this is to use live from berlin guilty twice kremlin critic will stay behind bars a court upholds the russian opposition leader sentence for violating his parole and finds him guilty of defamation in a 2nd trial we'll go live to moscow. police in mean maher should at least 2 people dead officers far live rounds to disperse demonstrators in mandalay calling for an end to military rule many more are reported injured we'll hear from

a protester in mandalay. also coming up as germany plans to ease the lockdown restrictions. i don't larman rising coronavirus cases it's a dangerous new variant spreading rapidly. spicer welcome to the program a court in moscow has found russian opposition leader aleksei novelli guilty of defamation earlier today another court rejected no valley's appeal against a jail sentence in a separate case but it did reduce his sentence slightly taking into account time already served under house arrest around the now must spend around 2 and a half years behind bars for violating parole the kremlin critic was unable to meet his parole officers because he was in a german hospital receiving lifesaving treatment after being poisoned with military grade nerve agents. and correspondent emily sherwood has followed the court cases

and joins us today from moscow emily you watched proceedings what were the highlights. well alex enough money in today in today's double bill of court cases with a good dose of humor and cynicism i think he was joking all day he was smiling he even joked with the journalists watching the case and waiting for the verdict that he had actually picked cooled cucumber is in his prison cell in a plastic bag he also very much to use today's court cases where the verdicts in some senses in some sense were no real surprise as a platform to address his supporters to address the public and to address. international viewers and readers as well he used his 2 closing

statements to say that he didn't regret coming back to russia he. quoted both harry potter and the bible to say that he didn't feel alone and that he urges his supporters not to feel alone as well and he also talked about his vision for the future of russia a future in which as he said truth and justice matter and russia can be free and what reactions have there been to the verdict including perhaps in the criminal law and media. well i think the verdicts came as no surprise and alexina allies came out after that 1st verdict they rejected appeal saying that it's a disgrace and saying that it shows that there is no rule of law in russia after all the 1st case that he is now going to be behind bars over has been ruled by the

european court of human rights to be arbitrary and on reasonable that's the ruling from 2017 and before this court hearing today the european court of human rights also called for his release which the ministry of justice rejected outright as an attempt by europe to meddle in russia's affairs. is it your feeling that this will help or hinder the russian opposition. well it's hard to know i think on the one hand the fact that i think scene of irony is behind bars now comes as no surprise to the opposition here it was pretty clear that he would be arrested even before he returned to russia what is interesting i think about these 2 court cases and the last few months with the protests with his with alex the number of these returned as well is they really have meant that state media here in the country can no longer ignore alexina viney as a figure they've been presenting him including with this trial over the defamation

of a veteran as unpatriotic as an agent of the west whereas before they essentially ignored him ignored opposition protests as well and i think now the opposition faces a really tough task there are duma elections in september. have been advocating this strategy of smart voting where they want people to vote for the strongest candidate who's standing against putin's united russia but they've been facing a huge crackdown not only with the arrest of alex enough viney but with police searches and also activists houses and so on so we'll have to see how successful that campaign ahead of those elections can be for them. ok do you really sure want it in moscow thanks for that. at least 2 people have been killed and several others injured mean more after police fired live ammunition to disperse

protesters in the city of mandalay the crowds were forced to flee security forces chased after them using slingshots rubber bullets and water cannon the protesters were were repeating their call for an end to a military coup that took place almost 3 weeks ago. in myanmar the banging of pots and pans is regarded as an act to ward off evil. police used live ammunition on protesters in mandalay the worst violence yet in more than 2 weeks of demonstrations. began i thought. i'd just soldiers beat and shot my husband as well as others. he was just standing on the site and watching the protest but the soldiers took him away. protesters in the capital

of new held a minute of silence for a 20 year old woman who was killed in demonstrations last week. now the number it's possible that many more people will die we ourselves can't even know if we will survive or not but we need to fight until the end regardless of our own lives in order to succeed in getting rid of this military dictatorship. artists from all over the country are joining the protest against the military coup . facto leader of the democratically elected government in sochi remains under house arrest the people of myanmar display their solidarity with the. 3 finger salute a symbol of their resistance. turned out to take

a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. the italian coast guard has launched a search for survivors after a vessel carrying migrants capsized off the mediterranean island of lampedusa overnight officials say around 40 people have been saved the survivors of the accident said 5 people are still unaccounted for. 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 but he was not inside no one has claimed responsibility. new zealand has kicked off its official rollout of biotechs covert 19 vaccine border and hotel quarantine workers are receiving the initial jobs the country has been widely praised for its handling of the corona virus and has seen just 26 deaths in a population of 5000000. and then to the crowbars lock down seemed to be almost within reach in germany but there are signs the situation might be worsening

again for the 1st time in weeks a 7 day average of corona virus cases recorded in the country has risen slightly again this comes after a steady fall since mid january experts are warning that another wave of infections could be triggered by a new virus mutations that are becoming increasingly dominant. one you referred to as the british has been spreading quickly through out germany the city of flensburg on the danish border has been particularly effective. cases that has forced local authorities to tight restrictions denmark has closed several border crossings to germany spread. funds book on high alert it's been less than 4 weeks since the british coronavirus variant 1st detected here now it accounts for every 3 new infection in the city on the baltic sea and with the infection rate skyrocketing local authorities have agreed to strict

a lockdown mattias they include a nighttime curfew and a ban on visits between homes holds. for me spasms it's really bad for me because i live alone but what else can we do we have to bring the numbers under control and humble keep us in the house is around 6667 infections per 100000 people we have 3 times of that number within the german state of schleswig harsh dynamics experiencing right now could also happen elsewhere local outbreaks even as infection stabilize full nationwide so local authorities see a need to take stronger steps. or we have roots in place here influence book where the number of infections is very high and we have the new variants to deal with all these rules also protect our neighbors we don't want to virus to spread further. commuting to work it's still allowed but has become more difficult

for people working in denmark it has partially closed its border and stepped up checks out of concerns about the new coronavirus variant doctors in france books say that new variant is much more can deja's than previous forms of the virus its symptoms can be more severe even for younger patients hospital managers say the city's profit growth in case numbers must be stopped. right now we really have to keep plans books sealed off from other places perhaps even a larger area because it's not just a city that is affected but also nearby towns and countryside. schools and friends folk who remain closed unlike most other cities and regions across germany where many children are set to return to classrooms on monday. now i'm joined now by the reporter. pablo on the one hand we have a slight rise. germany the last 7 days on the other hand as you well know schools

and daycare centers are set to reopen on monday across china so how does all that fit together. you're absolutely right nic it's coming at a time when germans were beginning to see we'll say a little bit of light at the end of well in the middle we'll say still of this rather long winter that we've seen how the numbers have steadily being dropping over the past number of weeks but i think the best way of looking at this is that at the numbers overall in germany are pretty good and look there are not pockets where the numbers are still quite high and one of course as we sold there in that report is in that sense bird and now the difference from the situation we had say even you know 67 weeks ago is not backing down and the numbers were high everywhere and now you've just got it down to at dean's pockets of high incidences coronavirus but of course you know critically for parents and who you know have

been looking after their kids at home and there's been quite a lot of pressure particularly across the board we'll say in germany for the restrictions that have been you know quite tough particularly since november and to be eased and you can see that you know. it's something that needed to happen real say in the sense that people needed some sort of glimmer of hope will produce and critically in regions that like even here in berlin where the numbers have come dime quite a lot and so the focus will be very much on bringing the numbers down in those areas like flensburg where they're quite high though what about the you know the hot spots like flensburg a lot of concern about them still right. yeah you're absolutely right i mean it was mentioned before but with regards to the variance in particular the variants known as the british variant which the health minister yes found spoke about at this week he said that in germany around 20 percent of all the krona virus infections are

actually directly related to that we've also seen have their series over this site for going variant as well we've seen how as well the borders. with that some of germany's neighbors have been shot and most notably of course with the czech republic and also with certain regions within austria. and that we're seeing how denmark is reacting in the same way that your money has reacted to some of its neighbors and how worrying are the these variants just briefly. well of course they're very worrying because at the end of it day what we have to do is focus on that making sure that people are still following the rules and also let's see if we see around book that in that the vaccinations taking place here in germany all right pablo foley thanks so much for that insight. near washington did a few news remember please you can always get more information on our website if you dot com and you can follow us on social media as well do you have your news on

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over i used to be a village. that i do love driving these grannies arrive they always bring me gifts and hug me saying patrol bitch you're still alive and i see you're not getting rid of me that easily. and when you come back next year. i'll be here for you if you're good what's that going to do to. the old days a locomotive pulls a what in train cars along 31 kilometers off nowadays truck through the expanses out there russian type that. this is the wilds of bars for travis the man who everyone here affectionately calls petrov it. he tries to slide around back on mondays and fridays and in the winter he lights

a fire in the stove before the passengers climb aboard. the trip takes $1.00 to $3.00 alice depending on how much snow is on the tracks going to be able to drive a little over a 1000 passengers a year should not get in there and in summer time is mostly visitors. but in the wintertime a lot less people take the train should get $30.00 to $40.00 at most per month the us visited that ulick short of the creeks and. i'm starting which 2 years ago i should use birch bark but gasoline works too because the fire going faster. well to use the door seen as a warm up. it would keep warm. today petrovich is coming right on time at 8 am.

the village is looking forward to his arrival. during the years all our hopes have been on the slow train and if it breaks down why be stuck here forever knew we were attacked or destroyed as all we have without it would have to walk 40 kilometers and there's nothing but old people here. this is just over here 35 this area dotted with a few to lap a day to cabins used to be teeming with life. in the soviet era so it was an important part for the lumber industry when millions of cubic meters of timber what cut down and shipped off. the last lumber mills closed their doors in the year 2000 . what remained was a heap of derelict equipments that patrol which used to organize a working passenger service it's punctual and reliable like petrovic himself and the locals love him for it. yet because wherever i go i'm

a guest of honor with a screen usually grannie's you have no foreign legion but i magine live in the forest with no wood no one looked after the years but now they have just of the vision that underwear come on i don't know. but it's not for free. play ladies and i get this 100 dollars a great if this old man or money bags where you comfortable ritual sure you'll hear it in my state good luck with the air. they head into after the closest largest settlement and the only one far and wide with a school and a few shops. still to be young people here but now they're all you know their villages are dying out of tears and i feel like the joke is that's why i have

the woman's job but i don't make any money from that which you are right in the middle east if one you get 20 you could get but they don't want anybody. else what they go. to get down to the day when that plane ride that i'm back sometimes to go to the hospital and see that that's it we have everything else he brings us bread and groceries and it was kind of that it used to be a lot of traffic here with all the cars the trains but it would change his sleazy system all that's left now is us he says and i would like to talk they said that he . was very mantic as described as with a tiger might seen as a set to maske for the past and just despite petrovic his technical skills. sometimes the train just tips over christianity or not yet the family structure there's a few years ago which it was almost every day to look different to the ones the

train went belly up at midnight here to show 1st a car to 2 over and then the little motor what's it going to say about that but just wondering what do you fly out of the car or. judge to judge it to do it and the next thing i knew. we were lying on our back it's pretty and most of the tracks are worn down after terry sue many millions of cubic metres of lose they're totally ruined and it's not just the trucks that are broken but the order and the social structures that once existed here. in this village most of the male residents have tend to alcohol. do you. go on in the fear because we're also most supposed to live i'm retired. u.k.

. i'm alright you know we're drinking wine i do you do you know that you were right it's not really what we're not going. to do it would be what else is there to do here besides drink and drive and. that leisure activity can be disastrous as we will find out just a few hours later. in the meantime gets another vehicle ready to go and motorized or easy or speed. if this does a locomotive broke down this light rail car is all you would have to get from sorry go to our new guy on the same track all 31 kilometers of it. but this time with no woodstove. in the summer the

judge takes tourists for rides on the drays even. in russia there are numerous societies dedicated to this exotic means of transport. the town of new guy at the other end of the route is where british rubbish calls home. he lives in 1960 settlements built for the timber industry. in 2010 around a 1000 people live here but after the lumber mill close in 2013 many more moved away. now there's not even a doctor just. a few shops and a little school. most presidents lost that way and some have tend to drink. unemployment turning people into alcoholics. yet you get angry at the rest of the world and feel unhappy cheated. but there is work to be had they just don't want it

. to disguise this afternoon they were so drunk they burned her in the room real car the same thing i got a call from the emergency services pretty. close but you didn't hear the people there we were on the move and then bam he fell into the ditch. will be filled. petrovich has to lend a hand. in the middle of the night he has to get the right trail car and it's intoxicated crew out of this now and drive them to have a new guy for a pez and to sober up. over. everything is burnt in the front of the electric system was busted this was a 1st in 6 years right after midnight the rescue mission is over. the end of the very long day and now he lights up the stove once we get that birch bark

burning in the game nice and interesting. washout and that's. everything petrovic if the time is have made. here's the jam. for the most taking you so long valentina is petrovich his wife. we also get pickles and fruit preserves. and valentina have been living in harmony for 40 is. you like the t. you. know my wife makes me the happiest man in the world i wish everyone could be just happy to just be rich but i also seem a traveling with her. i'm 65 now and i've only travelled once to my brother's funeral i don't know where else just work work work work work or work and travel

it's me just want to live. think there's always been passed away that and she as long as i've not have to risk always the photius image of books all of it i always have to be doing something i need to do they call it the adrenaline really if i just sit around for several days i go crazy. even a month working. with people everyone needs this much energy not just to make the letter this is. what you learn and. yet you have a day and night where you know and i'll come get the bread don't worry yes just like your plan pick up the bread at 4 am. we'll be bringing them to the people inside at this point they can't imagine life

without the trumpet or even death for that matter. you're going to blow up just what it's going to do one of the grannies cold mean said the trivet should you still make your rents please don't stop as long as i'm alive but you recite and i die one day i'd like you to teach and symmetry and sika my husband and family are very good you need help and the band struggled up but please don't stop it you just you know i said oh are you crazy but you know just stay alive yeah you're good you know what went through the snow day to month lease or the day after and i granted her last wish good to get into that show you just see. a child which doesn't want to abandon his elderly possum just so he plans to keep his tiger express running for 10 more yes' and then it will land.

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