this is g.w. news coming to you live from berlin a major show of opposition in myanmar protesters gather for what they hope will be the biggest and he crew demonstrations yet. born supports a troop build up screwed being an imminent crackdown. also coming up germany rejects who are pressed from france to send more troops to the hell region were armed groups affiliated with al qaida and the islamic state group are stoking tensions. thousands of protesters in barcelona demand the release of

a popular rapper sentenced to jail for his song lyrics and tweets cases putting a spotlight on freedom of speech in spain. hello i'm terry martin good to have you with us demonstrators have returned in force to the streets of myanmar as biggest city gone to protest against the country's military coup they call for what they hope will be the biggest street demonstrations yet to oppose the power grab carried out by the country's military on february 1st and the removal and detention of elected leader on sales of cheap rallies have been taking place daily despite nationwide internet shutdowns and a build up of security forces in major cities. journalist iman tunde is in yen dornin joins us now from there the un's human

rights expert on myanmar says he's terrified about signs of an impending military crackdown in the ongoing you're there what are you seeing. thank you for having me so in yangon as well as around the country we've been seeing a lot more and especially at night during the internet shutdown when the very day of that now. there's been reports of people with videos and photos showing large caravans military personnel being moved around cities and you know in the last couple days of the protests we've seen a shift from largely seen police on the street to a mixture of soldiers as well as police as well as sort of tanks and other sorts of military vehicles so many people there are protesting the coup but refusing to work how much of an impact is the civil disobedience movement having.

it really depends on which sector you're looking in so in terms of transportation and having a very large impact. there's been blockades of cars in recent days and that's disrupted trade along numerous borders is actually in on the border with china and there has been walk ins today in the bridges in and out again as well as city streets and the you know that's an attempt to disrupt the flow of soldiers but also in the banking sector there you know the central banks are largely ground to a halt there's been disruptions to the health care infrastructure of the country as well where people involved in the civil disobedience bookman are now creating alternative structures for health care side of government facilities and can you tell us what's happening with she's she's still in detention i understand there's supposed to be a hearing taking place what more can you tell us about the. so it's very unclear

what exactly is happening the 1st hearing was supposed to take place on monday so just a couple days ago but. that morning that the hearing would be delayed until wednesday today however we learned yesterday that she actually had a meeting with the judge where she was. with an additional charge yesterday essentially leaving kobe descriptions under the natural disaster law. and as far as we understand she has not been granted the right to be represented by lawyers that her party you have hired. thank you so much that was journalist i mean tunde in young gholam thank you for having me. well france says it will stick with the joint fight against islamic extremism in west africa that commitment comes out of a summit with 5 countries in africa hell region french president about a woman colin has ruled out an immediate reduction of troops stationed in the

region he's calling for other european countries to join the anti terror operation but key ally germany doesn't agree with that strategy. and this roads leading through the sparsely populated sawhill desert this remote part of the world remains chronically underdeveloped and under policed. the western side by a violent islamist insurgency the jihad is threat is particularly acute in the region bordering mali needs and booking a fire zone prompting france and other european countries to deploy troops there during a regional summit attorney by mt where. the french president committed to keeping over $5000.00 soldiers in the area until at least the summer. i consider the year of 2020 to have paid off we have had one victories and we have upped the results we

were working to say given the results the important reengaged bit of mali book unifiers are in need both on military issues and on a recommitment to a policy of developed bent i think that france withdrawing a significant number of troops which is an option i've considered it would be a mistake and. so it. my core hopes that european countries will in time increase their presence in the region allowing the french to draw down their contingent. this was rejected by germany whose foreign minister stressed the need for development aid instead. it is obvious that only when governments are functioning in a tangible way and offer their citizens the prospect of development and a better life we will be able in long term to eradicate terrorism.

the german and the french positions are not at all it's an dishonor there will be no development without security and no security with that development. earlier we spoke together at cook's a research fellow at the german council on foreign relations he explained what france and germany are hoping to achieve with their involvement in the sun hell region. conflict in this that. is a very important one france has been involved since 20 said teen militarily when 1st rebellion struck mali and then a coup. struck that the government and. you know who could lead to government's been by michael wasn't ready to deal with an islamist and separatist insurgency in their own country and they are just fronts for help and this ever

since then france has supported on a different mission 1st mali and now also the 4 other governments are that make up that she fights that in the states the main focus is on strengthening governance and strengthening their security institutions in the south and especially in mali at the moment so germany is one of the most important true contribution countries to the e.u. training mission u.t.m. in mali. and that missing trains the mali and security and defense forces and has been doing so since at 2017. and the hope is depp's that somalian forces will be able to protect their up operations from armed groups and threats in the future was that kind of support. now to yemen where the u.n.

is warning that an offensive by who things to take them are absurd he could displace hundreds of thousands of people and hamper diplomatic efforts to end the conflict there 6 years of war a devastated economy and a coronavirus pandemic are all contributing to a worsening humanitarian situation leaving parents struggling to feed their children. 13 year old a humvee away just 11 kilograms when she was brought to this hospital 2 weeks ago she's still in critical condition when one month i never know it's not often that we've got no money to feed our children no one wants to help us there's nothing to live for. half the children under 5 in yemen are suffering from malnutrition the united nations estimates that that will be 2300000 children by the end of the year more than ever before hundreds of thousands could starve to death their plight is the result of 6 years of war a collapsed economy the pandemic and falling donations food medicines and doctors

are all in short supply the u.n. says the number of homeless and helpless is rising by the day. we have 80 percent of the population which cannot get by without support without human it and simple and then with a range of needs its growth forms food lack of education how full the heads i.c.t. have been destroyed there is little prospect of an end to the war the rebels have just launched a new offensive against government troops they appear to have pushed back the rebels with the assistance of saudi airpower it's a war in which the weakest suffer the most. signal of smaller stories making headlines around the world today iran's says it will reduce its cooperation with international nuclear inspectors as of next tuesday the foreign ministry had already warned that it would start restricting inspections if it got no response from the united states tehran is seeking to pressure the biden administration to

rejoin the international nuclear deal without preconditions and to lift sanctions. and he bowled a vaccination campaign has started in congo that's after an alp break of the virus was discovered in the east of the country earlier this month health care workers in the region are receiving the 1st shots. mt at the volcano on the italian island of sicily has been spewing out smoke and pirates in a fresh eruption authorities say currently poses no threat to the surrounding villages but they are monitoring the situation closely has caused the closure of the tonya airport. and prances lower house of parliament has approved a bill aimed at curbing islamic extremism the legislation expands the state's ability to close mosques and ban individual preachers it follows this a series of islamist attacks and friends critics say the bill stigmatizes muslims

and would limit free speech still needs to pass the senate. violent protests have erupted in several spanish cities following the arrest of rapper pablo he was sentenced to 9 months in prison for his song lyrics and tweets which authorities say glorify terrorism and insult the monarchy but his supporters have pro-trade his cases upright for fight for free speech several 1000 protesters turned out in barcelona. the. chance of freedom for pablo has said echoing through the streets of barcelona scuffles erupted between protesters and the police with trash container set on fire and shop windows destroyed demonstrators are calling for left wing rapper pablo has to be released from prison. earlier on tuesday police have stormed the gate the

university in the country's northeastern catalonia region and the rest it has said who was holed up there with dozens of supporters after he missed a deadline to turn himself in in 2018 the rapper was sentenced to 9 months in prison for glorifying terrorism and insulting the spanish monarchy and some of his songs in tweets they included references the paramilitary separatist group and called former king juan carlos a mafia boss his case has garnered widespread attention in spain and spurred a debate on freedom of expression after the arrest the deputy prime minister said in a democracy like spain there should be few limitations on free speech. been some moved . because we think that in all matters stemming from freedom of expression if nobody's safety is put at risk then imprisonment is not an appropriate punishment

within the freedoms granted by a democracy. the government confirmed that slanting to reform spain's criminal code with lighter punishments for free speech offenses and protection for artistic and cultural forms of expression. sports elwood in champions league football liverpool have beaten bonus league a side or be leipsic to nil in leipsic in the round of 16 after a gold is 1st mohamed salah hit the target for liverpool 8 minutes after the restart in saudi on monday have netted another just 5 minutes later also on tuesday paris dealt barcelona a 41 thrashing messi opened the scoring for bar some but then p.s.g. came back with a hat trick from pay and another goal from moyes they can. just reminder the top story we're following for you here today on t.v.

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