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you should really check out our podcast so you can get it wherever you go to your pod cast you can also find us and call it science. this is do w. news live from berlin and me and maurice protesters say they're undeterred thousands of people return to the streets demanding the military give up power just one day after police fire on a demonstration killing 2 people also on the show germany gets ready to hold ceremonies marking 1700 years of jewish life in the country but more than 75
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years after the holocaust we ask what is it like to be jewish in germany today. and in the bundesliga a defeat for league leaders byron munich they go down to one against and off frankfurt as the polish they get a title race heats up cut. a marion evans tina welcome we begin in may and mara where thousands of people have defied threats of violence to take part in a new day of protests against the country's military rulers this comes a day after police fired live ammunition to disperse protesters in the city of mandalay killing at least 2 people and injuring several others the crowds were forced to flee as security forces chased after them using slingshots. rubber
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bullets and water cannon the protesters were repeating their call for an end to military rule after a coup nearly 3 weeks ago. they return despite the risk the reality now crystal clear for these demonstrators after police killed 2 more people with live ammunition on saturday. it was the worst violence since mass rallies began weeks ago. i want to say through the media to the dictator and his associates we are peaceful demonstrators. stop the genocide. now stop using lethal weapons. protesters in the capital naypyidaw held a minute of silence for the 1st victim who died after being shot during
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a demonstration last week. another but it's possible that many more people will die. we can't even know ourselves whether we'll survive or not but we need to fight until the end regardless of our own lives in order to get rid of this military dictatorship. artists from all over the country a joining the protest against the military coup. the leader of the democratically elected government on song suchi remains under house arrest. the people of my own ma display their solidarity with the 3 finger salute a symbol of that resistance. journalist dave greenham bomb is following developments in the in march from malaysia's capital kuala lumpur and he joins us now for the latest hello to you dave so more protests today people seem
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undeterred by yesterday's fatal clashes with the riot police what are you hearing on the ground in the line. yeah i mean we're already seeing video thousands of demonstrators out in the streets today out in the streets and the late again these deaths this happened yesterday these these this fatal incident it is just becoming a rallying right there was jitters i've spoken to people in the biggest city since yesterday's fatal incident and they tell me that this is they are just rallying behind these people they see them as absolute martyrs it is just adding more fuel to the protest movement they have no intention of backing down the police the people just sound source and it's not just the mentally i mean i don't we talk a lot about them because they're the 2 biggest cities as well as naked at the capitol but there are people demonstrating in cities towns and small villages across the country now much of the international community has condemned the deadly force used by the military against protesters but dave are we going to see any
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further consequences i mean is there going to be anything more than declarations. so we're seeing you know sanctions that are coming from the west economic sanctions targeted economic sanctions at certain generals and military aligned businesses but here's the thing the generals were prepared for this before they went forward with a military coup they knew that there would be sanctions coming from the west to really have any chance to get the generals to reverse course you're going to have to get some asian countries on board china would be a big player in this is china's got some leverage but they showed no signs of wanting to pressure the generals to reverse course. they've called for a no violence they call for the release of aung san suu kyi and other leaders who've been put under house arrest or locked up but they don't seem to want to be able to there is a show no signs of crushing the generals to make changes when it comes to the association of southeast asian nations again they're calling for a no violence but they tend to have a policy of interference in each other's internal affairs so without pressure from
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some asian countries there seems to be little hope that the generals would reverse course journalist day thank you so much for your reporting. let's take a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world a united airlines boeing 777 jet with more than 200 passengers on board was forced to make an emergency landing after one of its engines disintegrated sending debris onto the summer below the incident occurred shortly after takeoff from denver airport aviation safety authorities have opened an investigation australia and new zealand have begun ruling out vaccinations against kovac 19 using the biotech finds or vaccine new zealand gave the 1st shots to medical workers and border staff australia's 1st recipients included the prime minister and elderly citizens both
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countries have run stringent and largely successful coronavirus prevention campaigns. the head of the international atomic energy agency has arrived in tehran to trying to resume international inspections of nuclear facilities which iran has been blocking the visit comes as the new u.s. president joe biden is promising to reverse many of the trump administration's foreign policy decisions one of the most significant came in 2018 when trump withdrew the u.s. from an international agreement with iran designed to prevent it from building nuclear weapons well now biden wants the u.s. back in and the it court back on track here's a look at the deal rupert for the u.s. and iran say they're willing to negotiate want to terms u.s. president biden told the munich security conference that communication should extend beyond the uki agreement course. we need transparency we must also address
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the stabilizing activities across the middle east we're going to work in close cooperation with our european and other partners as we proceed but iran has all the ideas you raney and president hassan rouhani insists sanctions on iran must be lifted before talks can begin rouhani has described the measures as an act of terror against the iranian people. on the sanctions and we have to fight against the coronavirus because of the sanctions we've had many problems accessing vaccines and paying for them. for ordinary people in iran the nuclear agreement is the disaster on their mind. high prices combined with unemployment means the economic situation has been getting worse for years. nuclear energy is no use to us people are hungry and completely confused nuclear energy may help us in the future but the priority now is our livelihood. iraq's government spokesperson says the government
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is confident it will soon be able to solve the political problems with the united states. germany is kicking off a year of anniversary events marking 1700 years of jewish life and culture in the country a nationwide celebration will include performances art installations kosher food tasting sessions and many other events the campaign deliberately aims to look beyond the persecution of jews during the holocaust instead the focus is on the diversity of jewish life in germany's past and present. judaism has many faces in germany today helen ishani brown identifies is clear she soon to become a rabbi and she's an avid instagram user she posts about religion sexuality and life in berlin and is representative of a generation connected by all of these aspects. what many people learn about
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judaism at school is really terrible so they're not really learning anything all they're taught about national socialism about with nothing about judaism as it is lived today that's why it kind of became my goal to show jewish life just how it is . helena grew up in a religious household she believes there are too few women in high positions and she wants to change that after completing her studies the 23 year old will likely be germany's youngest female rabbi she also wants to be the contact person she herself never had. and very clear about the idea that nobody should have to choose between the jewish and identities you can't just choose what sexuality you're born with you develop with your sexuality and if you are jewish then you should be able to live both life. it's also thanks to women like either bag that the jewish community has come so far she had to fight hard to be recognised as a rabbi at all. there were people who left the room when i
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entered so i made sure that i was always there early because then i was already seated and the others had to think about whether to sit down and join in or not. converted to judaism now she's the rabbi of berlin's new synagogue. berlin is also where the very 1st female rabbi was ordained in 1935 great gina you're nuts you're nuts however was limited to teaching religion and binnacle pastore all care. to you in ones until there she is and you can basically see her main point that god did not querrey gender she just wanted to be a rabbi she was the only female one but that has to do with the show. there were probably other young women who thought and dreamed of doing the same thing and for me it's just wonderful not to be the 1st. design the story of the show is for
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ever present for jews in germany thank you know your house was also murdered by the nazis she was forced to pay for her faith with her life. and what's it like today. it is and has gotten louder and above all it's become more outrageous it's not often. judaism in germany today is more diverse than it has been in decades people like helen out will never let that be taken from them again. in the bundesliga and frankfurt have blown the title race wide open after beating legal leaders by munich to one. and sure the brain does leaguers most informed teen i'm shocked frankfurt haven't lost at home movie season facing them though robert levin doff ski the league's top scorer fool him trumps go on his buy and undone down the left daiichi come other part in after
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a pinpoint cross from philip cost it which it was the 11th time this season by an of gone behind in the leak a sense of deja vu for coach hansie flick and the view soon go it's a lot worse an absolute rockets are shot from i mean eunice double frankfurt's lead on the half hour mark completely out of reach of man well neuer. but leading against by and is one thing staying ahead quite another that 911 duff's be pulled one back see enough to have time to trysting and turning the race on a left the frankfurt defense feeling dizzy haven't done ski with his 26 goal of the season frankfurt may have been dazed but they stayed standing by and failed to land a knockout blow. to one it finished the hosts extend their unbeaten streak by and drop yet more points in the title race. norris indorsement in shock
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over any of the bonus they get fiercest rivalry as they clashed in the review of derby for visitors dortmund 3 points were essential as they bid for champions league qualification but in play shocker were desperate for a win that would give them a chance of escaping relegation. noone in germany as the miners shall kill would have to get their hands dirty if they were to be dortmund in their way stude this man moans and yelling hall and he went into this one with as many league goals as the hosts entire squads. shelter held out 42 minutes before caving electric englishman jade and son to who could vantage of sloppy defending to curl home. 3 minutes later on a piece of holland magic extended don't mislead the norwegians flying volley made it to newell going into the breach. chalco were chasing shadows in the 2nd. rafael guerrero site fitted hole marco voices return pass to make it 3 nil. before
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jude telling him crossed for holland to score the 4th 11 minutes from time to score like was cruelly reflected in the numbers in shelters by adding extra shot in florida to go with the bragging rights for dawkins funds the wind keeps their team in the hunt for champions league qualification. meanwhile who can creasing lee doomed. europe to date and did a 1000000000 is up next is world stories thanks for watching. we're all set to go. this. week take on the. we're all about the stories that matter to. take on following.

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