this is g w news live from berlin tonight a new installment in the clash between russia and the west europe and the united states announcing new sanctions against russian officials moscow is warning that it will retaliate the new sanctions are an answer to the poisoning of kremlin critic of all me is u.s. president biden is he keeping his promise to get tough on russia also coming up tonight hundreds of kidnapped nigerian schoolgirls were released after being held captive by gunmen for days it's the latest in a series of school abductions in one ear it will not be the last and more reports

of live rounds being fired at civilians in the southeast asian countries calling on the country's generals to stop the shooting and to release a civilian leader on song suchi. to our viewers on p.b.s. in the united states and to all of you around the world welcome we begin tonight with an answer to the poisoning today both the european union and the united states in a coordinated move slapped new sanctions on russian officials and companies connected with the poisoning and imprisonment of kremlin critic alexina hauled in a boney is now serving a 2 and a half year prison sentence washington says its intelligence found that moscow was behind of all these poisoning with a nerve agent last all good. and this is the 1st time that the new u.s.

administration has sanctioned russia in response russia's foreign ministry says that the country is preparing its own set of punishments against the e.u. and the u.s. military before it blows up but my 1st guest tonight is an authority on the corruption in blood amir putin's russia bill browder is the head of the global magnitsky justice campaign he's also the author of the book red notice a book about russian corruption it's good to have you back on the show tonight the u.s. has imposed sanctions on high ranking russian officials including the head of the country's prison service a former prime minister and the federal security service what difference will all this make. you do some good stuff i'm very glad to see that biden and veered away from the policies of trump in gotten tough when russia but as you point out that this is a very short list and it's

a list that doesn't include putin's billionaire cronies and those are the people. dozen people who would affect hooten actions going forward as the people who let's you know only and called to be sanctioned before he was arrested and so i would say it's sort of the glass half full type of situation a lot more still needs to be done and there's criticism with the bite of ministration in for example with saudi arabia and the crown prince being blamed for the killing of a journalist mr show again the reaction from washington has been sanctioned but not against the crown prince and in this case we have sanctions but not targeting vladimir putin do you see parallels here bill. well i think it's unrealistic to sanction vladimir putin. but but it's very realistic and it has even been done before during the trumpet ministration to sanction putin's billionaire

cronies his cashiers in 2018 the trump administration sanctions 7 of the russian of the biggest russian all darks that's what really touches putin and that's what he should do right now and that's what biden should do right now and he hasn't and heard the reason he hasn't is because biden wanted to do this in a multilateral way combining forces with the e.u. but the e.u. gets watered down by its own dysfunction of having to have unanimity and so it has since a country like hungary can hijack the whole world by being one of the 27 members of the e.u. it has to agree on things and then the e.u. and then the u.s. copies that and so it's definitely not as good as it could be by any stretch of the imagination these sanctions that they do target people who are close to putin will these sanctions will they affect members of the russian elite living abroad i'm thinking of course those who live in london where you are. well so these sanctions

are against an important high level and and i would call high value targets in the putin regime but you should understand that none of these government officials keeps money in their own name they hold keep money in the name of their house they're all of our friends who hold it for them and so the only way that you can touch these people in touch of lattimer putin is by going after the oligarchs and so yes by naming and shaming them it's good these are high value targets. it willing convenience their lives i'm sure they're not happy to be on the sanctions list but in order to do this properly a lot more needs to be done and needs to be broadened to these businesspeople you know bill you know we've spoken before about the threat the danger coming from the kremlin under vladimir putin. saying that it will react income mind to these western sanctions what do you think that means what do these re re retaliations in kind look like well i mean you have of these sanctions are that.

most of these russians want to keep their money in properties in the western banks in the west and it's not as if important government officials from the e.u. in the united states want to keep their money and spare bank or travel to lake baikal and so they they can sanctions many people if they want from the west most western politicians i know considered a badge of honor to be on the russian counter sanctions list ok bill browder joining us tonight from london bill as always we appreciate your time in your insights tonight thank you thank you well hundreds of students kidnapped from their boarding school in northern nigeria have been released the regional governor says the girls are now safe and well after being seen by armed men on friday their abduction was the latest in a series of massive school kidnappings in recent months. their ordeal is

over. officials say the almost 300 school children are healthy however some did suffer physical wounds it's the psychological impact of their kidnapping but may take longer to heal. if you didn't win did most of us injured our feet and we couldn't continue to walk yet our captors said they would shoot anybody who didn't continue we walked across the river and they hit us and let us sleep under bushes in a forest. i know. for the families of the schoolgirls their relief is unsurmountable. i'll come to. mind very happy. now that i get something that god has brought our or deal to him and that he is what we're so happy as them is that i thank god for everything. i do i love that about god i like to have to do what he wanted to would

not allow him to be and that the students 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. would do this and this is. somebody you. are lying to you to. call home when you see some home phones couples are in an industry that. 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 one theory is 4th duction

and last in 3 months this time it had a happy ending but there are fears that children may become the kidnappers target once again here's some of the other stories now that are making headlines around the world f.b.i. director chris way has told us lawmakers there's no evidence to support a right wing theory that the siege on the u.s. capitol building was carried out by people posing as trump supporters he described the events of january 6th as domestic terrorism invalid to hold the rioters accountable reporters without borders has accused a saudi arabia's crown prince of crimes against humanity over the killing of journalists because the media watchdog has filed a complaint with germany's public prosecutor seeking an inquiry under the country's international jurisdiction walls the group accuses saudi arabia of persecuting shogi and dozens of other journalists government in afghanistan have shot and

killed 3 women who work for a broadcaster in the city of jalalabad government sources say the women were attacked separately on their way home from work these are the latest in a series of shootings in bombings targeting journalists and other professionals in recent weeks indonesia's mount sinabung has been throwing volcanic ash as high as 5000 meters into the sky activity has increased in the last week though there have been no new evacuation orders on the volcano was dormant for for centuries before erupting in 2010 previous eruptions have killed dozens of people. foreign ministers from southeast asian countries have held talks with me in mars' military junta in an attempt to tackle the crisis in the country protesters continue to turn out in force after the military seized power one month ago security forces are stepping up their response as the unrest claims an increasing

number of lives. saying goodbye to a friend the funeral of a young man shot dead by police just one victim of an escalating crackdown by me and mas military thousands accompanied his coffin 3 of the streets people showing for 3 finger salute a gesture that has come to symbolize solidarity and resistance. through democracy we want democracy they are not all and justice for all who quit and our human rights back not for water we also want justice for our fallen heroes have given their lives for this revolution they are not armed with the old drug or. crowds with saluting in the i'm gone too despite the crackdown protesters continue to flood the streets here and across the country. many gather behind barricades and homemade shields hoping to slow or stop the police response. as security forces

struggle to disperse them they've resorted to increasing levels of violence deploying more to cannon firing rubber bullets and even live ammunition as an activist and young gone told to do news. industry or bullets and a few has shots there that crew out to myanmar people now the military is not a military organization anywhere they are already terrorists organizations. as the standoff continues international pressure on the military is mounting. on the situation is worrying that because an increasing number of civilians have lost value lives young and are injured and. and it is worrying because if it is not addressed at once this crisis could affect peace and security in the entire region

a man and i'm not alice. mas neighbors have called on the army to stop the killing release political prisoners and return the country to democracy until that happens or protesters say they will continue mobilizing name matter what. or when will the coronavirus lockdown here in germany end state and federal leaders will meet tomorrow to find an answer to that question the lockdown has been in effect in some form now for 5 months in german's they have supported chancellor merkel's cautious approach but opinion polls show that people now want the country to begin opening up despite warnings of a possible 3rd wave of infections. how much longer that is the question many are asking at the moment and knocked down that began in early november is dragging on and many germans are growing increasingly tired of it. and that if

you're committed i'm really hoping for the easing of some restrictions that we get to see something other than closed shops and restaurants so yes i do hope we're going to open up a bit now it's been obviously i'm unemployed and i can do anything i can work anywhere and nothing so i just sit around at home. for the past there's got to be some kind of prospect that some things are going to be possible again soon. as latest poll shows that a clear majority of germans now want to see lockdown measures eased that past 2 weeks have seen some tentative steps in that direction primary school children have returned to some classroom teaching. and on monday headdresses were allowed to reopen. still there doesn't seem to be much light at the end of the tunnel vaccinations in germany are moving at a sluggish pace and infection rates are inching up again fueled by more contagious variants of the virus loosening restrictions now as dangerous experts are warning.

if we open up right now just everything so normal life as before we would risk a massive 3rd wave that the speed of infection is really taking up and we seeing a high number of infections in the next weeks and that was a consequence of people getting sick people needing to go to the hospital and people risking their lives. german chancellor angela merkel has so far listen to scientists and taken a very cautious approach to the pandemic but now pressure on her is growing to prevent germans from losing patients she might have to be ready for some compromise as she heads into the latest meeting to determine germany's next moves in the pandemic you know if you have children you'll know what i mean when i say that this pandemic is being called the biggest education emergency in history new data shows just how damaging it has been the children's schooling the charity save the

children says that students have lost an average of one 3rd of their standard $190.00 days school year in the last classroom time it is not distributed equally report says that pupils for example here in europe have missed 45 days at school due to the pandemic while in sub-saharan africa you can see right there an average of $69.00 days have been missed children in the middle east missed out on about 80 days of education hardest hit were children in latin america and south asia where they lost i mean it's unbelievable a total of 100 in 10 days of classroom time. well james cox is head of education policy at save the children he joins me tonight from london it's good to have you on the program your organization you say that this is an education emergency why an emergency brant i think you have said that some

summarize one of the key issues there ready that the scale of education losses for these children is already huge and the amount of time as the cost for him because some children already represents 10 percent of the entire time that expect spend in school for the entire lifetime top of the distance that he disparities is what really highlights and they say that this really highlighting that as well as digital divide in countries is really big there's 2 divides between countries and regions well and it's going to take a long time. these these these and these learning loss is going to have a really big impact on these children present short term and in the long term so we really need an urgent response in what governments now you let me ask you about that because we're not really worried just about the time in the classroom just been lost we're worried about what this is going to do to the future a time when the children will be in the classroom right. we know from previous crises that none of us is can be big and they can last for

a long time say for example the the pakistan earthquake children in schools motivated by that was the one and a half years behind in one in 4 years on from the from the south so you don't really need the right support when they come back and teach them the right level and teachers and schools as an interview making plans and be supportive now the impeachment process what about boys and girls does missing school affect the genders equally. quite a bit of evidence that girls are ready facing bigger risks and bigger challenges with the school lockdowns. we know. plenty of research that goes tend to have less access to the technology. studies from india show that room girls 90 percent and i've never used the internet and always have more access than one device in the class or not and i'm sorry much much less likely to be privatized for not also

the much more at risk marriage. protections that 2500000 more likely to be subject to child or forced marriage as a result of school closures and i think everyone would agree that the reasons why the schools have been closed is a good reason to protect the children do you think though that governments and local school governing bodies and they missed an opportunity here to bring their classrooms into the 21st century i mean we have serious problems with digitals haves and have nots now don't we. wanted and i think this is we are hopeful that some of the great responses that teachers parents communities and governments indeed have to play on this record is going out radio t.v. instant learning can be built on these children but i think we really need to focus on the fundamentals basics and what the poorest the most marginalized children need

in this crisis because they're the ones who suffered the most and they really need a clear plan to know they're being supported so that one they come back to school. that are supported probably in terms of learning it wasn't as mental health and 3 governments and putting the investment behind that supported by the international community members that the g 7 this year and the replacements for education international community can play a big role in making sure these children know they'll be supported. for we let you go if there was one thing that could be done tomorrow for all of these children who are missing classroom time what would you like to see happen. there's one thing that's a clear plan for every government. about how they're going to support teachers support those children then when they come back in with a clear message to parents about support those children get so parents children and teachers can be confident in the process and sport and they come back in the right

james talks from the save the children joining us tonight from london james we appreciate your time and your insight in the valuable work you're doing thank you thank you brant. mikhail gorbachev is often celebrated in the west as the man who ended the cold war and with it the post-war division of europe but in his home country the legacy of the west leader of the former soviet union is much more complicated as he turns 90 w. asked to 3 russian politicians what mikhail gorbachev means to them freedom fighter who visionary this is how mikhail gorbachev his new one in the west in germany people credit the russian politicians with media for cation but what does the last soviet president stand for in today's russia 3 young politicians think of when they hear gorbachev on a hunger and fear. perestroika changes something like that. for

me the key word is freedom. it was a link to chairman of the communist party in 1994 no one had to cling high far reaching his reforms would be. painful the transition from a command economy to the markets economy would be for millions of soviet citizens. when i was 14 i had to earn money as a cleaner in my own school starting at 6 am then i quickly changed clothes and went to school with other children at 8 o'clock otherwise our family cannot afford to buy bread and i associate that with gorbachev which. gave the russians the opportunity to exercise political freedom is not to fear telling the truth or not to fear protesting in the streets or voting for outspoken politicians. just. as someone who just had to come to change the system at some

point he had to loosen the political screws that his main achievement. in the. forms and freedom of expression don't mean much to me much freedom must have limits otherwise things will get out of hand which freedoms of the 1990 s. led to the tightening of the political screws to day. basis. was a staunch communist the communist regime collapsed as a result of his reforms the entire soviet union collapsed in 1901 almost 70 years after it was finding. that treason someone who announces their country's ideals in exchange for popularity in the west someone who is no longer loyal to his soviet people that person is a traitor. certainly the country we live in today is not

ideal but it's still better than the totalitarian state called the soviet union that we used to live in and we owe that to gorbachev. did not lead the country with the help of the k.g.b. secret service but with the support of human rights activists intellectuals and people with humanistic ideals. on the other hand if you ask young people from my generation what they associate with the current system none of them will mention the terms freedom openness and honesty. at the age of 90 mikhail gorbachev is being celebrated by some sections of russian society for his profound social reforms the rest condemn him for being the

architect of those very same changes. a painting by britain's wartime prime minister winston churchill has been auctioned in london for about 7000000 pounds churchill painted the tower of the coup to be a mosque at the 1903 casablanca conference in morocco and stayed an extra day to finish it then he sent it to his u.s. ally president franklin roosevelt as a birthday present the picture was later required by actress angelina jolie who's now decided to sell it. here's a reminder of the top stories that we're following for you the european union and the united states have slapped new sanctions on russian officials and companies over the poisoning and imprisonment. it's the 1st time the new u.s. administration has sanctioned. russia's foreign minister says his country will respond with its own set of punishments hundreds of schoolgirls kidnapped by an

armed gang last week in northwest nigeria have 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 it has cast doubts over the government's ability to provide security for its own citizens. and finally reggae legend bunny wailer has died in kingston jamaica he was 73 his career spanned 7 decades but he's best known for co-founding the whalers the group that catapulted bob marley to global stardom and after a short break i'll be back to take you through the day but 1st one of the wailers early hits go tell with on the.

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