really now and you could have sarkozy has been sentenced to 3 years in jail 2 of which suspended sentence and even the one year actually he could spend at home with a brace that right ankle ok so what is this likely to mean for him i don't know personally and politically. but it is a real blow for nicola cortese not only because as you said there are other court cases pending actually the next this coming up in 2 weeks simon nicolas sarkozy was obviously hoping that he would win 1st points symbolic points today that hasn't worked and also it's will have certainly a bad influence a huge impact on his political career because the clock cycle is the former president he was president from 2007 to 2012 we're still hoping to maybe stage a comeback for next year's presidential elections and not that's now seems quite unlikely really ok so very clearly astrologer enter his political fortunes how is

he viewed from. nicolas sarkozy this kind of hate love relationship between he him and the french some people really adore him some people hate him but he has a lot of supporters on the right conservative party really so many people were hoping for him to come back and mind you in france it is possible even if you have been condemned at court or if you have been out of court as you know you can actually can make a political comeback that is seems really impossible in other countries such as germany for example but here it would have been possible now it seems quite unlikely though with today sentence because it just doesn't give him a lot of time to clear him of all charges lisa lives in paris thank you. and dozens of prominent hong kong pro-democracy activists and politicians have appeared in court charged with conspiracy to commit subversion $47.00 which charged under the new national security law which beijing imposed last year critics accuse china of

using the law to stifle political dissent around a 1000 pro-democracy supporters gathered outside the courthouse but have since been dispersed by police. clashing with 3 finger hunger games salute hong konger is using the same symbol as fellow democracy campaigners in thailand and me and mark. this is one of the biggest protest gathering seen in hong kong in many months the crowds are here to support some of the city's best known activists brought to court on charges of subversion. they were your highlights and here today sacrifice their future for hong kong and maybe this is the last chance to see them or say goodbye that's why it means so much to me all that all all that i think the activists alleged crime organizing an informal primary election last year the hope was to select pro-democracy candidates to run for legislative council

elections every teen matter in much of the world but it took place shortly after the national security law took effect and for china's rulers it was a threat one they say was manipulated from abroad. a small number of countries are vilifying china by spreading lies about territories including hong kong they're up to their usual tricks of politicizing and weaponize it was human rights issues to interfere in other country's internal affairs and we will resist this. the activists taken to court in these vans today face up to life in prison if convicted . $47.00 individuals being charged of attorneys non-polar 30 promised not to be used very sorry so. it's clear that is not going to be. the story for 6 more years and we remember the foreign countries the international community can see the results of the hong kong people we want the judges to be fair

to be independent and to be objective and give them a fair trial. activists are concerned that the court could be pressured to impose severe sentences in a bid to cripple the democracy movement once and for all. hoping for international support they say hong kong's last freedoms are at stake. not to me and not where police and soldiers are fired on protesters who returns to the streets after a weekend crackdown which at least 18 people were killed and 30 others wounded according to the u.n. a policing young gun used tear gas and rubber bullets to clear protestors on monday local media for one person being injured it's now free of mud since the military coup which is prompted daily protests calling for a return to democracy state civilian leader aung san suu kyi has appeared by video link inside

a closed cold lawyer said to new charges have been added to the allegations against her. we can get more on this from journalist david greene about him who has reported extensively from a 1000000 mom and joins us now from kuala lumpur malaysia a welcome dave i was on searches a lawyer says the additional charges against to include inciting undressed what is likely to refer to. i mean this put out a statement that was set up before the 2 actually happened as there were thoughts that it might happen that basically told the public hey do not back down do not accept this military takeover fight for democracy that's what that publicly refers probably refers to but the bottom line is this it is more trumped up ridiculous charges. suci i mean if you look at some of the charges they have on her they're using in some cases colonial era laws that you can twist and turn to make anything a violation the bottom line here this new military which to me and mark is just

taking pages out of the playbook that the whole military junta is used to use they have been fighting. for 30 years and they can beat her in a fair fight the november election is just one example of that where her party won by a landslide and now the generals are coming up with this way to try to use the country's judicial system which is not independent to try to put her away for good that way because they cannot beat her fair and square so how will these additional charges affect the protest movement you think i mean this is just going to add more fuel to the fire and their bellies they hear that she was in court they see that there's more trumped up charges against her and just in theory it's them even more you see so many protesters they marched with pictures of on sun suu kyi calling for her release and now they see that she's got more of these additional ridiculous charges on her it just gives them more incentive to keep going. foreign minister of the

association of southeast asian nations that used to hold a video conference tomorrow to discuss they scribed says what is their view of it and can they bring any pressure to bad. well i wasn't if you look at you know past history has generally been a toothless organization but they do have the potential i stress potential to really have some influence here now in the show and the reason why i should say is because me m.r. the generals included value their membership in the auction more than they value their membership in the united nations even oxygen is the one members of that they value the most but i wasn't in the short term it would be an accomplishment if they could just get the generals to agree to no more lethal force against the demonstrators and if the generals actually stuck to it long term though to defuse the situation and come up with a workable situation is going to takes is going to require some difficult diplomatic acrobatic work i mean just last week reuters leaked

a plan that agin had some members of act to have an election roughly a year from now and i wish you would send observers to make sure it was free and fair well so many demonstrators were furious about that whole idea because they believe they had their free and fair election back in november and the n l d won by a landslide and because the generals didn't like the result they took out on her government on february 1st where the demonstrators want their votes from november honored and the people that they elected into office back in november they want those people back in their elected seats dave good about. sure thing. as a more i have not from around the world starting gone where the president. and his wife have become the world's 1st recipients of a corona virus vaccine from kovacs said clo bill scheme to procure and distributing the haitians for free for poor countries the 76 year old said he hoped to encourage

others to get vaccinated. and their prime minister in the round remotely has received the 1st dose of the country's home grown coronavirus vaccine as india starts vaccinations beyond frontline workers people over 60 of those over 45 suffering from certain medical conditions are now also eligible for the jobs. thousands of police and soldiers in the czech republic are enforcing a tight new code with 19 restrictions the ban people from nonessential travel to other countries and 500 checkpoints have been set up to help stop the spread of the highly contagious u.k. coronavirus variant the czech republic is currently one of the hardest hit countries. the berlin film festival is always one of the most hotly anticipated events in the german capital's cultural calendar but this year the pandemic as force about a dollar into lockdown the audience has been limited to a select group of critics and industry professionals who watch the contenders for

the golden bear via live stream but that won't stop us bringing you the highlights starting with 2911 inspired offerings you need to tell me the truth you need to tell me what happened i have defended you understand nature take it nothing whatever i say. it doesn't matter. a defense lawyer and her client mohamedou old slahi from mauritania is in custody in guantanamo he's accused of having aided the terrorists who carried out the 911 attacks but is he really guilty golden globe winner jodie foster place lawyer nancy hollander like the real person the character is based on she also believes in the law. you know how our country is shaped by that how the world is shaped by that and if there was ever there was anything that made me believe in democracy in the rule of law it's been making this film. the film copilot is also based on a true story having to do with 911 astley love say you eat

a seemingly perfect love story but then he becomes one of the terrorists on that fateful day september 11th 2001 he was the one she must have asked herself at some point was that a monster could i really have loved a monster how could i do that but on the other hand she knows very well that he was also lovable. mo has to make a line in the last. the film dissects the main characters pain without making her seem naive that makes copilot into a successful illustration of the maxim love is blind even against the backdrop of the terrorist attacks that changed the world. police in spain have detained a former boss alone f c presenter your bottom right for questioning after reading the club's headquarters on monday morning police say other detention but didn't say who or how many the club has made no official statement however it is due to hold

elections for club president in less than a week. as it you're up to date i'll have more at the top of the hour up next monica drives. up there's a good. the fight against the corona virus pandemic. has the rate of infection in developing what does the latest research say. information and contacts the coronavirus update . on t w. how does a virus spread. why do we panic and when we'll all be. transmitted

through the topics and we could read your blog. if you would like any information on the chrono lara's or any other science topic you should really check out our podcast you can get it wherever you get your podcast you can also find us at. science. your immune system is critical for fighting off disease but millions of people around the world are immunocompromised their immune system is weakened either by a genetic disorder or by chronic illnesses like cancer or diabetes. living with such diseases is hard enough in the best of times but in the age of code 19 a positive test could be a death sentence. as nations race to get their populations vaccinated those with an

already compromised immune system are often not at the top of the list so how can overburdened medical systems keep these at risk people from falling behind. welcome to a new edition of the covert 19 special here on d w i want to get johnson billing good to have you with us and even better if you are among the lucky ones those who already got vaccinated because the majority have to wait their turn even if their health is already compromised. for weeks now tossed in kabul has been at the hostile kuna versity medical center in germany the 49 year old was diagnosed with cancer last summer the chemotherapy and surgery made him weak and compromised his immune system while news about the coronavirus pandemic was dominating the headlines. are next of course it's scary you now have this extra danger out there and you don't know what's on the horizon what are we

walking into here and what kind of impact will the chemotherapy have because of the high risk of infection thorsten carbo lived in strict voluntary quarantine when still at home he was separated from his family with all possible hygiene measures. he will shortly be leaving the hospital and hopes for a vaccination soon to at least get rid of the fear of covert. that would be a huge leap forward it would be a massive relief when i'm in pretty bad physical condition but i can't imagine that i would survive even a moderate case of the coronavirus. of. a german government vaccination board regulates who will get the vaccine and when several 1000000 doses will arrive in the next few weeks this frees up places on the waiting lists and increases the chances for youngest seriously ill patients to be vaccinated more quickly it's a real opportunity say experts to have at least

a little bit of normalcy the psyche plays an important role in healing. contactor contacts and social surroundings are a very important resource in coping with cancer and these are now very limited or not possible at all for some patients. and to compensate for that along with all the other problems is quite a challenge. doctors should now be able to directly register the seriously ill patients for an earlier vaccination appointment how this will work in practice needs to be regulated as soon as possible. in addition to the revised vaccination recommendations is ation is interested in working together with the kansas and his to create a kind of point system so that we can do justice to the situation of the individual patient individual and then see to it soon to give a shit this news brings

a ray of new hope for tossin couple he wants to fight for his health a vaccination would take away a lot of his worries of a more let's bring in caleb alexander a professor of epidemiology and medicine a johns hopkins bloomberg school of public health a good to have you with us and 1st of all please what is the difference between a week or a compromised immune system and a suppressed immune system will thank you very much for having me and it's a pleasure joining you and your audience sometimes we use these terms interchangeably a weaker compromised immune system and a suppressed immune system but in health care sometimes we seek to suppress a person's own immune system using medicines in people that have auto immune diseases such as lupus or rheumatoid arthritis or schroeder's syndrome and so

sometimes we use medicines to suppress the immune system and in other cases people have diseases such as cancer or each i.v. or advanced cardiovascular disease that weakens their own immune system so when i have either a weak immune system or my immune system has been suppressed how does the for affect my chances when fighting code 19. well it's an outstanding question and i wish that there was a completely simple answer for you of course we can start understanding that it's better to have a fully constituted immune system when possible but the effects of immunosuppression on being able to fight cove it may depend in part on why one is immunosuppressed and there's some good news as well for example we've been looking at the effect of medicines that cause chronic immunosuppression such as prednisolone or tacrolimus or michael fennelly these are medicines that are often given to people to help

suppress their immune system and what we've found is that individuals taking these medicines don't fare any worse than their counterparts if they were infected with cove it so the bottom line is that individuals with immunosuppression need to be vigilant need to engage in what we know are evidence based public health measures such as wearing masks and maintaining social distancing in order to minimize the likelihood of covert infection but the likelihood of severe disease if you do get infected may depend in part on why your immune system is being suppressed oh well that brings me exactly to the next question because when it comes to a suppressed or a weak immune system is the situation the danger of getting seriously ill with 19 is that the same for you mentioned any accounts of patients of those suffering from diabetes for example and those whose immune system has been actively suppressed

because of a heart and kidney transplant patient is there a difference. i think the totality of evidence to date suggests that the risks of severe cold it or the risks of infection may vary depending upon why once immune system is suppressed so i've already told you for example that for individuals taking medicines that suppress the immune system that they have appeared to do ok i mean just as well as their counterparts if they get infected but we do know that many people with one condition that can so that can cause immunosuppression say cancer don't just have cancer many of these individuals are of advanced age they may have diabetes some may have obesity and they may have a history of tobacco use i mean there are other risk factors and so what we see that really put people at the greatest risk is not necessarily when they have one

specific condition that can pose potential harm but individuals that have multiple co-morbid conditions and these stack up on one another and can really put people at increased risk of more severe outcomes right and of course there are already quite a few healthy people out there they're very skeptical skeptical towards getting vaccinated. to people with a weak immune system before it. well i'm an active internist and i have a clinical practice and i encourage my patients whether there are you know suppressed or not to get vaccinated the vaccines that are out there such as that m.r. and a vaccine these are not live virus there is no risk of causing kovac by getting these vaccines but we do have to recognize that that the that the vaccines have not been studied in large numbers of individuals with immunosuppression so we don't have all of the information that one might wish for i think the most likely thing

is that the vaccines will ultimately turn out to be less effective because people may have a chronic condition such as cancer or they may be taking medicines that surprise their immune system they may not be able to mount as aggressive or as robust a response to the vaccine itself and so it's very important that so so i think this is an important consideration absolutely absolutely cane about xander that professor of epidemiology and medicine attempts hopkins bloomberg school of public health thank you so much for your time thank you for having me. now while vaccination seems to be the best way out of this pandemic effective treatment is also important and that brings us to one of your questions and our science correspondent eric williams. could you use convalescent plasma from people who have been vaccinated as well as from people who

have for cover this turned out to be tricky to answer i need to run over some background again convalescent plasma is taken from the blood of people who've survived an illness and given to those who fought the illness it's a method that's been employed with varying degrees of success to treat patients for for over a century now the idea behind it is that the antibodies to a pathogen contained in the blood plasma of a survivor might help hinder the emergence of full blown severe disease in those who've been exposed to the pathogen for the 1st time potentially saving lives in the current pandemic there's still no really solid evidence from trials that convalescent plasma is definitely an effective treatment for carpet 19 but there are enough indicators that it does help when given at the right time for the f.d.a.

to approve it for emergency use in the u.s. now vaccines also prompts an antibody response in recipients so theoretically blood from someone who's been vaccinated could also be used to produce convalescent plasma however in its guidance the f.d.a. says people who want to donate have to have actually had the disease within the last 6 months which is to ensure the covert 19 convalescent plasma collected from donors contain sufficient antibodies directly related to their immune response to info. action which is pretty vague so no specific reason given really for why but it's likely the decision involves the fact that approved vaccines only produced antibodies against a quite specific target on the virus the spike protein having the disease on the

other hand for uses a wider spectrum of them so convalescent plasma from people who've been vaccinated would be different and require its own trials confusing the picture even more for a medicinal product where the experts are still trying to clarify effectiveness. that's all for today thanks for watching.

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