win and goliath is going to get a pretty big it companies say. you know i don't think this time ignited you they don't care. they'll be forced to be forced to be look they're very autocratic i think. right calling gonzales we just have to wait and

see but thank you so much for talking to us today a present often to. china has responded with anger after allegations from the u.s. that it withheld information about the origins of the covert 1000 outbreak last year beijing said washington head coach already gravely damaged international reputation i'm sorry cooperation on covert 19 and was now pointing fingers at other countries the comments come as the u.s. said it had deep concerns about china's handling of the w.h.o. mission investigating the origins of the pandemic in the simple city of buan the double team is expected to present their findings as early as this week several members of the team said they were happy with the access to information provided by china but others including australian microbiologist dominic diane said china refused to give the raw data on the covert cases and that this could complicate

efforts to understand how the outbreak began. if you really tried to go back to the very beginning to try and understand the source in the ideal world you would get if you were patient. and that's what we call you know estate all of that stuff is anonymous you know you don't want to push it you want that they. know what with the questions asked what were the responses and what were the sort of analyses. and that's standard practice for an outbreak investigation in this issue why should the chinese guy because the result dolls we would have liked i guess you're saying the road. but that can still come. now with aspects of the mission to china the uncertainty over the origins of the us compounded by a deliberate distance a nation by china. it began almost as soon as the coronavirus began to

spread through woo han asia and the world a rumor here a claim there a conspiracy theory touted further afield and reposed it had the virus been imported to china via frozen meat had one of its adversaries unleashed a bio weapon in one as the world was fighting the coronavirus a new war was raging on line a campaign of disinformation people traditionally think about russia when they think about foreign information operations with coded that really began to change and we found that china played essential role with cope at this information analysis of millions of twitcher interactions by the international affairs group the atlantic council with the associated press news agency shows the chinese government weaponized social media for a propaganda war to deflect blame for the pandemic the chinese government have an incredibly well devalued. disinformation apparatus the

investigation found china's apparatus of dissent from asia normally used on its own people was aimed abroad chinese diplomats at a dozens and dozens of accounts to twitter and facebook even though those platforms are banned in china western countries for the 1st time saw china engaging in this war what's known as the russians the impact of throwing mud and seeing what sticks the mud throwing was often aimed at the u.s. where top officials pilloried china for the pandemic when the china virus invaded are sure i promise china fought back against trump's talk of a china virus you will meet them in the united states truly respects facts it should open the biological lead but for dietrich. the chinese foreign affairs ministry was speaking and tweeting the prospect the virus was created in the u.s. military lab in cary to woo han during military games in late 2019 tweets amplified by thousands of accounts around the world in dozens of languages and tens of

millions of followers you don't necessarily want people abroad to believe you but if you want to have people come away with the impression that while the truth simply cannot be known face as then as peace as the sees us most i don't like any of them. not and that to the chinese government at least in the international context you know when polling suggested as early as last spring that up to a 3rd of people in a number of countries already believe the coronavirus was manmade. for its part the chinese foreign ministry says its diplomats seems social media like other countries diplomats and is opposed to the creation and spread of false information. a rescue dog sanctuary in thailand has been saving dogs from destitution for nearly a decade set up by a swedish expert at the shelter called the man who rescues dogs has taken in

thousands of strays over the yeahs it not only cleans and feeds the animals it also helps them like literally to get back on their feet but now the pandemic is causing it to fear for the future. there's no stopping these dogs in southern thailand. the old disabled but can now run as fast as any of this thanks to their new wheelchairs provided by shelter in the province of chandler any . help is that said the wheels are giving the animals a new lease on life. it's almost like they have no idea that they have a disability and once you put him in the wheelchair for the 1st time. it's like there's no learning curve they immediately know what to do. most of the dogs lost the use of their hind legs after being injured in accidents there among hundreds of

strays then looked after the shelter. as what a screeching that talks with mobility aids and helping them recover from rifle in the street the shelter is also trying to reach the large number of unwanted dogs in the province by neutering and spaying stray. but their work is being threatened by the coronavirus crisis since the pandemic began we've experienced an 80 percent drop in visitors virtually no bolland tears and a 40 percent drop in donations. it cost around $1300.00 a day to care for more than $900.00 dogs sophie is the fans might dry up is causing concern. for now though the dogs are still able to go out and make the most of their new form of transportation the hope is that wheel of fortune will continue to turn in their favor. that's if there is of course more about work so i did.

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a group likely to have other health problems too. now with many hotels m.t.g. to the crisis some cities have found a clever way to bring a vulnerable population in from the cold. well many european capitals adopted the strategy during the 1st wave germany's taken longer hotels in berlin at least opens their doors in time for the big chill and with tourists staying away it's helping keep is this going thanks to the heartless. reports. when i see your brains hit berlin some have it harder to find shelter than others. but this man got lucky. kirsten who doesn't want to give his full name normally sleeps in and then the urgency shelter during winter now he puts the few things he owns inside a hotel over here because don't feel safe and he can take

a shower he also gets served warm food really upgrade he finds the shop go shopping container i used to sleep in a container this is a hotel that's much better then theone like what are on it feel bizarre started about. the hotel ita is one of several hotels and berlin which are now welcoming homeless people like a stone it is a win win situation he has a place to sleep and take shelter from the cold while the hotel can make some money the city pays for the commendation. the bats were urgently needed explains organizer wolfgang fitch due to the covert crisis shelters had to reduce the number of beds to keep up hygiene measures. and they cater for how the shelter usually puts people in dormitories or even on camping mats and big shared rooms we can't do that because of cold it we're very grateful that we can use the hotel because we

can put people in twins rooms it means we never have more than 2 or 3 people in of room type as own home. and there is more that guests can return to their beds all winter long if they stick to the rules that makes all the difference says martha who helps from the place and has a close connection to many of them i know. that. on that one from the young coleman when they get here that unwashed and exhaust often depressed and lacking prospects after a few weeks here they've changed completely they have a different outlook on the future some of them find walk some even a home of their own. something better anyway who's to give a normal. living in his own home that is also stands

dream he's hopeful of realizing it once the covert crisis is over for expect when is from the european federation of national organizations working with the homeless how can others be helped to punishment housing joining this crisis and even more importantly once it's over in hotel rooms and of the overall health. well i think what we have to like me 1st say that it's important the most member states in the european union have done an effort to get people off the streets into. what is important is that we start thinking or in the about the. beauty of you don't want to these homeless people i mean we're talking about thousands of homeless people which as we don't want them to be pushed back into the shelter or even worse into the street so we have to make sure that they move into supportive housing as much as possible so i think that's a really important commitment that we have to get from policymakers and look at national level what about using this opportunity to test

a part of the population that may not otherwise go see a doctor. well yes of course homeless people are more from the. general population so they should. be a priority they should be a priority group when it comes to testing unfortunately what we see in most countries that they have to pay out of the group there's only a handful of countries including germany where the homeless population and the professionals working with them are a priority group that will be tested and fascinated quite quite soon so i think it's important to learn from up and to push the testing in vaccination in the home as much as possible they mowe. prone to covert those reports of them having a higher dose of vitamin d. think lee because they're outdoors so much more and also that quite socially distance from from the rest of us. well i think they are more from the i think that

is. a lot of preexisting conditions make them more vulnerable but those. who are homeless people are outside the whole time most of the homeless people actually shot at in longer after that so anyway the health is really quite bad in general so that it has no doubts that they are more vulnerable to the . infection than the general population and which of the social distancing is really difficult like if you're given a shot and most of us are overcrowded so i think it would be wrong to suggest that it's easier for homeless people to socially distance is it also a fact that homelessness is increasing at the moment with so many people losing their jobs. yes but when this people was increasing. in a crisis between 20092019 we have seen in european union 770

increase in the number of people experience will not sense and any given day which means are sleeping on the streets are sleeping rough or in a shelter that was up in peace. prizes it's difficult to say if when this is further increasing but we estimate like we think that it's further increasing and what would especially concerned about is how the. evil if at the moment most member states have more. efficient moratoria in place they wouldn't last forever there is increasing pressure too and if this moratorium would inevitably meet to a spike in evictions and we defeat the spike in a fiction we translate in a spike in homelessness so we'll probably see we see that increase before or not we'll probably see an increase after quarter one as well but if not i think what about the housing 1st initiative is that making a difference in in some countries instead of makeshift health care and

psychological support the homeless get an apartment without conditions attached. yes measure that he's a lot of evidence that housing 1st works it works especially for homeless people and homeless people that are chronically homeless so i don't think that we have to further doubt about its effectiveness these scientific evidence is there what we need to do now he's to do is promote the scientific evidence and help convince all of the makers that look at the national level to be housing 1st to skate i'm not trying to argue don't need traditional way or dressing homelessness by making homeless people bussed to a shelter of itself the system is totally ineffective but it's very clear that housing 1st is more effective if people keep housing people feel better and once you know that and yes people are doing better so there is no doubt that the housing 1st works especially for chronically homeless people frank skinner and from the

european federation of national organizations working with the homeless thank you very much thank you quite often are. i'm to hand you over to our science correspondent derrick williams he's been looking into your questions on the growth of virus. have been 1000th of ideas like me protected to some extent from re-infection with the new variant. the answer to this worrisome question is still up in the air but it's clearly something authorities will be keeping a close eye on in the coming months what makes things complicated is that the pandemic of landscape is shifting so rapidly we're trying to track the effects of vaccines in multiple variants across societies but even nailing down exactly which variant might have affected someone somewhere is still much more the exception than

the rule even in the u.k. which does a better job of tracking this kind of data than any other country they've only sequenced and viral genomes from around 10 percent of all infected patients which means we only know in one out of about 10 cases which variant of british patient had and in most other countries we know a whole lot less than that. one thing that's fueled concerns about the possibility of survivors being reinfected with new variants is some results from a recent vaccine trial in south africa although it was set up to provide information about the safety and efficacy of the vaccine the trial incidentally revealed something kind of frightening in the placebo group subjects' who had antibodies indicating that they'd already had over 1000 once seemed just as likely to contract the disease again in the course of the study as people who haven't had

one possible explanation for that is that the variant discovered in. south africa is less likely to be prevented by a naturally occurring immunity to earlier variants but that still hasn't been proven and the data set was too small to draw firm conclusions the upside however is that even if 3 infection with the new variant does occur many experts think that one run in with the disease should generally continue to provide some protection maybe enough to prevent severe disease with a newer variant that's the hope at least. and we leave you with rio's somebody wrote which is empty this year after the city suspended convolve due to the pandemic of course at the massive parade ground is being put to other uses like

a slide show one of victims of the fires brazil has the 2nd highest number of company deaths in the walt. dances with one of the city's somebody schools also put on a socially distanced as displayed through cheer on the country's vaccination campaign . joy thanks for watching they say can see you again sir.

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