we. play golf on you tube joining us. now by plane plane. is the c.w. news live from berlin a massive show of opposition in myanmar protesters return to the streets for some of the latest antics and demonstrations yet they turn to the streets in parking lots to lock in potential routes for security forces big u.n. warns reports of troop buildup to could mean

a calming crackdown. also coming not to stay and fight or abandon the war against the taliban in afghanistan nato defense ministers take up that crucial question in a summit today with no end in sight to the violence in the country. and street protests erupt after a spanish rapper is arrested for his controversial theory extend tweens if you cross the line into terrorism or was it just free speech. i'm sorry welcome to the program. demonstrators have returned in force to the streets of me on mars biggest city a young gong to protest against the country's military coup. now thousands of people have gathered to publicly oppose the power grab carried out by the country's military on february 1st they are demanding the country's

imprisoned elected leaders be released and returned to power some have started what they are calling a broken down car campaign to block security forces heavily armored vehicles from patrolling these streets. and let's get more now we are joined from the on mars 2nd largest city mandalay by activist david david thank you so much for being with us here on d.w. we have heard these warnings from the united nations that they are expecting potentially violence today and i'm just wondering you've been out on the streets what have you been observing. first of all thank you i was out since 80 m. this morning and the to test it for about 4 hours and during that time tens of thousands of people gathered and we walked for about 9

kilometers and. at that time i didn't see any. resource or any human rights violation but i don't think that creates the whole picture. since monday the police force and the military has addressed each change their strategy the kind of internet from one e.m.t. 9 yeah and during that time we don't know what they would do or what do you have done. and just last night in one of the streets in mandalay there were some firing off from bullets and some kind of books were fired at civilians who are sitting inside the home and the other day there were some beating by the police force across the. city and. why and some protesters try behind the fence it's obvious people's home they put their rifles in the fences

and shoot at them so i think it's a complete violation of human rights and i say you're talking about how you believe the security forces are changing their tactics you're changing your tactics as well as we've mentioned you know protesters have been blocking streets for example what do you hope to achieve today. our very target and our very reason for doing that is to achieve 100 percent of civil disobedience movement and by blocking the way the media wrote and by having the car broke down in the middle of the street we hope we will achieve some delay in the process as well as we could deter the tanks and watch it canning jars and so far we are doing something and we do hope to achieve civil disobedience movement 100 percent we are not aiming to harm them we don't have any

intention to fight with police we just find fall right. david joining us from mandalay ne on march 2nd largest city as we mentioned protests underway today thank you for joining us to tell us a little bit more about it thank you. on now and some other news nato defense ministers meeting virtually today will take up the question of whether or not to put straw from the afghan war it's the 1st such gathering since the us election meaning a deadline set by the trump white house to withdraw our all foreign troops by the end of may is now in doubt here's a look at what's at stake for the major players involved and crucially for the people of afghanistan. attacks on police and civilians roadside bombs targeting officials afghanistan continues to be hit by violence despite the ongoing talks between the government in kabul and the

taliban at this very particular juncture with such kind of the deterioration of situation we are getting closer to a new situation of chaos and the need to ministers should meet that he knows of this based on the other global universe so obligations of protecting civilians no one wants to troops to stay for ever or ashraf nemat says but a responsible with trolls should be based on conditions on the ground that seems to be a notion shared by many in afghanistan. for the average person rather than on what they want is a decision that will lead to an end to the fight so that they can come to market like this without work as for the government what they want is an answer they want to know exactly what was once what made on one thing and and when they. did all they want is an answer they can plan your.

and this is one of president biden's most challenging policy dilemmas if he you ask pulls out of afghanistan by may 2021 as agreed to in a deal between he's pretty and the taliban the country could plunge deeper into chaos if the troops stay the taliban could retaliate the administration will be looking to do 2 things the 1st is to withdraw measured way that will solve it some stability from the situation in afghanistan and secondly leave the united states and coalition partners with some capacity for counterterrorism and do all of this in close coordination with its nato allies the biden administration has strongly signaled that they will listen to the experts and will remain in afghanistan for the foreseeable future this is a major policy shift from the trump white house and this will be biden's 1st major

policy decision for the middle east and could have a deep impact on this presidency americans have grown exhausted from endless wars and it will be a tough sell to the public that remaining in afghanistan is the best course of action. nato allies welcome the change in tone from the us administration the alliance relies on you as forces for logistical support in afghanistan and secretary general stoltenberg made it clear that nato wants leave before the time is right to clear hands that there may deadline could be extended there's no decision or ongoing event in this case and that from what we miss you can only decision to say. as it is for a meeting that means he continued but how they continue remains

a big question after 20 years of military presence in afghanistan elyse are growing increasingly war weary they've been successful in defeating al qaeda by had to realize they didn't have the capacity to reinjure new afghanistan they wanted to coordinate their next steps knowing that the price for leaving too soon could be very high. let's get some perspective on this we're joined now by kay clarke co-director of the afghanistan analysts network she joins us from london welcome to the program we just heard there about all of the circumstances facing nato that we've just seen given all of that is there any question that the alliance will topple this may 1st withdrawal deadline that the trunk administration set and agreed with the taliban. i think it's quite quite likely i mean one of the problems at the moment is there is no good option. the deal that mr trump and the

taliban reached was basically a withdrawal agreement. to get the taliban even to the table america have to give away a great deal so i didn't agree to that the afghan government released 5000 taliban prisoners. it's basically agreed to remove the taliban's major enemy from the battlefield which is the u.s. military and the taliban were required to do very very little and in the last year since the agreement was signed they've been gradually and systematically and quick cleverly ramping up the war so if the foreign troops leave now that that lead that takes the main deterrent from the taliban from afghanistan but as your correspondent said if the foreign troops stay in the taliban may well up the ante and it's not so much attention from foreign troops although they would be the the stance it will target to the taliban they have been attacking them for the last year but they could for example retentive major terrorist atrocities. in the urban

areas for example for tri-state printshop potential sentence. ok so upping the ante you say could really really have a human cost in fact we know that you've reported from afghanistan indeed for a while you were. the only western journalists who were stationed there full time you know we hear about the challenges to a sustainable path to peace in the country which has has really alerted the country speak people do you see any signs for hope right now it's grim it's really really grim and it's not because everyone in afghanistan wants the war to continue this is not a war we pluck you'll support either side you know this is not a place where people cheer on when the enemies get the sack. this is a place where most afghans want peace and actually that includes many of them the trouble or at least some within the taliban who were very hopeful absent to go see

its command those hopes been dashed because the taliban have taken such. a line when i went in they are pursuing military victory. they took in doha without really any conviction. and we've seen in the in the way that they've intensified the war they're very very keen on the military option and of course night so and other targets of afghanistan of the afghan government that raises a racist elements that are the ones which the military there isn't really a military solution at the moment if the taliban continue in the way that they are doing there will be civil war case especially with armed forces with that sobering assessment clark we thank you so much for joining us to to share that expertise as we mentioned you're from the afghanistan analysts network thanks for joining us on t w s. some

breaking news coming in hundreds of school boys along with some teachers have been kidnapped by gunmen in central nigeria reports say that the boys were taken from the town of cake are in new share state attackers wearing military uniforms stormed the school and took the students to a nearby forest it is not clear who they were so let's get a little bit more now on this developing story we're joined by our correspondent. in dress who is standing by for us in. what else should we know about this kidnapping so far. the big school children well abducted from trees by gone men who i mean uniform and went in. so into student told me when i spoke with them the small form that we can all of us leave by line and with tools to join the doctors.

and slipped into the bush officials are now see for now to be in headcount but the 1st information we have is 26 of this today and. the head count is to be going on. so tell us what happens now because this is of course not the 1st time that there have been big kidnappings of of this sort in nigeria. that is a very good question and that is the question many nigerians us to last can because the problem is most to schools deal on the fence different picture of diskworld depok is entailed boosh be it a primary school is secondary school or even universities this is how the i disturb us are very porous the government kept saying dad try and fight to get by but the problem kept calling. as we mentioned we don't have

a claim of responsibility yet for these kidnappings but you know based on the situation on the ground are there any indications of who it might be. it is still sketchy a security meeting is going on at the governor's house in just hit where this kidnapping taking place soul but today many issues people are asking attacking schools postle look at implication with an education in nigeria and this is the same compendia book or how ram had been waged in india not just this is it deep kid and now it's spread into the southwest to the northwest i doubt parts of the county because his departure time will have been problems in nigeria. so why is it just running us with a view from a boot on this developing story thank you so much. and have a look at some other stories making news around the world the u.k.

and the un are calling for evidence that is missing at a missing dubai princess is alive after she released a video saying that she was being held hostage in solitary isolation shakily is the daughter of shaikh mohammad leader of the united arab emirates she said that she had no access to fresh air or to medical care. on kong media tycoon jimmy law has been arrested again while already in jail he is suspected of assisting a fugitive who fled china and was captured at sea light is set for a bail hearing on thursday after having been charged with violating china's new security law for involvement in hong kong's pro-democracy street protests. the wife of north korean leader kim jong un has appeared in public for the 1st time in more than a year resoled drew attended ceremonies commemorating the birthday of her father in law the deceased former leader kim jong. il excuse me the secretive couple

is was married in 2009 and are believed to have at least 2 children together. nigeria's biggest city lagos is slowly recovering from a 2nd pandemic wave authorities say that the number of known infections is decreasing but our correspondent there tells us there is no guarantee that this will continue as the country is far from securing any coded 1000 vaccine doses. welcome back from right. sharing how 1960 race on you tube she contracted the virus here in nigeria after returning from the u.k. ruggedness rescue and the doctor me to. you can see how these but every time a. home she do it. or you was became critical because of her underlying illness asthma she says she visited 4 hospitals in tool 2

before she started to get better. we are given access to one of the government run isolationists and illegals treatment in this hospital to is subsidized by the government it's run by a team of volunteer doctors and nurses only people in critical condition admittedly here although is a saint whom to self isolates and treats themselves most of the beds that empty. off the shelf egos of confirmed khulna virus cases have been decreased since is the 2nd wave in january but the numbers may not truly represent the extant of the pandemic in nigeria we know this. is the result of the true burden that almost required to. get. the real hospital will already be a good reflection of the burdens to the community and. it is the

border because it is going to community. as a result of misinformation and lack of trust in one jazz government and health care system many people are not even willing to get tested to hospital i don't have. to guess. it's. health experts say that the only way to completely prevent a major outbreak in the country is through vaccines but getting a hold of the jokes has been proving difficult the government plans to vaccinate up to 40 percent of the nigerian population by the end of this year but it still

unclear when the 1st set of vaccines when i write. dr. is the head of nigeria for disease control he says nigeria is walking. but the his country is also prepared for the largest challenges of less user friendly vaccines. i think even. with the human resources the capacity. you know things like sustaining the power supply. from the city to the villages and this is where we really have a lot of experience until those vaccines i believe add to fill health experts one. take to call shows most seriously to prevent a 3rd week something that nigeria as and the country's health care system cannot afford. a violent street protest erupted on tuesday in several spanish city is

following the arrest of rapper popular south he was sentenced to 9 months in prison for his song lyrics and to. it's which authorities say glorify terrorism and insult the monarchy but his supporters have portrayed his case as a fight for free speech several 1000 protesters turned out in barcelona. the. chants 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. to be released from prison. earlier on tuesday police have stormed a 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 oh. well millions of people in the united states remain without power in record breaking cold after a rare snow storm knocked out power grids at least 20 people have died the frigid temperatures caused catastrophic generation and generated generation failures in western texas making it impossible for energy companies to keep up with escalating demand state officials have called it a manmade disaster. minus 7 degrees celsius in texas cold by anyone's standards the state's residents powered up their electric heat is rarely needed and the the climate weather overloading power grids in many areas. ice crippled gas fired power plants and wind turbines produce more than 4000000 people across texas are without power. what we lost power yesterday morning.

to start getting real cold like around 2 o'clock and then you got all the blankets out and we tried to all sleep together to keep us warm to the cars to keep our margin and then today when we got up there was no water it's pretty bad that sticks just. every other part of the country this would have been. colder inside realize we have no wife no nothing no internet everybody need to eat we had our camping stove out. on the stall and tried to be a safe as possible officials say the situation is serious and that the entire state is likely to be affected by snow ice and strong winds over the next 2 days. champions league football and liverpool have a site rb life saved by

a score of 2 nail in the 1st leg of the last 16 after a goalless 1st half mohammad saleh hit the target for liverpool 8 minutes after the restart and side of your mind they netted another just 5 minutes later liverpool's win follows a bad run of form their coach your club said that he was quote very pleased with his side's performance. pretty well know how. they can be football wise and how. overwhelming they can. in a game from a physical point of view so that's what we had to deal with tonight and the boys who played a really good game a really good game who created one big chance in the 1st half and 2 chances when they. shoot the goals of the 2 big mistakes of my team but at the end i think we have to be good chances and will be one of the most important topics for

a 2nd game that we score when we create that many chances that's important to score . and it is other last 16 game killing and bop a start as parson sherman humiliated barcelona for one the french striker scored a hat trick with a devastating display in spain after leon messi had given the hosts the lead p.s.g. have never won this competition they are now the clear favorites to progress to the quarterfinals. and buyer munich defender david will be parting ways with the club after 13 years at the end of the season this after the 2 sides failed to agree on a new contract announcing the move at a press conference the 28 year old austria international said that he was ready for something new his name has been linked with a number of clubs in england and spain is one not going to seek a titles 6 german cops and 2 champions league crowns with fired.

a quick reminder of the top story that we're following for you here on d w news protesters in myanmar have been gathering for some of the biggest demonstrations yet some have started a broken down car campaign to block security forces on the streets the un has warned of violence after reports of troop build offs outside of young khan. up next on g.w. it is business with my colleague monica jones to stay with us if you can for that i'm sara kelly and thanks for watching.

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