this is d.w. news live from berlin police in myanmar shoot at least 2 people dead. this is fun as live rounds to disperse demonstrators in mandalay calling for an end to military rule many more reported injured we'll hear from a protester in mandalay also coming up alexina valmy is to stay in jail according to the russian opposition latest sentence saying he violated his parole by seeking life say things medical treatment in germany. and in the end as they get fans are

looking forward to the latest is this rivalry as the bottom place shall co-host brosius don't land in the backyard darby on saturday when need points to qualify for the champions league and shall want to escape relegation. on record as welcome to the program at least 2 people have been killed and several others injured in man ma after police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters in the city of mandalay. the crowds were forced to flee as security forces chased after them using slingshots rubber bullets and water cannon the protesters were repeating their call for an end to a military coup that took place more than 2 weeks ago similar demonstrations took place in the economics and to you. gone where people paid tribute to

a woman who police shot dead last week during another protest. for more i'm joined by an activist in mandalay we're calling him sand to protect his identity but it isn't his real name sam he's been speaking to people who were out on the streets today give us a sense of what the situation was like out there. today. police actually you know came into the shipping talks imminently and they wanted to. pressure the workers who are participating in the suit do so because you're going to sue the. people surrounding neighborhoods came out and to protest to you know stop the police it's. the police started shooting people and one was shot to the head and the other was shot through the ribs and many other was severely injured some of his very programs yes

indeed i how worried are you and me all the protest is about this escalating military crackdown you know it's so. soon or earlier there were there was going to be pleasure. we're not well we're not scared because this is. we have to you know. prevented this. military so this is a we are going to fight to the end and. i don't know home many people who are going to be to 0 in the coming days or we're not going to back down. where do you see this going i mean from your perspective is there still hope that a peaceful solution can be found. you know sort of. as far as our own concern. or controversy. in the

newsrooms or. in the person we all seem to. have brought upon the people there and we all knew we were going to say we are going to have to you know put into this. do this. do for or we do sam thank you thank you for giving us that perspective sam an activist in the city of mandalay his name we have changed to protect his identity. let's turn on some of the other stories making news around the world this hour at least 5 people have been killed in a series of blasts in the afghan capital kabul in one incident a magnetic bomb was apparently attached to a car belonging to a local political leader he wasn't inside at the time no one has yet claimed responsibility. severe flooding in the indonesian capital jakarta has forced more than a 1000 people to flee their homes floodwaters have reached nearly 2 made has in some areas or far he's warmer conditions are said to continue as the country expects the

heaviest rain of the season in the coming days. u.s. president joe biden says he'll approve a disaster declaration for the state of texas paving the way for more federal aid to deal with a crippling winter storm nearly 15000000 people have been facing disruptions to water supplies and at least 2 dozen deaths have been attributed to the storm. a court in moscow has rejected the appeal of russian opposition leader alexei in a volley against his jail sentence but it did reduce his sentence slightly taking into account time already served in house arrest he's now to spend around 2 and a half years behind bars for violating parole in an earlier case the kremlin critic was unable to meet his parole offices because he was in germany seeking medical treatment due to poisoning with a nerve agent developing faces multiple trials with another one folks focusing on defamation charges. over the latest i'm joined by d.w.

correspondent emily show and in moscow emily what have the reactions big to this 1st verdict. well we heard from several of these allies on social media they called this ruling a disgrace and they said that it showed that there is no rule of law in russia after all this is a ruling over a fraud case that there you are a p in the court of human rights actually rule back in 2017 to be arbitrary and reasonable and now he. has received jail time for apparently not speaking to his parole officer regularly when he was actually in the hospital in germany after a poisoning finding himself has been using today's court cases and also the previous. rulings trials rather hearings of this case.

as a platform to kind of show his defiance today we've heard 2 closing statements from him where in the 1st one he quoted the bible and harry potter to say that he doesn't regret having returned to russia that he doesn't feel alone as he says the government wants him to feel at the moment and he also said. the importance of truth and justice dressed the court itself and said wouldn't it be nice if we lived in a country that had a rule of law he out. of his vision of russia as well again today as a free country a country that is happy and a country that has justice. will be tried today again another case a defamation case what are we expecting from. well this case where our school expecting

a verdict on it today is about basically accusations that. slander committed slander against a world war 2 veteran that veteran featured in an advertisement on bloody near putin's constitutional reforms which passed last year and took to twitter to criticize the advertisement now he's being accused of slander state media has very much been using this case to accuse him of being unpatriotic viney himself has argued that the veteran is just being used as a puppet to kind of carry out the government's beatings and he could today face a large fine in this case ramle thank you data evidence emily show and in moscow. and then to the coronavirus lock down the same almost within reach here in germany

but there are signs the situation might be worsening again for the 1st time in weeks the 7 day average of coronavirus cases recorded in the country has slightly risen this comes after a steady fold since mid july generally raba experts are warning that another wave of infections could be triggered by a new virus mutations that are becoming increasingly dominant. and to many of us living under repeated lock downs and strict social distancing measures that may saying like a lot longer but today month one year since the italian city of condone no record of its 1st locally acquired case of covert 9 tain soon developed into the 1st major outbreak in europe the virus tore through the long body region marking italy as the new epicenter of the pandemic. it began with a nasal swab that defied hospital purchase everybody said why why are you the deciding. decided to to perform it don't you know that is not at risk.

our protocol does and doesn't suggest that so why are you doing it and i to explain. many time. why i wanted to perform it anyway the hunch turned out to be right the man became the 1st italian turn a virus patient. we couldn't believe it we thought this was a faraway problem but had to do with china but it was already here with us and not just from february 20 but probably from much earlier what ensued was europe's 1st major outbreak within a month could daniel's death toll more than tripled the virus spread to other parts of italy and the rest of europe had its 1st look at what might be heading their way . one year on the situation is karma but few have been left unaffected by the pandemic. it has revolutionized our lives we are no longer afraid to live the

normality we had before the very d.v.d. of a normal life normally. in life has become completely flattened also for us it has changed us we seem like prison and. while the number of patients in intensive care units has dropped doctors here are still not at ease we have. acceded now back. there are new vireo and there are still a lot of positive cases saw this situation will will last. a long lockdowns and restrictions remain in place across italy with the fight against the disease far from over. in women's tennis naomi asarco of japan has claimed her 4th grand slam title by winning the australian open asarco defeated american jennifer brady in straight

sets without any trouble in the final in doing so the 23 year old asarco has meant maintained her perfect record in grand slam final appearances she also won't be australian open in 2819. and turning to bundesliga football involves berg dismantled struggling bella feld on friday continued to continue their impressive season maximillian arnold's call the pick of the goals his find left footed strike capped a 3 nil win for false ferg to move up to 3rd place in the table illa felt couldn't find the form that saw him draw with champions byron last weekend and remain deep in relegation trouble. meanwhile brasier dortmund and shell career knew that when his latest fiercest rivalry on saturday as they clash in the rev year darby bottom place chalco a desperate for a win that would give them a chance of escaping relegation for dortmund though they may just 3 points to enhance their chances of champions league qualification. amid an exasperating

season brucia documents were given a timely boost this week the announcement that go out by coach markov also would take over next season was followed by a 32 win over severe in the champions league last 16 europe's elite competition is where they want to be and the darby win would be a huge step in the right direction is in their league he were behind in the league we need point and it's a darby we won't be handing out present garnishing it's over time. but daughter and have been in generous mood lately they haven't kept a clean sheet since the 3rd of january and keeper marvin hits us had a torrid time as replacement for one turkey but the other end of the pitch telling holland has been a model of consistency for the black india lose the impressive young no we didn't has 15 been this leader goals to his name but as many as shall cause entire squad one thing the league's bottom side hasn't been short of this season as head coaches christian goes is their 4th of the campaign the swiss says a win is more important for his team. base of the we need

a lot more points than dawn to do. more in the sense that we're doing everything we can see in it as we know it will be relegated to me. that makes the game a real poder. be noted in the next 3 horrible results that show are finally to light the royal blue touch paper they need to start scoring goals a miserable return of 3 in their last 6 games shows why don't land our heavy favorites. thank you watching data as a reminder of the top story we're following for you at least 2 people have been killed and several others injured in the enron after police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters in the city of mandalay the protesters were repeating a cold front end to a military coup that took place more than 2 weeks ago. your update this hour up

next for porter where we meet a man keeping a remote village in russia connected with the outside world i try and say that i'll be back with more news at the top of the hour until then there's always our website dot com you can follow us on social media as well as the news i'm rebecca racist thanks for joining us. why are people forced to hide in trucks. i've lived there are many reasons. and there are many answers. lists and there are many east.