what more can you tell us about the girls were lease. yes the girls have been really is 279 they're now going through a series of medical checks to see well. we know that the government the government did tell me this morning that they did not pay for ransom but the drug that they gauged dickie did not pass as. they had series of negotiations and they convinced them because even though mary desire for us to it and the kidnappers or the bandits have agreement they pick a couple of millions and millions of money to these kidnappers so that they can be integrated into society so they're tell me that this is what they were discussing and their money is to quote reese the kid did not pass through these. girls but no one actually most nigerians don't even believe that that's the case they believe

that the government could have been could have paid some ransom money. for it how the family's reaction to this. it's a big relief it's a big relief to families who have been waiting since friday morning they have been waiting for these girls to return back home we are talking about the girls who are between and talk to 18 year olds a can you my jean what they have been going through in the hands of these bandits this sort defied news where. but they're there if he's being they're happy they're there they're grateful that their daughters are now back to us with great relief but do we know more about the kidnappers who are. these are the bandits. there are people who are not far from their communities these are the

people the government know very well these are the people who have been engaged in series of discussions with government officials so they are now known and whenever they can of people the government knows how to contact them and they know how to contact the government so these are not just. sort of boko haram. inside these are the bandits that's normal in this society and they walk with the government and they are known by your thought it is a correspondent for movie thank you very much for. international pressure is growing on me a muzzle ruling military to stop its crackdown on the pro-democracy movement foreign ministers from southeast asian countries are holding talks with the military junta today in an attempt to tackle of the crisis security forces have stepped up their response in recent days using tear gas and rubber bullets police opened fire to disperse protesters around the country on tuesday the u.n.

says at least 18 protesters were killed on sunday when forces used live ammunition protesters are calling for a return to democracy after the military seized a month ago. who thought that activists in a young. you've been out protesting today what's the situation like at the moment. and this is to say here is quite intense and very dangerous state id because they cross the they crack down the peaceful protesters and they shoot any crowds they sure did if this didn't shoot to their heads he she with a reliable that know it love a good list now in many ways you even in oakland it's a struggle when it is not lovable that it is free of bullets and the shoot has shot they are that close to the market and now the military is not a military organization anywhere they are already a terrorist organizations here. and there were reports that over the weekend the

military in myanmar has used live ammunition are you saying the military is using live ammunition again today or yesterday. yesterday and today yes was ok very clear that protesting is becoming more and more dangerous does that worry you are you worried about your personal safety of course i worry about my personal safety because we don't have gangs they have guys are they i shouldn't you go dig in day no only idiots shooting in days even at night except go on the internet connections and they are still you know i arrest him at my house so we all are of our own with stacy does that mean that wigs and render women. we fight back again we have we get the democracy entail we win we keep the wigs and so we've heard that. foreign ministers are talking about this crisis and also talking to the

military junta do you think you are getting enough international support. love for that i will say the day before yesterday says it is holding securities in a security presence and i guess the they. and all very skinny to they are only very rare and supportive stickiest they are all very very supportive. probably because they are now state living in a true democracy country stayed home we have suffered how much we are suffering but we of so much hope for. their actions which will be taking or the military but also if and i will say so i don't see and tell no i don't see the real real settling on them or keep their own. for the aged and this time they need to be needed there we

stand with you pm of you know our military to that is not about even standing this or that side anywhere this is about a standing we just is just a big empty although you can see the huge crowd in on the street already so ready should stand with even listen after this if you thought. me on my thank you very much for your time thank you thank you. and i was some of the other stories making headlines around the world today the biden administration is defending its decision not to go after saudi arabia's crown prince for the death of journalist jamal khashoggi white house press secretary jens psaki pointed to the president and the need to recalibrate the relationship with a geo politically important ally declassified report revealed that prince mohammed bin solomon likely approves casualties killing in 28 in the. cruise in the us capital washington d.c. have removed barriers set up by the trump administration during last year's black

lives matter protests the fencing separated an area used by demonstrators from a park next to the white house the 1st trial related to the police killing of george floyd which sparked a nationwide protest is due to start next week. indonesia's amount cinnabon has been spewing volcanic ash as high as 5000 meters into the sky activity has increased in the last week but there have been no new evacuation orders the volcano was dormant for for centuries before erupting in 2010 previous eruptions have killed dozens of people. germany has imposed new restrictions along parts of its border with france to try to contain the coronavirus travelers crossing into germany from the muzzle region will now face additional hurdles the measures will affect that many people who work on one side of the border a live on the other to be able to travel they must now present

a negative coded test german authorities are concerned about the more infectious south african variant spreading in. well the vessel travelled to that border region to find out more. this year 12 they have been no plays and no music since last year like then use everywhere instead it's been turned into a somewhat unusual decks nation center and the town's. mayer who is also a doctor is impatient to get going. but is not tightening the travel borders. on top of the virus. because through vaccination. the region has finally received some extra doses of vaccine because the infection rate remains high e. 300 new cases put 100000 citizens every week and dr clooney is ready to pitch in for the 1st 3 words what. right left arm it doesn't matter

but why does he think his area is being struck so badly. good. question because the change of heart. from cuba view the border town of schengen is just 20 minutes away with people who move seamlessly from france to germany to luxembourg and back every day what worries authorities everywhere is the rise of the so-called south african mutation and their french part of was it. the south african predominant here than in paris where it's the opposite the english mutation . the outer red curve here shows the south african mutation but can this virus be stopped by further measures at the borders. you can close down scientifically and effective. citizens

however seem largely ready to accept daily life becoming even more complicated because who would actually do what i was going to say for people working in germany be really difficult. maybe because the epidemic has already taken hold and it's rising why haven't they done it earlier. it's also normal when people are being fed up with. in the regional capital mets the mayor had feared a total border closure. would have extremely severe consequences to block everything. there will be more controls he will be restrained but maybe it will be necessary in any case the main mistake in the pandemic he thinks has been made in terrorists. we are very disappointed with the slowness of vaccinations. being to move you look to clooney wants to personally change that and get his

citizens vaccinated as quickly as possible. for this report and she joins me now from brussels. please briefly through the changes now at the at the border between germany and france. it's really cumbersome for cross border workers in in that whole region there's about 100000 people who work on one or the other side of the border every day so this is a huge crowds passing there because actually there is no border this is just one big economic region so people have to present a fresh cold each test every 2 days now how do you do that the burden off this measure is being put on individual people because there's not enough testing centers or long lines already are forming at them and everybody is sort of helpless and sort of also some people are getting angry now because they they think we haven't done anything bad now how are we going to handle this about where the e.u.

commission has criticized these border measures by germany for limiting one of the use key principle free movement how important. it is a basic problem here because what would sort of contradicts is the principle of open borders within the schengen area the area of free movement and on the other hand this driving off national governments to somehow keep the infection in check and those 2 things they don't go to gether and so germany has been heavily criticized for really closing down slamming down the border to the czech republic hard more or less overnight after very short announcement now with france they have been more neighborly they have been sitting down together for a week and trying to figure out what to do but in the end what they've come up with is that really putting the burden on the people who have to cross the border every day and that seems not a very effective solution in the end when there are these strict border controls

really the right way to spread. to limit the spread of the new variance if you ask the experts of experts of course they say not really because i mean somebody walks across the street to the other side and buy some stuff in the shop how will you. sort of prohibit people from doing that it's impossible so it doesn't really help it's a political measure what would help is to really change the system here and to sort of really understand this whole area as one region and to sort of plan your health measures together vaccination testing centers tracing of contacts if france and germany in this area would do this together they could really have gotten on top of this months earlier but so it just looked like it looks like patched up measures politicians being seen to do something anything. in brussels

thank you. now let's take a look at some of the other developments in the corona virus pandemic the world health organizations emergencies director says it's unrealistic to think the pandemic will be over by the end of this year the global number of new infections is on the rise again for the 1st time in 7 weeks u.s. media reports that former president donald trump and wife melania received their coronavirus shots before leaving the white house both contracted and recovered from covert 19 in the run up to the presidential election and health experts in china say the vaccine rollout there is slow because it has the virus largely under control officials say the aims to in inoculate 40 percent of the population by june them are responsible for secretly film video that brought down austria as government in 29000 years making a final bid to avoid extradition from germany the video appeared to show the leader

of austria's far right freedom party offering government contracts to russia in exchange for political funding the man behind the video says he will be persecuted if forced to return to his native austria the w.'s i mean is safe spoke to him in the berlin prison where he's being held. it was this covert recording that brought down austria's governing coalition the man on the couch soon to be vice chancellor heinz christiane's to discuss his plans with a wealthy russian to buy out a major austrian newspaper for political advantage. when the video was published by german media in 2019 straka was forced to resign and the chancellor called new elections it was a political earthquake these. was. it the video had been a set up the russian had been an actress and the man who arranged the sting

remained unnamed. in december however the alleged producer of the video was arrested in berlin and is being held in this jail a whistleblower to some conspirator to others yulian age faces extradition charges that appear to be unrelated to the so-called abuse if air cocaine trafficking an allegation based on the testimony of 2 witnesses. speaking to d.w. in prison mr abe said the case against him is politically motivated. if all you need to lock someone up is 2 people with questionable reputations and strange statements and you can lock up anyone you want to absolutely anyone and that's in austria which already has autocratic tendencies. said in a b.z. he pictured having a system like or bonds hungry for being honest austria isn't so far away from that anymore he says today. mr h.

was also charged with making an illegal recording but a berlin court ruled that the video did not break the law mr h. believes the separate cocaine charge is being used to punish him for making the video while only appearing to be unrelated. the berlin. justice department says it has no authority to get involved in an extradition case. under left wing member of the german parliament believes germany should take a stronger position though you look at what they're showing i think we ought to look very very closely at the motives for this extradition request and whether we want to comply with it. or whether that would set a totally wrong tone in terms of intimidating those who expose wrongdoing. or i believe exposing wrongdoing like this is extremely important and that should be kept in mind in this case. without an exceptional

intervention from german authorities leon age might soon face a judge in vienna a city where his name is political dynamite. a court in poland has found 3 activists not guilty of offending religious beliefs the 3 women seen here as an earlier court appearance were arrested after leaving images of the virgin mary at the church in 2019 the posters showed a mary wearing a halo in the style off the rainbow flag poland's criminal code prohibits offending religious sentiment something human rights groups say goes against international law. dr pollack in warsaw has been following this trial for a month how did the court justify that judgment. took a long time until the court was ready with reading the arguments for it this week

or an hour i have been listening to this and you know i have a night a try to hold it very sure it's to present it for you so let's have a look at the main points the jobs said so the main thing she said was that their women did not and did not want to hurt anybody because she argued steps to curt's anybody religious feelings you have to use icons symbols or words which are understood as such tools in a whole society in that was not the case this she also said that no one had to know much if people have a right to belong to a church and cannot be stigmatized because of it and last but not least and which caused a lot of tears in the eyes of the creel when then you will see i suppose still very moving for them was when the jocz a set that straight into mutual respect the only way to find understanding to find

unity and diversity but the case has drawn a lot of national as well as international attention and i'm criticism was. well the whole theory goes back to 2099 where imports guest sensual pool in the city in full and which is about 100 kilometers from warsaw wearing sitting out there was just an easter display in those churches and you know they hoot a list of things. in this church where you could see the sights creeds and v. and take words like l d t and gender and dual screen women who have been accused and who are not created tools disk was their only motivation to put this stickers before this church because they found it homophobic and heartful cruel to be taken in the teeth and

all we can say that the judge today will be arguments. in general what a situation of lesbian gay and other sexual minorities and poland. you know the hearings in those cases were very movie and they started in january and to go to place in the middle of february and one of a women who have that kind been accused took that she comes from a city equal be overstock in poland and that she experienced although she does not by herself belong to that it's good to community she experienced a lot of her a lot of aggression against those people but when you ask me i'm sitting here a couple of poland. writers say i don't experience it's huge it's too little the difference because big cities and smaller place the country michael and i wish holocaust thank you very much. sports news the quarter

finals of the german cup are taking place this weekend one of the matches on tuesday night features the battle of the boise us. versus top moment the game a game takes on the some added spice because. it will be taking all the team he's going to lead starting this summer. for a coach facing your future employer is never an easy task but glad box mark otos is doing his best to keep the attention off himself ahead of their german cup clash with dortmund. when his kitten kinds of lies and this is in no way about marco's us on and this is about the team and they are changing rooms bursey i mentioned a lot by so many and so there is no exceptional pressure on me. for me it was a given that you took. the last time the 2 mock trials back in late january put 4 goals past dortmund in a convincing one just league of victory. but coach rose has

a lot has happened since then. yet this is sort. of kind of been going in opposite directions dortmund have found their form with 3 straight wins one in the champions league and 2 in the blunders league. whereas we just haven't been getting results and. so now mark otoh is a has to try to reverse that trend against none other than his future employer. and finally the rumors are flying that banksy the famous british street artists has been back at work a new painting has appeared on one of the walls of a former prison and reading england containers have been trying to turn that former jail into an art center for several years its most famous inmate was 19th century poet and playwright oscar wilde he was sentenced to prison then after being convicted of homosexual acts. it

was news that's it from me in the news team for now don't go away the next review all of us league match day 23 in kickoff stay tuned for that for world news at the top of the hour of course don't forget there's always more news news and. docs called this in berlin.

going. to cause. a dark day for the teams at the bottom of the league last place to try to use it as facts it's coach and plans for the 2nd division. but the competition is

also struggling for relegation contenders for defeat posing hardly any threat to the up losing team goals chico a d w. from hong kong they couldn't be more different ways for activists have one thing in common to. become enemies of the state in china and they currently live in exile in london. and from there they continue their fight against political repression in their homeland. close on. 60 minutes. d.w. .

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what's this a title race in the bundesliga that's right a couple of bad results cut viands lead at the top of the table to just 2 points so what's up with the champions. things haven't gone to plan for them since they got back from the club world cup with the stakes a growing issue. but after a champions league win and who took him to jamal most eola shining buyers were ready to set things right again struggling cologne. so what about brian's challengers. are the lads exploring has brought the race to life but their mettle was about to be tested the visit of an unpredictable glovebox side meant a battle was in store for some of the blood to keep themselves in the picture. below the top 2 both sports are pulling off the shock of the season in 3rd place they haven't conceded in 6 games before that clash with pair to berlin who themselves have hardly found that lately come look at whether it's good defending

at cole keeping on just good luck bringing the wolves clean sheets. but what about the league's other stories michael frankfurt's phenomenal farm came to an end with plenty of fine words. to tell show keep finding new ways to humiliate themselves. all that and more coming up but 1st let's get stuck into the title race off to buy . the champions. we're praying for a return to form while cruising in the champions league they've recently shown a different face on the domestic front. after losing to frankfurt on the back of a 3 hole home draw with beautiful fire and have conceded 32 goals in 23 muchas that's more than in the entire last season. found one of the man blamed for that

vulnerability is leroy signing perhaps not the best back tracker although with 4 goals and 7 assists team has been doing the business up from the top his team mates certain goals in 5 matches since the winter break is a tabletop in style terror got off to a lightning fast start coming within an inch of nicking the pull off team off horn the youngster was eager to impress sun another start for byron during the week he committed his future to his name to germany come what a future that promises to be. but the key man on saturday was lay on grits go back to his best after an injury lay off. who floated in the cross for eric tribble meting to open the scoring. gretzky was sensational as byron's midfield general putting the strings as they pushed forward to. cologne had scraped just one solitary point from their previous 13 bonus league i didn't against byron this time

too it looked very much like they were on a hiding to nothing. just after the half hour mark levin garcia director teamed up to add dunst the cologne defense. to do with gorecki at the helm bar and look back on track in the bundesliga. they seem to have the game under total control but remember that problem that's been dogging them it was another defensive light 7 that gifted the visitors a goal early in the 2nd half. to be a scary. the beneficiary. of his dainty chip left manuel neuer absolutely livid with his back line. this i'm sure there were a couple of things that bothered me we'll sleep on it and then take a more sober look at what happened and schooled in the amounts on the guns of war suddenly cologne had a positive outlook. looking to restore byron's dominance flick brought on the old

guard as young going most jala made way it was time for thomas millar to make his return from illness. and within seconds of coming on he threaded a ball through for $11.00. 531 byron earlier shaken but not stirred into action motor made the crucial pass with his very 1st touch of the ball. byron almost contrived to get themselves in trouble again as a mistake by neuer served up dominic dresser. but somehow he missed an open goal leaving cologne to rework could be their last chance to get back into the game. from then on the action was all about biron and for the right reasons serge came out 3 on for a chuckle meting was set up by another sort of look at him and this before it buttons 4th like i'm not long after gorecki picked up at the far post for his 3rd

assist on the forward 2nd goal. the right was complete. biron back to winning ways after their recent wobble although next weekend dortmund should prove more challenging opposition. be a concern with focusing on one game at a time is just as we did over the last few years analyzing certain things and doing them better in the next match the next is people on the doing an opposite. whisker reps go getting better and better but here and also looked like. going from strength to strength. on one player getting stronger and stronger is jamaal mostly out of an increasingly important fixture in the current squad the much against cologne was the 17th bumpus to get parents for a player already setting records. in the 41 win at about 0 in midweek mostly out of

became byron's youngest ever champions league score aged 17. he turned 182 days later and celebrated by penning a new 5 year contract. plus the news that he's opted to play for the german national side. not an easy decision for a young man with 2 homes i was born and. lived 7 is the on the move with 7 and a bit to england i don't live. just 3 months earlier he played for england's under 21 side his 1st time last appearance for the chain. from far and he indicated to me a few days ago that this would be his decision so we can consider ourselves very fortunate in germany once or bishops. mostly i will certainly be happy i'm self of

course after a week to remember but not to a side i've just full hades and byron season. it wasn't the most relaxing day at the office for uli i'm not. against mentioned lotsof leipsic were looking to extend their run to find straight wins in the leak and would find an unlikely match winner. floods it has been capitalizing on byron's recent slip ups creeping. to within 2 points of the leaders and with byron winning in the afternoon only a win would do. gladbach have been struggling with just one point from their previous 3 games leaving them an 8th and for now out of contention for europa league spot but a shove daioh mccann own hand at an early penalty to the visitors it was down to

your household man and he snuck his spot kick past hate out who that cheap to put bloodbath ahead. everything went their way in the 1st half less than quarter of an hour later braille envelopes had our bounced off a strike partner marcos to iran and into the net. relief for marcos who's under pressure after announcing he's heading to dortmund in the summer. your fans if you turn to work we were very efficient whose we wanted to penetrate deep and with pace and to be physically strong strikers and youngsters are good and a lot of did that very well when we were up by 2 goals in the 2nd half leipzig turned it up a notch just on the pitch and boy did they not old man responded by introducing alexander soon lot who could score just once since arriving in september and he was pivotal in turning the game around. first just a fairly cool post one tack with just over half an hour left the midfielder

converting across from so a lot. and there would be no let up from leipsic. he said paulsen fired him a low drive from just outside the box 9 minutes later. a precision strike from the dynamic dane to put light sick level. confidence was now rippling through the entire team. following a poor 1st half of the campaign like to have rediscovered their belief not least in their ability to flick the switch and wrestle back control of a game. like to have a total of $21.00 shots and in injury time that output paid off in style. i was last gasp winner coming from the man of the moment so

a lot. but his biggest signing of the season finally showed why the club shelled out 20000000 euros for him the kind of player to make a difference when challenging for the title has logic made a roaring comeback. i don't want to think about money that much i want to think about a performance was it today or how complicated as they go something could be and you still have to believe in your own it was the 1st time in the bundesliga that lights it turned around at 2 nil deficit thanks to sue in the us who now might also fancied himself as a star player. thanks man of the match day is who else but alexander so a lot with the smile on his face when he came on it's like he knew what was coming 6 minutes later he had the ball in the match only to see it ruled out for handball but there was more to come. i just signs of cross for like 6 1st.

and then there was that injury time winner of course one that keeps dreams of the title alive. so it's a combination of many things starting to score a goal and also a late winner it's a fantastic feeling i think also that then i knew we were going to win the game so i guess it was a i think you. lost jobs lost i think it's just stuff. sometimes i do a substitution to stay focused. let's head over to the compact. frankford went up to bremen void by an unbeaten run through 2021 so far. and when

andre silva headed in phillip costa just crawls with less than 10 minutes played that form looks like continue. the visitors went on to conjure up a string of take chances but the ball just wouldn't go in. then at the start of the 2nd half new york for sheets of gold did manage to reach their door again results to take such a side have a. brain and we're back. and just before the hour mark josh sargent of the hosts in front. of the frame and held on to until the final whistle. frankford were clearly unhappy but braman took 3 big points in the relegation scrap. dortmund welcomed bielefeld wary of yet again falling foul of the team from the

bottom half of the table. as the 1st have progressed the omens weren't good after the host passed up one chance after another. and then $70.00 cordova desperately close to putting bielefeld ahead. shortly after the restart dortmund did just that opener mahmood playing the redeemer one. not long afterwards a triple marco boyce gave the host a penalty the sanctions stepped up to make it to. and with bielefeld now very much on the back foot k.b.'s finished them off with his 1st goal in the bundesliga just 48 seconds after being self-taught. no nonsense this time from dortmund bielefeld didn't mess around either in the aftermath deciding to part company with coach even though in-house.

after an ignominious exit from the cup a few weeks ago they were kids and also the part of the europa league in midweek leaving them to focus on the bundesliga still eager for european action next season they took the game to friedberg in the sunday night which failed to take their chances. on like their visitors. have a team to mirror image maybe it will make. them safer cousens defense was again from wanting as lucas who was given an easy top 10 for fibroids. leon bailey powered one back for laver couzin with 20 minutes remaining. but there was to be no comeback for buyers starting to look like a season to forget. minds versus out sport one team in the drop zone and the other is still far from safe the

hosts weren't giving the hoot doing housework a favor in the 25th minute which andre khan made the.