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nafta and. with member states acting on their own brussels has reacted with a slap on the wrist. the commission sent specific letters raising our concerns to 6 member states which are. denmark finland germany hungary and sweden who are currently applying stricter measures than what is provided for in the recommendation in particular bans on entering or leaving the country while targeted restrictive measures on non-essential travel are necessary in the eyes of the e.u. commission blanket bans like those applied here in belgium do not serve this purpose the virus taught us that closing borders does not stop it but we see that it's ructions with spring on its way another fight among european leaders is waiting to break out greece in an attempt to save its holiday season had suggested an e.u. wide vaccination certificate other member states like denmark and sweden have
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already begun developing their own passports with a bloc as a whole risking fragmentation on the matter but the biggest challenge of all is the rather slow rollout of the e.u. wide vaccination program production shortfalls and other stumbling blocks have left the e.u. trailing behind countries like the united kingdom and lead to growing impatience among its leaders. couple of not because the european commission should exploit the economic power of the e.u. to put pressure on the ledge huge corporations. from ramping up vaccine production to closer coordination a lot is on the table. well many europeans have spent the last months in lockdown but with falling infection rates many are hoping that the restrictions will be eased in november last year a new wave of coronavirus infections started here in germany the number of infections peaked in late december in the u.k.
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at the beginning of january and in spain in late january and numbers started falling but new beauticians are threatening to reverse that trend and the strategy is to reopen after a lockdown also differ we have better get mass standing by in london julia south delhi in berlin nicole reason is with us in madrid we're getting perspective from across europe nicole i'm coming to you 1st in spain now it's opening up how worried are people about these new mutations of the virus and what impact that might have on daily life. well people here obviously are also very worried about the the health of surratt is only just announced that for example. that was detected in the u.k. only a short the ago might already take up 20 percent of the cases and expecting to be this to be the that this dominant march so quiet is written out yet regions here in spain i slowly and cautiously opening up because they were shut down for weeks in
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general spain saw a very sharp rise in cases which forced them physically to shut down this was after the christmas holiday and after that people obviously mingled in well if it relaxed and now numbers have come down again so the measures were we are at 218 cases in 100000 people in 2 weeks basically so that's a good outlook some regions coming down from around 1000 so it's huge progress but you have to take it so oh here in madrid now most of us still double so it's still a risk but the city has never really shut down to be honest restaurants that business open are says well from some theater old within some measurements that were put in a number of people you could meet were obviously limited also the curfew was a bit earlier for some time yet the city decided they wanted to still be allowed to earn some money and when you walk through the city right now you don't really feel as if this was authentic if it wasn't for the auditorium mosque that everyone has
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to wear and this also worries obviously mehdi mehdi at the moment ok we're going over to julia now in berlin for the perspective there julie of the infections there were also dropping as we've heard from nicole in spain now they seem to be stagnating what does that mean for plans to reopen after a lockdown. well pressure has been growing from businesses and some politicians to go ahead with a reopening since we've germany has been under lockdown quite a strict lock down i could say since mid december and a german chancellor unget american has already showed some openness to the idea of a slow and gradual reopening but she has warned reportedly that germany is currently already in the 3rd wave of the coronavirus pandemic and that are too harsh and too hasty reopening could lead to going straight back into a lockdown very quickly and it's going to be hard to strike a balance between
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a gradual reopening and keeping the virus at bay especially looking at the case numbers which are slowly starting to tick up again and the virus variants all also pose a threat and germany is going to next week see the meeting between german chancellor under america and the 16 state premiers to try to find a way forward way forward which is likely to in crew include strengthening of testing especially with rapid tests being widely distributed across the country and improvement of the vaccine rollout these are 2 aspects that germany has been lagging compared to other european countries and that the country hopes to step up a bit in the coming weeks ok so a lot of caution there in berlin there get you're standing by in london the u.k. we know has a clear reopening strategy tell us a little bit more about what might be able to be learned there. it does have a clear strategy the government seems to have learned from his mistakes because of
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course there are you have to see this in the context that the u.k. has been hit incredibly hard by the pandemic over 120000 people have died from the virus and this has resulted in the quite severe lockdown in a quite depressing winter for many brits not much of the economy is opening at present and lead the government has had to fight off a lot of criticism when it comes to handling the pandemic it was seen as chaotic there were a lot of mixed messages last year the economy opened up pretty much it seemed by way of wishful thinking and not not by strategies and as a result the u.k. has been hit so incredibly hard but also the economy is amongst the ones in europe that's been that's been harvested so they haven't really it sheaves their. aim of having a buy a balance between opening the economy and keeping the virus that they now do
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everything is different the government has set out a new approach and it is much more cautious than what we have seen in the past starting with opening up of schools and after that there will be 5 weeks where scientists with the government have time to assess each each step so before anything else is being opened up gradually over the next months there will be 5 weeks where the government can also just put on the brakes if they see that the strategy isn't working however by the summer they're hoping that the u.k. economy will be open again provided that the vaccination strategy. is continuing to work and that the infection numbers are continuing to go down mass in london julie in south delhi joining us from berlin nicole reece in madrid thank you so much to all of you. and as we heard madrid is under fewer lockdown measures than
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many other european cities but care homes have kept tight restrictions on their residents movements getting vaccinated has allowed the madrid pensioners in our next report to finally venture out on a trip and they made sure it was a special one. that today is cause for celebration. for a 98 year old milagro could not date it's her 1st time leaving the care home and almost a year milagro caught the coronavirus last spring but has since recovered along with a few friends she strolls along the bustling streets of madrid and heads to the theatre . hi honey i got a long since i've been to the theatre but i love the crown via that's madrid just like me makes me feel at home. going to see a show is always a treat but it's a particularly special one for milagro and the other pensioners freshly vaccinated
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and free there reveling in this. great those who spent the year cooped up in their care homes today symbolizes a return to normality. that will have to. give a lot to us a lot of joy and it may just feel a little more alive it was really very good to be a movie a movie and. the chance to reconnect with those in the outside world. and. some other developments in the pandemic now a large study from israel indicates that the biotech pfizer vaccine works as well in the real world as it did in clinical trials the study published in the new england journal of medicine shows that the vaccine offers very high protection against covert 19. india has reported its highest number of cases in nearly
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a month more than half were recorded in the musharraf's trust state home to the financial capital by and crowds who turned out to watch the olympic torch as it travels through japan will be asked to clap rather than cheer the runners carry the flame organizers warn that the event could be suspended if too many people turn out along the relay route let's look at some other stories making news this hour mass rallies are underway in armenia's capital yerevan with both opponents and supporters of prime minister and the pope shinya on taking to the streets earlier pushing on announced that he what he called an attempted military coup after armenia's armed forces demanded his resignation opinion has faced months of protests since armenians defeat by azerbaijan in the conflict over new corner.
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students and doctors in myanmar scattered all young gong are among the thousands holding new protests against the military coup in the country it is the latest in nearly 3 weeks of daily demonstrations since the army seized power also thursday facebook says that it has banned all accounts linked to the neon mar military citing his use of deadly force against demonstrators. at least 6 people are dead after a mudslide buried workers at an illegal gold mine in indonesia rescuers are searching for survivors of the mine which is located in the heart of sort of a sea island officials said that search efforts are being hampered by unstable soil conditions. the kurdish dominated administration in northeast syria is struggling to hold off a comeback by the so-called islamic state syria's kurdish forces were instrumental in taking back control of iowa's held territories now the militia fighters are
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regrouping in the region especially around the town of bear. and in the whole prison camp the kurds say that they have been left to fend for themselves with abdel-hamid sets off for dinner as all fear travels with him the 43 year old father depends on his job as a bus driver to support his family but he risks his life on every journey. every day they find 2 or 3 dead bodies here people who have been kidnapped killed and tossed aside. islamic state militants have been spreading fear with increasingly frequent attacks on the main road through northeastern syria they strike villages and towns especially at night big store money from residents set off bombs and behead people. that. is already attacked us in the village killing residents driving them away they're causing us so much
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suffering we need help to stop this disaster. but the leaders of the kurdish autonomous region are hopelessly overwhelmed thousands of fighters are said to have taken up residence in the vast desert the kurds lack aircraft and special equipment to track them down. allies such as the us have withdrawn. the kurdish units are the only ones still fighting ah yes that's what we're experiencing here right now and we're suffering because of it. tens of thousands of supporters mostly women and children remain in. 250 kilometers to the north. after the terror groups defeat in 21000 they were captured by kurdish fighters since then many have become further radicalized. coming back hopefully you hope it will come back yes where where exactly what makes you
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think it will come back. victory is near. i guess is now pulling the strings behind the scenes of the camp smuggling in weapons arming its followers kurdish control of the camp is in danger of slipping away. state in miniature has practically emerged here the religious police patrol the camp if men have non-permitted relationships with women cooperate with the security forces they are executed. in the villages of the province memories of the i.a.s. reign of terror fresh in people's minds and heena women were whipped and residents terrorized but even after liberation in 2017 militants struck again and again. suliman darwish was targeted for cooperating with the kurds in the local council
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one night they heard gunshots and. my wife was arguing with an armed man in uniform another was 2 meters behind her in between my son was lying dead on the ground they killed him with 5 shots. in january alone so-called islamic state carried out more than 100 attacks in northeastern syria 40 commuters died recently in an attack on a bus people in the crisis torn region once again fear for their lives. and earlier i spoke with journalist and middle east expert kristen helper i asked her about the presence of islamic state in northeastern syria we're talking about a very rough region eastern syria and western iraq consists mainly of desert the border region is very difficult to control because we have tribal networks of both sides of the border and isis has never really left the region it has just gone
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underground it's a perfect hiding place for them and we can say that there are almost 10000 isis fighters still in hiding there who ever escaped kurdish imprisonment whatever so the vibe of the international international force of attacks went into hiding there and we see assignations and bomb attacks on a very regular. yes very regularly there are almost 100 attacks a month in syria the same number in iraq these are to take a look at population and there are ongoing clashes with the regime forces unit regime forces and even with the russian air force there and we saw you know some examples in that report that we saw earlier you know of the all hall prison camp for example you know which which is a controlled area how are they gaining traction there for example. i mean a whole is like a small city there are 60000 people living there and i mean these are people from syria these are people from iraq these are foreigners and there's
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a big difference between them because the most radical ones obviously are the 4 nuts which is very interesting because they really came to the isis calif it out of conviction so these are the women who are trying to reinstall on religious police sharia courts they are brainwashing the children they are really being dangerous so the kurds are trying to solve this problem by doing 3 things in the 1st step they want to let the syrian national street because most of them really joint ice is out of convenience personal gains they regret they have kind of turned their back to this ideology so they can register and go back to their hometown villages the 2nd step would be to convince the iraqi government to take their own nationals in and then in the 3rd step they will try to do you ready calliope's and rehabilitate these foreigners and the families of these former isis fighters and they're obviously kurdish fighters the kurdish autonomous region needs the help of the
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international community how optimistic are you that that all of those steps will be able to be executed in a way that will make a meaningful difference. i'm very pessimistic because until now the international community really has let down the kurdish forces this is exactly what they feel it was the syrian democratic forces the kurdish forces that fought isis on the ground they still deal with several thousands of hardcore fighters in their prisons among them several 100 foreign fighters europeans that no country in the world is willing to take back again the former bush. administration has withdrawn u.s. forces there are only $900.00 american soldiers left in the region and the rift draw in 200-1000 led to the turkish invasion and turkish attack in the north of the region so the really the kurds really try to at the same time fight off to his attacks in the north wind at the same time taking care of these isis fighters and this is obviously a situation that is overwhelming for them journalist and middle east expert
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christine helper thank you so much for joining us to share that expertise. well here in germany customs officers in the port of hamburg have seized a shipment of cocaine 16 tons of it reportedly the most ever taken in a single raid in europe the drugs were hidden in metal canisters shipped from paraguayan as part of the scene desiccation 7 tons of cocaine were also seized in belgium police have arrested a man suspected of importing the drugs. these canisters imported from pirate why were supposed to contain poti further but instead they're stuffed with 16 tons of cocaine it would have sold for as much as 3500000000 euros that's a big. we were very surprised by the amount to after we open the kind of stairs we multiplied the number of connoisseurs by 9 kilos and came up with this unimaginable amount of 16 tons. another 7 tons were intercepted in the belgian
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port city of and where the owner of an import company in the netherlands has been arrested the find is dillard just amount of cocaine that has ever been seized in europe politicians believe it's just the tip of the iceberg. billions can be made in the cocaine trade these illegal funds can easily flow into legitimate areas of the economy causing untold damage and. organized crime only attracts the attention of politicians when people are lying dead on the streets or when there is campaigns against it normally it's under the radar makes it even more dangerous. god is with all the experts are calling on politicians to hold a summit on drugs the security problem is huge and police and customs are poorly equipped to deal with it. now a painting by the dutch artist vincent van gogh is to be shown it to the public for
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the 1st time after spending more than a century in a private collection the late 19th century our work will go on display for a month before it is being sold off it is expected to fetch many millions it's titled a street scene in. it's part of a serious produced between 19861988 when living in paris with his brother taylor the work is one of the artists very few that have not yet landed in a museum. this work by vincent van gogh is a real discovery in the sense that although he has been listed in the catalogs devoted to the artist it has never appeared on the market since it was acquired by a french family more than a century ago. the painting depicts a couple's romantic stroll in the streets. at the time the heli parries
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a neighborhood was becoming home to another ray of international artists attracted by its bohemian vibe and cheap rent including himself. when your streets are very interesting testimony of what mark looked like at the end of the 19th century when it was still very bucolic we can see the mills of the moon and that i get a place of leisure very appreciated by parisians at the time you know the painting will go on display in amsterdam hong kong and paris before being sold off to a new home auction house called the beast estimates its value between 5 and 8000000 heroes. and finally to australia's modern version of a woolly mammoth this is the sheep that rescuers christened up a ram with a woolly coat waiting in at around 35 kilograms he was discovered in
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a neighborhood forest north of melbourne it's believed that he survived years why don't the by the time he was discovered he could barely see straight and even more due to all of that hair as in my affection for the animal sanctuary has now taken him in. and he is now getting in the sunlight is. a quick reminder of the top story following for you here in new zealand leaders are meeting virtually today to find out ways to improve their response to the code crisis vaccine production delays cops close the box locks of musicians programs but a failure to coordinate other measures has also led to different approaches for freedom of movement and tackling you tube variance. up next focus on europe looking at how refugees in bosnia are struggling with winter chaos to stay with us if you can read that i'm sorry ellie and roland is always more on our website and also on social media i do that thanks for watching take care.
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she helps refugees however she with clothes. and compassion know yasmina who she ditched is an aid worker in bosnia. she is supporting migrants perseverance here in the freezing cold lucky as mina herself along with many fellow volunteers is coming under pressure. some can see on your. next d.w. . conflict zone opposition parties in pakistan have been upping the pressure on
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prime minister imraan khan in a series of recent mass protests they say that he is a puppet of the military and has mismanaged. the economy as inflation spiral my guest this week from islamabad is fall one choudhary pakistani minister for science and technology what has his arm it's achieved who's calling the shots in pakistan conflicts or. even 60 minutes. what is different. here women are in charge. the archipelago has had a matriarchal system for centuries. the rare form of society.
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differently. looks good with words. and how sustainable this culture. is of the rango starts marching on t.w. . hello and welcome to this week's edition all focus on europe thanks for joining us today we wanted to start the show by looking at the plight of refugees were trying to reach the european union thousands are current case back in bosnia many are living in makeshift camps on mud racing the winter cold from he had they regularly try to cross the border to the annual country croatia. many live in the woods next
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to a small town of very cut cloud it's just the stone's throw away from their final destination the european union those who have taken on the tough and dangerous journey to bosnia don't want to give up when they had this close but crossing the border to neighboring croatia is not easy some refugees report how they have pushed back across the borders sometimes quite violently so some bosnians like yes nina who she did share trying to help refugees with the one little they have and they're even willing to take some wrists and eagle refugee camp near the town of. in northern boss nia abdullah a palestinian it's back to being forcibly deported from croatia by the buddhist. or. voluntary aid workers 49 year old yes mina her she ditched came across
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a dollar during her evening rounds now she's trying to supply him with bare essentials i have him then tier. but i. i don't have a. yes minister says she sometimes feels bad that she can't do more for them the future. of during the day she works in a boston government office but after leaving her office she had found his opponents here to help the refugees. for the past year yes mina has gone shopping for them every day paying with donations or out of her own pocket buying rice oil and sometimes meat then she packs donated shoes jackets and pants in bags and labels them with a mobile phone numbers of refugees she's in contact with that way she can be sure each one has received what they need most and my daughter's study for me is in.
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other areas germany so if they can have a chance for but their life why other people can't soon afterwards yes mina is on her way to the 1st stop of the evening this is 76 today. a person called there. can you help me airplanes. hello. y'all. hello. here is it to the group. about a dozen young men most of them algerians found shelter here. you know what is. something i was very hard but. i do what i can do maybe it's not a laugh but just
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a little like. hundreds of migrants are living in conditions like this in bosnia without the help of people like this nina life would be impossible but for the volunteers themselves the situation in bosnia is becoming increasingly risky they're doing everything very quiet. not challenge and if i they have. in this official i think that is a better frame because some think here people a lot of things happen yes may know who she did other bosnians are organizing a volunteer aid group and hope to get it registered without official permission says the cantons interior minister. it's actually illegal to render any assistance to refugees. who do so can be charged foreigners deported or if we discover foreign citizens working without a permit in bosnia and herzegovina they will be deported and banned from entering
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bosnia for a certain period in accordance with our laws so could the notions of. foreign aid workers have complained about the difficulties of getting officially registered and even then the work of refugee aid organizations as here in libya is strictly regulated the bosnian authorities also want to see all the migrants housed in camps like the one elite this is one reason for the hardline taken against volunteers like this mina who visit illegal camps like this one in the forest but for the refugees here she is often the last hope. someone again i want to get through everything there's something feel good but the. no our men want to go forward with this but their chances of getting there are slim they will probably have to hold out here for months i want that they feel welcome here but probably they not.
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they don't place for show or their place for. washing for cooking for as long as they remain here yes mina who she ditched intends to keep coming by every evening to help as best as she can spain is one of several monarchies in europe but recently the image of the royal family has taken a hit last year former king juan carlos left the country after a corruption scandal his son philippe who was the reigning king has also faced a lot of criticism and now the situation is escalating young demonstrators are taking to the streets of large city each day some are even rioting protesting the rest of a rapper was found guilty of insulting the monarchy and his lyrics and his tweets. it was like a scene from an action movie. heavily armed riot police stormed the university of
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leader and students trying to stop them. they had set of barricades to protect rapper pablo hersel who hoped to avoid arrest. but it was all in vain. they will never stop as with the repression a cell showed it before being taken to jail. he was sentenced for his tweets and lyrics which insult the monarchy and glorify violence against politicians the police. had conducted a telephone interview with us so the day before his texts are full of tasteless to violent fantasies even speaks of shooting politicians in the neck. this is artistic freedom he said. she already has a sense because i sing about reality i mean they cannot stop me from criticizing the monarchy even if it's banned you know and they lock me up for you know. well
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you know for a bucket. and one of us rob songs sell refers to former king juan carlos and to son philippe as corrupt parasites like you know we're going to fold this feeling close call it then calls for the guillotine for the royal family one of the of the year we're going to feel. guilty enough to stop going because we need her cells lawyer outside the university of later. she pointed out that even the spanish media had reported about corruption in the monarchy. on carlos allegedly received 100000000 euros in bribes from saudi arabia. ethic and that of course my client insulted the royal family the house of babbin. that but this is allowed thanks to freedom of speech when people hold positions of great responsibility they have to face criticism and other what can i add. insult in the monarchy and glorifying
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violence are not crimes as such in other european countries ablow hersel is the 1st the spanish rapper to be jailed for these offenses. however he is not the 1st case in spain. dozens of artists have been taken to court in recent years. the rapper says are montagnier also known as strawberry was 1st sentenced to one years' imprisonment after tweeting about an 8 or attack on a general of the franco regime. but the constitutional court acquitted him after 5 years. for people who don't know you you remain a terrorist because of these. accusations someone who glorifies terrorism someone who should be excluded from society. who read the last of him. for york a rapper of a tonic was also sentenced to 3 and
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a half years imprisonment for insulting the monarchy and glorifying violence. but after the thought of that if he was them on a flight to belgium and now lives in brussels. the question of thirty's have so far refused to extradite him. they say the offenses for which he is wanted in spain are not a crime he's in belgium that the money he's the will not be filthy many spanish bands are seen to be hable and they'd love to sing a song against the king or but they're afraid from what you see 18 singers have been found guilty so far the same goes for a controversy or tweets. many say that spain's restrictive laws are connected to the terrorist attacks committed by the basque separatist organization which killed over 800 people. but the laws have become even more restrictive since announced its dissolution. unless the international is calling on the government to stick to
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european norms because. the european court of human rights has twice condemned spain for citing the crime of insulting the monarchy but this criminal offense continues to exist and people are still prosecuted. spain is currently run by a left wing coalition but it is struggling to change the law. however the ministry of justice announced this week that it was working this after the jail of pablo herself that's a massive protests. told t w it had the time for an interview. however the prime minister did comment i mean our democracy will always guarantee demonstrations and freedom of speech even outrageous absurd statements but our democracy will never tolerate violence. on the surface this is a. controversial rupp's by public actually that the demonstrations for many his
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arrest has turned him into a martyr. spain is coming across as an unjust state because of its restrictive interpretation of freedom of speech. at some point the demonstrations become violent which is part of the ritual of these protests many young people are seeking confrontation right now. the imprisoned tropper has become a symbolic figure for them. this year germany is celebrating 1700 years of jewish life in the country exhibitions and events both online and on the ground are showing what it's like to be a jew in germany for some it means living in fear of a possible anti-semitic at tech in 2019 and the east end german town of hallam
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a right wing extremist shot dead 2 people after his plan of gunning down worshipers at a nearby synagogue failed one of the crime scenes was a nearby turkish bistro the attack has affected the business now the jewish community and is joining forces to show support for the owner. today is mit tech and space travel is also in the morial site to customer of his kevin should who bled to death here. or matter how hard you try you can't forget it. outside to do a plaque commemorates the 2 people who died in the terrorist attack in halla. on october 9th 2019 in downtown halla a heavily armed right wing extremist went on a shooting spree. his real target was the town synagogue he was out to kill jews
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but he failed to break through the door he shot down a woman passing by and then attacked the turkish be strapped izmit tech in was lucky he'd gone shopping his brother was able to flee the attacker but there was no escape for kevin. but once the official commemoration was over it's matecumbe felt left alone with his own memories of that day. which came after was disappointing. nobody came by and nobody showed any interest. we felt abandoned. and then came the covert 1000 pandemic the few customers who still came were only allowed to order takeaways tekken who came to germany from turkey 12 years ago faced financial ruin but then help came from an unexpected quarter eagle matley its from the jewish community the intended target of the attack and others called on people to buy vouchers for 1000 combat and the
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jewish student union collected another 30000 euros they are there to support fellow members of halla society with their kids to your fans to the solidarity the neighborhood kabob shop will stay on as a place where we can pick up some to eat. anything else would only serve the aims of the attacker unversed person doesn't deserve any just innocence but you guys describe what he is i just missed my tekken has been gaining confidence again for himself and the fight against hatred. there is on but we all stick together more. as immigrants and journalists. no matter what our nationality or faith but all are. only a few 100 metres away hell a synagogue has been under constant police guard since the attack matt.
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