this is news coming to you live from berlin military leaders say they will guarantee elections will be held as the prince of faces mass demonstrations for the 15th day for the troops on the streets fears of a violent crackdown are growing we get the latest from a journalist in the capital yangon also coming up hungary welcomes its 1st shipment of the chinese sign a form vaccine the country's decided to break away from the e.u.

joint plan and go its own way to fast track rollout. plus how china tries to silence to say beyond its borders a businessman tells us he was forced to spy on his own people while traveling abroad and describes the tragedy of the polish and it's snowing. very little bealefeld gives a scare amid a blizzard. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us military leaders have reiterated claims that they aim to hold new elections and say they want peace the comments comus military intensifies halfords to quell a popular uproar. against his coup earlier this month protesters have taken to the

streets of the country's 2nd largest city monday and go on for another day to call for the release of the detained leader aung sun suu kyi un special envoy to myanmar has told the country's military junta it will face quote severe consequences for any crackdown on protesters. let's bring in journalist dave gribbohm here he's covered myanmar extensively and joins us now from kuala lumpur the military the protesters and the u.n. are all turning up the heat in myanmar how do you read the situation there now it's interesting the military shows no signs of backing down the demonstrators so no signs of backing down u.s. clearly supporting the demonstrators here most of all of us here's what stands out the most to me and what you see on the ground. it's this government work stoppage so many government employees refuelling to work for the south if this continues to pick up momentum and grow and more once government employees used to work in the

military is going to have a tough time keeping the government running and that happens he sectors will senior gentleman along the head of the he's going to find himself backed into a corner how does he respond then that's the key potential scenario we have to keep an eye on in the days and weeks ahead ok the military still has the upper hand for now though what can you tell us about the military's deployment and yang gone the country's biggest city. yes some of these soldiers are from light infantry divisions which have a reputation for harsh. tactics i mean we've seen this with how they've run campaigns against insurgents in different parts of the country we saw what happened in the crackdown on the ring of that which drove more than 700000 of them into bangladesh and specifically some of these light infantry soldiers and young god are from the 77 flight intreated vision why is that significant important human rights

watch the 77th open fired on protesters back in 2007 now i'm not saying it's the same soldiers in the 77th today as we as there were back in 2007 but people in and the m.r.i. they've heard of the 77 i heard about them when i lived in the end i'm their reputation is notorious and they are clearly chosen for a reason to be on the streets of yangon right now and that reason is to intimidate . the you when has been very vocal more vocal than it has been in the past saying now that the it's the had better not crackdown or it would face severe consequences how is that going down there. well the bottom line is obviously the demonstrators appreciate that support is far is the room to goes it could delay some tactics that they would use but in the end they've already shown their cards and senior gentleman on if he decides that the only way he can establish total

authority is through brute harsh violent deadly tactics that he thinks the only way you can do it then he will use those tactics keep in mind this is a man who was spent his entire adult life in the very insular world of the me i am our military and now probably for the 1st time in his entire military career his orders are not being obeyed and in the end he's going to do what he thinks he needs to do no matter what the u.n. tells. dave thank you very much as always that was journalist david greene about in kuala lumpur well in just a few hours from now a special flights carrying around half a 1000000 doses of china's sign of farm coronas virus vaccine will arrive in hungary hungary will be the 1st european union country to administer both the chinese and russia's sputnik vbac scene the government has granted emergency approvals through the vaccines bypassing approval from medical regulators after

criticizing the pace of the e.u. vaccine rollout. hungary is going it alone last friday it became the 1st country in the european union to administer russia's sputnik v. vaccine starting with a batch of $2800.00 doses on tuesday at the livery of the chinese scene a farm vaccine is expected to arrive another 1st in the e.u. this is a clear break with the e.u.'s vaccine rollout plan which officials in hungary have repeatedly criticized for being too slow. prime minister viktor orban said hungary is taking matters into its own hands. we can stop the virus without vaccines because it will always come back in new waves that's why our country's most important task is to get as many vaccines as possible.

not later as promised by brussels but quickly your strong. the russian and chinese vaccines were granted emergency approval in hungary but they have yet to receive the green light from that used regulatory authority the e.m.e.a. they haven't been reviewed by hungary's medicines regulator either instead of getting approval via government decree that strong criticism from scientists the prime minister or ben has been looking elsewhere for inspiration. neighboring serbia which is not an easy you member was the 1st one sure in europe to administer china seen a foreign jab this helped make serbia the country with the 2nd fastest vaccine rollout in europe after the u.k. . in hungary or a ban says he hopes to inoculate 2500000 people by easter about one in 4 hunger ariens thanks to the scene of farm jab if successful hungary's decision to go it

alone could further under. mind the e.u.'s common vaccination strategy. of more let's bring in our d.w. brussels bureau chief of external phenomena. hungary's departing from practice and pursuing his own vaccine strategy what. prime minister obama is saying it's not about politics it's all about saving lives he has been criticised the vaccine rollout saying it's too slow and that is the reason for him to look for alternatives outside of the blocks come on procurement program but of course he's actions are also about politics of domestic politics for example with elections and next year he is under a lot of pressure to reopen the economy as opinion polls show and neck and neck race with a united opposition against him for the very 1st time and we also have to add that

he has been seeking closer ties with beijing and moscow for a while now because he is at odds with the european union on the regular basis in particular over his stance on immigration but also when it comes to his government's treatment of independent media outlets of or opposition figures well in terms of diplomacy procuring your vaccines from russia and china does make quite a statement in the european union what to hungary's european partners make of. well as you can imagine brussels was not very happy about that for the european union for the european commission the reason why they were so eager to have a common big scene rollout and vaccine strategy is was to make sure that every member state will get in there fix scenes that no one is left behind so to see hung

with breaking with the vaccine strategy no way no one is happy about that because defected hungry is the 1st state in the european union to approve and now to administer the chinese vaccine also seen as a huge credibility boost for beijing that is seen by the european union as a systemic rival but we also have to say that member states are allowed to buy the scenes outside of the contracts that the european union signed collectively floor for its members with different vaccine makers lots of eve member states or trust rated about the slow pace of rollout of the covert vaccines what are the chances that some of those states might follow hungary's lead well i think we cannot rule that out czech prime minister bobbish for example visits it's put up a few weeks ago to learn more about hungry 16 strategy and even heavyweights

like germany seem to be open to buying chinese or russian vaccines once they are approved and i think it's really depends whether the european union can speed up the scene programs under thank you very much to the bureau chief in brussels xander phenomena. well the 2nd phase of belgium's covert 900 vaccination program is now underway with a rollout in nursing homes but health authorities have noted a particular resistance to vaccinations among the country's french speaking population many refusing the medical workers at particular risk of catching the bar . this is a moment to remember. photographs care home barkha christina retreats as she receives her 2nd dose of the biotech pfizer vaccine. for months is rarely i really

hope to encourage my colleagues but also my family and even the country to come and get vaccinated. as vaccination drives in north thing homes like this one in the french speaking part of belgium draw to a close many stuff still opting out. almost half of all care workers and private institutions alone in the region are hesitating even the director of this home is among the. kids kirov one of the side effects let's say in 20 years nobody knows today so it's a bit like buying a car you feel like you could be safe but i want to see the crash test results so personally i am a bit skeptical but for the older people clearly it's a good thing it was going to excess well put it. this caregiver is also one sure he prefers to wait because he's heard some rumors get. ahead

yes some production in it that can be used. to can be orbs of from this done because of this production them like. kind of a stop no. and this is just the tip of the ice book false claims that the vaccine causes infertility or even death or spreading like wildfire across social media the french speaking part of belgium appears particularly receptive to these ideas. the head of most in home federation thumb a bell thinks making vaccinations mandatory maybe the only option so far training sessions or online campaigns have failed to convince stuff i did not understand i do not understand that it was so for them there's so a lot of rate of every people who died they so did the

loss of life and it's unbelievable odo's people do not understand that they can protect themselves it's a big question experts say part of the answer is that the anti vaccine movement can spread fear faster than mainstream media can spread information. the leaves do not. make you a hesitant or make to make you even reluctant to think. that he doesn't mean you and it's a conspiracy theory and so when you stigmatize people or to nag that by thing well you are 90 vaccine. you dr lee we have the negative effect of. them them and putting them in the hands of these movements. move. back at the nursing home this local doctor is trying his utmost to demonstrate that

vaccines are safe this is. the full facts. don't because if we could do more it's a vaccine. many of christina rodrigo's colleagues are also taking to social media to encourage others. she hopes each photo will make a difference. it's catch up on some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic worldwide the world health organization has granted emergency authorization to astra zeneca as coronavirus vaccine the move should enable event agencies partners to ship millions of doses to countries worldwide in a widening scandal peru's president says almost $500.00 government officials are being investigated after secretly receiving early vaccinations for corona virus the vaccine was then made available for doctors and other health workers and mexico has begun rolling out backs nations to its senior citizens began back saving health

workers in december but delayed back same shipments have they have made for a slow start to the 2nd phase. now let's see what else is happening around the world today a group of prominent pro-democracy activists have gone on trial in hong kong they're facing charges in connection with the anti-government protests that raw. the city and 2019 include the pounder of the hong kong democrats martin lee and media tycoon jimmy line. is ilands prime minister just into our door and has accused australia of shirking its responsibilities in the case of a woman with dual citizenship detained in turkey 1st suspected links to islamic state militants australia has cancelled a woman's citizenship australian prime minister scott morrison said he was acting in the national interest and it's a severe winter storm has most of the eastern united states in its grip and it's

also bringing snow and ice to areas more used to deserts and drought like texas states been blanketed with snow and power outages are affecting hundreds of thousands of residents and businesses. the chinese government's crackdown on weaker and other minorities has had devastating consequences within its borders rights groups say more than a 1000000 chinese muslims held in so-called reeducation camps have been subjected to torture rape and other abuses but in this report d.w. hears of another alleged suspect of this campaign is forced to spy on their own while abroad expanding china's ability to threaten those who speak out. they say mean was a shop owner selling imported foods including her other products in his hometown of carlo in 2015 when he returned to john from a business trip to malaysia he was stopped at the airport and brought to a detention center. can they brought me into

a room put on them or they sat me down at a metal table and they tied my legs and my arms to it. by stating this position for 2 days. we meet a say in an apartment in munich germany he says he was never told what he was accused of his papers say that he was suspected of endangering state security a suspect to months any attention then suddenly he was released but under one condition he had to agree that he would work for chinese state security. i thought i would just stay in touch with them i didn't have the intention but the term really worked for them or the gun. that was an illusion after his release a so you mean regularly met with an agent who introduced himself as a bot. he was able to continue traveling abroad he says in the beginning nothing specific had been asked of him and he maintains he never reviewed information on

anyone but it's impossible to verify these claims about one year later ayso was detained again this time he was freed with a specific request he was told to spy on a young man in turkey a cell left for istanbul then he decided not to return to china and went on a web cast with a story. on cold after the show and. the man he told me you decided to appear on this show and talk about you know that your family is here in china or on the way out that stuff. since then many of his relatives have disappeared 5 siblings have been arrested ace's oldest brother was sentenced to 25 years in jail other week has gave him the news since he cannot reach any of his relatives by phone. a lot and now the chinese government has separated us for. it in the public life

wasn't bad. well i was good health was doing all right financially not on. but it was a happy life permission but. i tried to see the place where he used to live an american colleague and i followed around closely constantly harassed and. the villages in the area seem to really empty and many houses have been sealed by the oath or a cheese. before reaching yes this village we are saddam's or. you can just walk around here and interview people there have been many negative reports. on all. of them that this is one day. so many people have been detained and many disappear every day.

so the question is going to end. he answered america did not become america without shedding a lot of blood. a lot more is going to happen here. that can bring on the stuff. i say is waiting for his refugee status to be approved he thinks that he is relatively safe you but he also knows that you can be talked to and. i correspondent bellinger who filed the report joins us now from beijing much as what is a mean status at this point does he feel safe in germany. while he's waiting for his status to be approved that means he will the authorities will tell him one day whether he can stay on not i don't know about his chances it's very hard to. assess but what is clear that germany has stopped

exposure. treating weak is to china so being sent to china is probably not a danger for him help coleman are these stories of weekers being forced to spy on each other material and of having family members punished if they don't cooperate. well let's start with the latter it's very common to use family members in china as a leverage on exiles that's true for han chinese x.i. also the dissidents but that's even more so when true for we get x. eyes for example the chinese government does not renew passports in the consulates in the chinese consulate brought it tells them to return to china and their relatives often used to pressure them to return to china where they face maybe arrest that is one thing that the exile community is being spied upon is

clear. and but we do of course not have numbers there was another case off a week a spy with defected and went public with this story a man living in istanbul and he was shot in the back recently about a month or a little more ago. nobody of course knows what exactly happened who shot but there is quite quite a lot of fear among the exile community he specially in turkey that's the biggest exile community and it is of course targeted especially but is help remind us of why china is doing this what's the motivation for pursuing the weaker population wherever they may be. well the things that are happening in st john they are very severe violations of

human norms of international norms of human rights norms and the weaker exile community these are the people who bring peace to light it was weaker exiles who came forward with their cases of disappeared relatives that week an exile community is important for everybody in the world to get information from says john it is absolutely not easy to get information from there you've seen how little i could do there as a joiner list and of course the people who speak the language who are from there who know people there they still have sources i think that is one very important thing the other thing is that china is targeting descendant brought much more than it had to before that does not only concern chinese eggs us or they although they are the primary target but it also sometimes concerns foreign nationals who speak

out against china or disclose some of the activities that china is doing or foreign governments that interfere with what china sees as its interest its a there is a push to for its own narrative to be dominant around the world within the chinese bureaucracy and tears thank you very much for your insights very valuable as always correspond of a tears burning at that in beijing. fresh from winning the club world cup in bomi by in munich we're back the bonus league business and straight into a variant blizzard on monday night were expected to swap. but the visitors began the match looking much more at home in the conditions. it was a less than more welcome home for byron after they were crowned club world champions in the heat of qatar it looked like they become

a little too used to the middle east and weather as bielefeld caught them cold. made it one nil after just 19 minutes. confidence seemed to intensify with the blizzard most people gave them a tuna lead to taken to hospital. with the pitch cleared for the 2nd half by and looked on sure a shooting. made it to 140 minutes but bielefeld went code and restored their 2 goal lead a minute later through christian gave the austrian forwards picking a great time to score his 1st big does leave a goal such cannot be measured a ball for current until isso to make it 32 just before the byron fought back. good work from the winger led to by an equaliser through alfonso davis who rounded off the scoring with 20 minutes to go 33 it finished to leave disappointed faces all round as byron dropped points in the title race and blew their chance of

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