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the by. the by. the c.w. news live from berlin and protesters in myanmar say that they will not back down demonstrators take to the scripts again in a number of cities defying the crackdown by military leaders that is feared 12 killed at least 18 people over the weekend. also coming up democracy supporters
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gather in hong kong as $47.00 dissidents are to appear in court charged with subversion under the territories controversial new security law and to mr jackson that is what former u.s. president donald trump asked as he took to the stage for the 1st time since leaving office he also hinted that he has big plans. added logistical football the for clues and sink deeper into crisis as they fall short against freiburg we'll bring you all the highlights. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program police and military personnel in myanmar are trying to disperse protesters who are back on the streets this a day after security forces used a lifer. fire killing at least 80 people according to the united nations and 30
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others now around 1000 people are believed to have been detained in this crackdown on monday police and young gun used tear gas to clear protesters it is now been a month since the military seized power in myanmar prompting daily protests calling for a return to democracy. ousted civilian leader aung sang suu kyi appeared in a closed court on monday by video link on charges that observers consider obscure. let's bring in journalist ayman tant who is in young gone thank you so much for joining us what kind of impact has sunday's violent crackdown had on the protestors were you witnessing so what we're seeing with those protesters are people who are better equipped and who's come better prepared for violent crackdowns so this morning starting around 8 am and where i was inside john township a number of trucks came with stand where protesters began to build barricades using
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construction material tires anything they had laying around as well as little dumpsters with the stance brought in by the. people are out with shields while their equipment to deal with tear gas things like that and everyone is just really prepared for some sort of struggle and apparently reportedly we might have in fact seen that over the weekend with reports of at least 18 people killed and tell us how that's impacting the mood right now and the sense of resolve among the protesters. yes the protesters are incredibly angry and you know at the very beginning of these protests you often hear protesters giving water to the police where's that and they were often found chatting the people's police joining with us and now protesters cursing at the police more calling them cowards asking them if they're not ashamed of the rolled up they're playing in as
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the protesters are calling it. protecting those who are power crazy. wow so so pretty strong language that they're using tell us how sick leader aung sang suu kyi she was seen in court today the 1st time she's been seen since that she was detained as part of this coup tell us a little bit more about what transpired sore we don't really know what has been happening in court we only hear of her appearance to her lawyer. who witnessed the call and we now know that she has been charged with an additional charge in a in addition to the previous 2 and she has been charged with addition to her lawyer does say that she is in good health but we still don't know where whereabouts are in town with a view from young gun thank you so much for joining us on day duffy of. police in hong kong have brought $47.00 pro to mock recy activists to court on charges of
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conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law imposed on the city by beijing last year it is the largest mass arraignment since the law came into effect last june around 1000 pro-democracy supporters have gathered outside of the courthouse. it was up to us they say they have done nothing wrong. pro-democracy activists were defiant as they reported to police to face charges of conspiracy to commit subversion under the national security law that beijing imposed on the territory last summer so that no matter at all if i could it will be . one of the hong kong people. who people faithful it will be. their alleged crime was organizing an informal primary election last year to select pro-democracy candidates to run for legislative council elections
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a routine matter in much of the world but it took place shortly after the national security law took effect and for china's communist rulers it was a threat one manipulated from abroad. a small number of countries are vilifying china by spreading lies about territories including hong kong they are up to their usual tricks of politicizing in weaponize it was human rights issues to interfere in other country's internal affairs and we will resist base the activists say hong kong's last freedoms are at stake so the government can take away all our rights but the eyes of the people all over the world are sharp everyone will know that we hong kong people are still strong in these difficult days. group hopes the world will be watching on monday. or do you.
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now who's standing by for us in hong kong phebe your you're in front of the courthouse tell us a little bit more about what's going on right now. hi fi i have been staying outside the courtroom for a home morning and there are hundreds of supporters of the opposition figures present here today they would trying to line up trying to get into the courtroom to support opposition figures and hear that case but apparently that is not enough to cater to all the supporters so many of them just say outside. the lines of the queue even like nearly surrounding the block off the courtroom so the turnout is pretty pretty impressive fly given the fact that we haven't seen such a scene of protests. specially says the imposition on financial security and the charges you know that that these individuals are facing are conspiracy to commit
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subversion how serious is this and what is the potential punishment for it. what they'll find us under the new sweeping national security law could mean life imprisonment maximum so is a really heavy census that could possibly facing all of the 47 opposition figures here now in the courtroom so they're facing the charges they're all accused off. to commit some version because of their participation in an unofficial primary held last july which was set to choose the opposition candidates both legislative elections for the government accuse them of an attempt to overthrowing the government or paralyzed think of the government. because some counter this one expected to step down by the towing all the government's bills so this is law now i would like a criminal offense in hong kong like given the fact that even in the past there are
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similar primaries how to hong kong but now under the new national security law the government deems this assumption how is the world reacting phoebe. one of the us the european union and also the case governments how swiftly was bonded to the mosque prosecution the u.s. secretary of state. in which he calls for you mr believe of all the rest to take a risk down saying that these political participation in freedom of expression should not be crimes and also you all like yesterday they have already called for immediate release and set up these charges could mean that's a freedoms we're no longer tolerated here in hong kong becoming with the view from hong kong thank you. and here are some other headlines that we are following for you the humanitarian groups watch has brought nearly 400 migrants to safety in
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a series of rescue operations in that a trainee and the agency says that it rescued dozens of people from a wooden boat that was about to say. gunmen have killed at least 11 people including a child in the mexican state of lesko 2 others were wounded the state prosecutor's office says that the attackers fired from pickup trucks the region is one of the hot spots of mexico's drug wars. astronauts have entered out of the international space station to install support frames for new high efficiency solar panels arriving later this year nasa's cape rubin's and victor glover carried hundreds of kilos of mounting brackets and struts the 6 new solar panels should boost the station's power by up to 30 percent. hundreds of girls from the nigerian town of jiang are still missing after the
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gunmen attacked a school and took $317.00 hostages on friday parents are anxiously awaiting the return of their daughters since the abduction they have been coming to the school to ask for news and demanding answers as to how the kidnapping was allowed to happen. fred move and you need reports from zamfara state this man has come to this school to find and says his daughter is one of the hundreds of girls who were could not on friday some hasn't been able to seep since the news reached his family. that this is. horrible. and chroma ties situation we are in. because we constantly. grow our lawyers thinking about. ghettos daughter it is
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only 12 years old she had just started this it can save mr a to just give a secondary school police and the school authorities say they were caught off guard the girls were sleeping here when the gunmen attacked what used to be called the most secure government school in zamfara state. this secondary school used to cost more than 550 schoolgirls more than 300 of them and now in captivity this state has decided to shut down all schools in zamfara state because they cannot guarantee the safety of students without it occasion the future of younger generation in northern nigeria is now at stake. the vice principal is wild that parents will stop sending their children to school it out of the education negatively because they are girls and they know to which.
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the student would have. not feel comfortable to the student. state officials say they have beefed up security exam for state negotiations to get the girls released are reported to be on the way if they are located i want to assure you that the example the state government has the capacity to rescue them without getting choice but to john get basic and risk pool get the has one wish what we lie is to bring to drain by. several unhealthy that is our prayer. the big question is why these girls have been kidnapped but as yet no answers are forthcoming.
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now the united states is calling on the african union to intervene in the deepening crisis in ethiopia is teague rive region washington expressed quote grave concern over reported the trustees and the worsening humanitarian situation i'm see international has accused eritrean forces of killing hundreds of civilians thousands have fled the region many with harrowing stories of violence. stranded in a border town in sudan burdened with traumatic experiences cinema and grim a are both refugees from to grok the likely never forget the day that soldiers invaded their home town. but i knew. they shot innocent people a subtle 12 bodies they took people's belongings and everything we had. all i've got left of the clothes on my back on the end. tens of thousands of people fled the ethiopian army's offensive against the provincial governments and. reports of
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atrocities and massacres of civilians followed the hamdi yet border reception center has been overwhelmed by the flood of refugees there's not enough tents often just plastic sheeting to fend off the searing heat illnesses are rampant and food is scarce some lucky few managed to get bus tickets to refugee camps farther away from the border. but these facilities are also full now the owner a cuba camp is now at twice its plant capacity many children here are sick and in may she hated their mothers are desperate. that event when we arrived here no one could give us food for the children we didn't have enough to eat either i didn't have any money to buy food at the market this is a holiday that it. fears are now the upcoming rainy season could bury the camp in mud no one's prepared for that here aid workers predict a catastrophe if steps aren't taken quickly. that
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a positive that has been built is going to be a book of the resilience of that if it is going to be booking again and so there would be but to a point where we have to stop supplying them with it's also it's from square. in the coming weeks it's feared tens of thousands more people could flee from ethiopia over the border into sudan one of the world's poorest countries. you watching. to come on the program the challenges of staging an awards ceremony during the pandemic spotlight the winners of the losers of the gold. but 1st former u.s. president donald trump has hinted at a possible presidential run in 2024 he was addressing a gathering of staunch conservatives in his 1st speech since losing the 2020 alexion he also attacked the republicans who voted to it teach him and called for them to be thrown out of the party if you don't use washington bureau chief in
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a poll reports from the c pac convention in florida. it feels like executing a time machine lending in the days when donald trump was the president of the united states i don't know connor's the co-chair of the floyd offered a ration of teenage republicans they have a stand at this year's c.p.a. the conservative friends of the grand old party is holding its annual meeting in orlando florida at a time when the republicans are doing some soul searching about the future we're going to situated right now were gone from the republican party lindsey graham to their public and party of president donald j. charlie we have the newcomers coming out like not it's a massive call doing a really bringing change to the party some good change. as for every party and successful fight for the young voters will be crucial for the future of the republicans generation's ear which in my current age group is very conservative because we saw the backlash you know the millennial of
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a lot more socialist and we feel like we're out there rob. you saw on the doshas the daughter of indian immigrants she says trump whites all she needs to be a free and successful business woman i want him to say he's running for 2024 and make america great again because right now i don't think it's great since ronald reagan see peg is a forum for conservative ideas a barometer to identify the future leader of the g.o.p. this year it is all about donald trump every person i talked to didn't leave any doubt that he is the only presidential candidate they will vote for in 2024 making it very very difficult for the republican party to ignore him even so this year's event is pretty empty.
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and finally he's here for the last act of this year's. and friends. who have live who knows i may even decide to beat them for a 3rd time ok was. this message is enough to keep the hopes of his supporters i'm very excited you know so i said everything i wanted here the young republican going forward with the republican party so you know i'm excited you know that very happy to see the future the public parties are good. for now the republican party seems to be going in one direction. some history was made at the coltan globes for film and television which were handed out in a mostly virtual ceremony director chloe sow became the 1st asian woman to take best director a live audience was limited as the show was hosted in both los angeles and new york
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now chloe chows movie is titled no match land and stars frances mcdormand it also picked up the evening's top prize best movie drama the best movie comedy was to sasha baron cohen's 2nd or at film hold and globes are awarded by the 87 members of the hollywood foreign press association though i did learn myself from k.j. matthews who has the latest from los angeles k.g. and other big winner of the night tell us a little bit more. yes you know it seemed like it was happening here in los angeles but it felt like a british academy awards really it really was a great night for the brits the crown that beloved show on netflix took home 4 wards for best actress best actor best supporting actress and best drama all around so people cannot get enough of the crown every year they seem to really skating in and instill those awards so a big night for the crown. also another really big topic and we have to mention
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this diversity came up again this year let's hear what the host had to say about the hollywood foreign press association and get your reaction oh you know this is probably something we should've told you guys earlier everybody is understandably upset at the h s p a and their choices look a lot of flashy garbage got nominated but that happens ok that's like their thing but a number of black actors and black lead projects were overlooked and look we all know that award shows are stupid yeah they're all a scam invented by big red carpet to sell more carpets we tell them what is even a stupid things inclusive it is important and there are no black members of the hollywood foreign press i realize it's f.p.a. maybe you guys didn't get the memo because your workplace is the backbone of a french mcdonalds but you've got to change that. i mean they're poking fun out of it it's really a serious issue where was where was the barometer on diversity this year. you know
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it was really interesting a lot of people in their acceptance speeches did kind of dance around the fact that there is not enough diversity inclusion within the hollywood foreign press association in fact the group called time's up that you may recall was created 3 years ago shortly after the harvey weinstein incident basically released a statement minutes after this award show ended tonight saying it's all cosmetic and that they don't think that the hollywood foreign press association really understands that diversity needs to be front and center and this putting black people on stage to present awards will not solve that problem so they still have a long way to go to convince people in hollywood particularly people of color that they are dedicated to making their ranks very diverse ok so progress report is that there is still more work tell us what were the memorable moments of the night for you. oh man i just love jane fonda she
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used her acceptance speech to accept the cecil b. demille award to talk about all of the people of color that should have been nominated for all the films that included people of color that she felt should have been nominated so she took the spotlight off of her for accepting the award and put it on the people who she thought should have gotten more recognition and that which is really great people really clapped and just love that of course we love the fact that there was history made with andre de she's a singer she's in the united states versus billie holiday and she took him on a war in the best drama actress category now she's only the 2nd black woman to win that award and for this role she had to lose 40 pounds so she definitely made history she's now becoming a star in hollywood and of course you mentioned earlier chloe's out only being the 2nd female director to win and 1st asian women to win and so there were some small
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history moments with people of color at the awards tonight now ok casey matthews breaking it all down for us from los angeles thank you so much thank you. and the bundesliga laver cousens same deeper toward a crisis point with a loss to 5 or they're now without a win in the last 4 weeks and their coach is coming under intense pressure. like the coach peter bush live accusing fans have been waiting more and more in patiently to the reemergence of the side that led the league early in the season hosting freiburg the intent was there if not the execution tonight by the hand of florian miller several times they would pay the price in the 2nd half when the visiting side chances came they were taken. to merit into mirvish gave freiburg the lead in the 50th minute and it was to out on the alamo. when lucas hurler was
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just the right side of offside to make things very difficult to live accuse and leon bailey she made left on the edge of the area to get things going in the right direction after a 17 minutes but it proved to be all of accuse and could muster you finish with pride big deserved 21 win is annoying the european places late accuse in are still there just that the outlook is bleak. and in a battle between 2 clubs near the bottom of the fun to see them lines didn't do much wrong but still lost out. the problem was their one big error resulted in a very costly go see a long line keeper robards there who will not enjoy this replay is for a past set of the games the call a loss puts a dent in minds to survival hopes as they sit 2nd from the bottom. and here are the results from 23 out of 30 for
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a buyer and beat cologne if dortmund brushed past wolfsburg one accounts have stood guard scored 5 times against life safety flood buffer braman surprise frankfurt on your own drew with hoffenheim minds lost. and leverkusen were beaten by fry for. and here are the standings byer narrowly leading the league just 2 points ahead of leipzig wolfsburg and frankfurt are 3rd and 4th in the 2nd half check the very bottom of the league where things look rough for minds and even worse for shell cup where the entire coaching staff has been fired as the club tries to avoid relegation. a quick reminder of the top stories we're following for you here and be a new security forces in the on mar have you used tear gas to disperse protesters in the city of hong kong demonstrators gathered there and and in other cities despite
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a violent crackdown by the military over the weekend that is reported to have killed at least 18 people. coming up next on the w. it is business news with my colleague see fiercely to stay with us if you can with that because there's a word on the reopening of some businesses in germany like hair salons and garden centers vocals are certainly going to want to hear a lot about that in the meantime there's always more on our website d w dot com you can also follow us on social media including twitter and instagram at me of the us i'm sarah kelly in berlin thanks for watching take care.
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