i'm going to mind very happy. you know i guess i'm not god has brought our or deal to an end that he knew what we're so happy because i'm in this that i thank god for everything. i do i love that about god i like to have jim that a lot would know anyone that would even allow me to be in that the students who were abducted from this boarding school by an armed gang last friday government officials have been in talks with the kidnappers known locally as bandits up they say these bandits in zamfara state often kidnap for ransom money and to press for the release of their members held in prison authorities are searching for the culprits. so thick on this one nothing that. would do this this is just somebody you know you will do. all the lying to you to. halt when we see such home phones couples are in and then just

getting off. nigeria's president also tweeted saying they're working hard to bring an end to these grim and heartbreaking incidents of kidnapping saying the military and the police will continue to go after the kidnappers. this latest kidnapping was nigeria's 4th mass abduction in less than 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again. earlier as both your correspondent fred move in new jarius some for a state and i asked him what more he could tell us about the girls were lee's. yes the girls have been really is 279 they're now going through a series of medical checks to see if they're well. we know that the government the government did tell me this morning that they did not pay for ransom but did

are that they gauged the key dinar power 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 peer 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 they could not pass through these. diggers 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 tall vias to 18 the kind you my jean what they have been going through in the hands of these leads so defied news where out. but now she's being they're happy they're grateful that their daughters are now back to us with great relief but do we know more about the kidnappers who are way. these are dead bandits. they 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 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 i'm 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 cap tackle 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 or pieces are calling for a return to democracy after the military seized power a month ago. as told all too few for the activists in a young gone you've been out protesting today what's the situation like at the

moment. i am going to say here is quite intense and getting dangerous steve i gave the kids to cross the club down the local tester and they shoot a cross they sure did if this didn't shoot to their heads issue with a reliable that knowledge rather than list now in any state you even in look and you could say so it's rather who it is not lovable that it is free of bullets and the suit has shots they are that close to market and now the military is not a military organization anywhere they are already a terrorist organization yes here. 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 gas and they are shouldn't you go at him day now only it is shooting in days even at night he said go on the internet connections and they are still you know i arrest him at my house so we all are of all of us safe he doesn't mean that we wake said rangar we're not. we fighting back at him we have we get the thing go crazy entail we win we keep oh wait. so we've heard that. foreign ministers are talking about this crisis and also talking to the military junta do you think you're getting enough international support. love for that i will say the day before yesterday says it is hold us to reason a security presence and i guess either

a hue. and or very skinny to it they are only very very supportive. laid out all very very supportive. probably because they are now say living in a shooting real closely country stay in your home or suffer how much we're suffering. we of so much hope for. their actions which will be taking already military but also if and i will say so i don't see and tell no i don't see the real separately or game or keeper. for the asia and this time they need to go there we stand with you pm of you know our military is not about even standing this or that site anywhere this is about. a standing we just is in just a big empty although you can see the huge crowds are the street already so ready should stand with. activists if you thought. me on my thank you very much for your

time. thank you. now some of the other stories making headlines around the world today 3 l g b t activists in poland have been acquitted of offending religious beliefs the women seen here it's an earlier course appearance were arrested after leaving images of the virgin mary with a halo in the style of the rainbow flag of the eligibility committee around the church 2. indonesia's amount cinnabon has been spewing a 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 kills dozens of the. u.n. secretary general antonio good terrorists says he is disappointed that only $1700000000.00 up been pledged at a donor conference for yemen the hope to raise more than twice that amount to help

people facing starvation 6 years of war in yemen after the world's worst humanitarian crisis. the press watchdog reporters without borders has filed a criminal complaint with the german public prosecutor against saudi crown prince mohammed bin solomon over the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi the complaint is seeking an inquiry under germany's international jurisdiction laws issues a saudi arabia of persecution for subjects as well as dozens of other journalists as well she was a u.s. based contributor to the washington post it was murdered at the saudi consulate in istanbul and 28. of the more this story is free and rebecca vincent she's director of the end of international complains with reporters without borders and joins us from london rebecca this lawsuit is about the killing of khashoggi but also the persecution of many journalists in saudi arabia tell us more. absolutely so we've

detailed the cases of 35 journalists in this complaint so one being jamal khashoggi 34 big cases of arbitrary detention between 201-220-1933 of those journalists remain in prison today so we have argued that these constitute acts of widespread and systematic persecution of journalists that amount to crimes against humanity these include acts such as willful killing torture sexual violence and coersion enforced disappearance unlawful deprivation of physical liberty and persecution and we are pointing to the saudi crown prince mohamed bill's been someone and 4 other saudi officials as bearing direct responsibility for this widespread and systematic persecution. even if a german court convicts from solomon what effect will it hold of what you hope to achieve with this lawsuit well in the 1st instance accountability at the present there is complete impunity for these crimes not just in saudi arabia but for any

case of crimes such as this against a journalist anywhere in the world particularly a murder we almost always a sea of humanity so reporters without borders is seeking to to challenge that status quo the situation of crimes against journalists around the world has become frankly alarming and we have to start to impose cost that's what we're trying to do in this in this suit if it is successful we believe that it could be a game changer truly not just for these 5 individuals in question that would send a clear signal to others in saudi arabia and to others in other parts of the world who have committed similar crimes against journalists that the world will not tolerate this that even if they evade justice in their own country contexts there will be other means of achieving accountability. thank you very much rebecca vincent director of international campaign reporters borders. now here in germany there's a lot of discussion going on about how to get out of lockdown and when that will

finally happen chancellor angela merkel will meet state leaders on wednesday to decide the next steps there's been a slight uptick in the rate of new corona virus infections born germans are frustrated about the sluggish start of the vaccination. growing patient as they wait for news on whether was directions will finally be so. let's bring in our chief political editor who is on the boards do you hear what can we expect from tomorrow's meeting. well we can expect nothing less than a real policy change here because over this past year since the pandemic arrived in germany rising numbers in infections always meant a new lock down or a tightening of the knock down now this lockdown fatigue for the 1st time we're seeing opinion polls that say that more than half of germans want an easing of the

lockdown and this is against of backstroke of these mutations arriving here in germany and yet again rising infection numbers although they are only slightly rising at this very moment in time so what we're seeing in the document still up for discussion is an easing of how many people can meet potentially 2 households up to 5 people and children under the age of 14 don't count with the prospect of now probing says whether the testing campaign can help opening individual salts or driving schools those would be the next step even if those infection figures are still rising so i'm going to machall here breaking what has been so far in alliance with those epidemiology and no longer simply seeking their advice but giving in to public pressure as this fatigue rises here in germany our chief political correspondent. thank you. for.

now germany has imposed new restrictions along part of its border with france to try to contain the coronavirus travelers crossing into germany from the mazola region will now face additional hurdles the measures will affect the many commuters who work on one side of the border and live on the other to be able to travel they must now present a negative covert test german authorities are concerned about the more infectious south african variant spreading in missouri. did. travel to the border region to find out more. they have been no plays and no music since last year like venues everywhere instead it's been turned into a somewhat unusual vaccination center in the town's mayor who is also a doctor is impatient to get going. why not. but it's not travel. that we will get on top of

the virus. because through. the region has finally received some extra doses of vaccine because the infection rate remains highly with $300.00 new cases per 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. to please you that. question because the exchange of course. is a portal from kyon view the border town of schengen is just 20 minutes away where people 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 differential part of france it. is predominant here.

than in paris where it's the opposite the english mutation. to the outer edge curve here shows the south african mutation but can this virus be stopped by further measures at the borders politically close to. scientifically something that affects not. citizens however seem largely ready to accept daily life becoming even more complicated because who would actually do what else can i say for people who are. germany a little be really difficult of it completed. maybe believes 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 and. in the regional capital metz the mayor had feared it total border closure because it would have extremely severe consequences to blocking everything. there will be more controls it will be restrained but maybe

it will be necessary in any case the main mistake in the pen demick he things has been made in paris. we are very disappointed with the slowness of vaccinations. being to move you dr clooney wants to personally change that and get his citizens vaccinated as quickly as possible. a man responsible for secretly filmed a video that brought down austria's government in 2019 and 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 w w's cif spoke to him in the berlin prison where he is 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 stalker was forced to resign and the chancellor called new elections it was a political earthquake. the if. 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 the w m o of the prison mr age 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 age 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. left wing

member of the german parliament believes germany should take a stronger position no your daughter was there. 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. 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. the quarter finals of the german cup on taking place this weekend one of the masses on tuesday night features the battle

of the us. dog months takes on some added spice because coach mark olsen will be taking on the teen e's going to lead starting this summer . for a coach facing your future employer is never an easy task but glad box marco toes 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 markos us on and this is about the team they are shamans boro see i mentioned a lot back and so there is no exceptional pressure on me. for me it was a given that it was. the last time the 2 years mark back in late january blood box put 4 goals past dortmund in a convincing one just liga victory. but coach rose has a lot has happened since then. yet this is sore we've 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 bundesliga whereas we just haven't been getting results moment. so now mark otos has to try to reverse that trend against none other than his future employer. and finally rumors are flying that banksy the famous british street artist has been back at work a new painting has appeared on one of the walls of a former prison in reading in england complain as have been trying to turn the former jail into an art center for several years now his most famous inmate was 19th century poet and playwright oscar wilde he was sentenced to prison after being convicted of homosexual acts. you're watching the

news here's a reminder of the top stories we're following for you. hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by an armed gang last week in northwest nigeria i've been released government authorities say the girls are safe and well it's the 4th mass abduction of children in nigeria in less than 3 months and that has cast doubts over the government's ability to provide security for its citizens. coming up next news asia with these stories. a writer's death in a bangladesh jail ignites outrage over a security deal activists say it's safeguards no one but those in. india pakistan once again agreed to a cease fire in kashmir welcome news to residents along the line of control but will is hoping. the for. this or is it a lot more coming up indeed of you news asia with my colleague melissa chop more

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