this is deja news live from berlin the standoff in myanmar escalates the military is using live ammunition that i'm tear gas to try to end the protests against their takeover of the country but the demonstrators show no signs of backing down also coming up. germany's coronavirus style that much pressure to relax restrictions is growing but experts say doing so will lead to more inspections and deaths. health experts in the u.s.

are also worried as one state says it's lifting all curbs next week including it must mandate. clothes books from one of america's favorite children's authors are being taken out of print because of the way faith portrayed black and asian people many are welcoming the decision but some say it is council culture gone too far. i'm pablo foley s welcome to the program. pro-democracy demonstrators in myanmar show no signs of backing down and meet the ongoing crackdown by security forces police fired tear gas and warning shots to disperse protesters who have been on the streets every day since the military seized power over a month ago demonstrations are taking place around. the country and strikes are

planned in at least one state diplomatic efforts to ease the crisis stalled on tuesday as countries fail to make a breakthrough in talks with me on mars military. well we're joined now by a journalist a min tant who's in yangon hi a well it's clear that protesting has become more dangerous how has that actually affected the movement so the street protests are definitely getting more dangerous and that means that there are fewer people out on the streets so you know earlier just walking around reading around. the structure of the that struck me that you know there's parts of the city in you know normal you know who are to shops to go out shopping doing their business and there are parts of the city that look like a war zone and so we've really shifted away from what we saw earlier protests you know kind of entire neighborhoods down the street thinking walking up to sample

speeches things like that into very concrete. distinct locations where there are barricades and standoff with police where sometimes you do see that things like water cannons and tear gas and bullets being shot. friday well we saw that in neighboring countries the book there was a call for restraint on choose state but they failed to go actually any further what does that mean for mars military into. i think the military is definitely looking at c.n.n. as well as countries like china and russia to see how far they can push what they're doing you know because mark does do a lot of trade with neighboring countries a lot of the country has agricultural and the country if you believe their lives on that cultural exports they're really looking to see if neighboring countries will sanction them and caused. him to continue running the economy and make money.

and i think we saw something yesterday where our military actually made an announcement telling security forces not to use live ammunition and the military has in the past since the scapegoated individual soldiers or police as bad apples in order to say that you know the leadership was in order this was something that people have to brown know what we're doing. and you know it's all it's always been the sort of cover for their actions right well there's meanwhile there's a in the united nations in new york over at the bus or to the u.n. tell us more about. so currently there are 2 people behind 4 of the gentlemen position as ambassador there there is the you and master originally appointed by the end of the government which you know has not really been replaced yet at least from the u.s. perspective the u.n. has not recognized a new. memoir since the coup happened on the day that the new government was in

most form after the 2020 election and a half point and a 2nd ambassador and so now the u.n. says they asked the side which government of myanmar they will give the mice and. all right well. germany's state and federal leaders are meeting today to decide whether to extend or loosen the country's coronavirus lock down until now the germans have supported chancellor angela merkel's cautious approach but opinion polls now indicate that mood is changing despite warnings from medical experts. to 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 on it 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 and how it's been obvious cause i'm unemployed and i can't do anything i can't work anywhere and nothing so i just sit around at home. but it passed 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 knock down measures eased the past 2 weeks have seen some tentative steps in that direction primary school children have returned to some classroom teaching. and on monday headdress as we're 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 there 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 listened 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. all right well let's bring in our political correspondent nina by for us here in berlin hi nina well chancellor merkel might be willing to compromise but what would that actually look like for germany. anglo-american and that's

quite unusual for her has also has already said that she also believes that opening up some water is necessary now and so the paper that we've seen that is going to be the basis of the talks later today contains some steps 4 step plan but insists that there will be an emergency brake implemented into that plan so the plan says that the current lockdown will be extended until the 28th of march but that everybody will have to look at new infection numbers all the time and depending on where they are those 4 steps with them come into place of from next week on was already in the 1st step private gatherings would be allowed with another household again for example and then in a 2nd step some shops would open as well as museums and outdoor terraces of restaurants and the 3rd step the restaurants could open up completely and then in the 4th step schools would reopen completely and the obligation to wear masks were

no longer apply to public squares for example all right you know so it's becoming a little bit clearer but some federal states have already voiced their resistance now how realistic is that there's going to be a united approach today. again this is a situation where we are risking a real patchwork of solutions again because many leaders of states of the 16 federal states here in germany have already said that they don't want to just look at the new infection numbers so that they would be willing to open up some more and allow some shops to reopen for example even if the infection numbers locally would extend or go beyond that suggested threshold of $35.00 infections per 100000 inhabitants in one week so we are going to see a very detailed discussion i think about numbers today and they say those leaders say that we have to place a lot more emphasis on testing for example because that has so far been ignored in

the national strategy rights are plenty of eyes on the numbers now germany was praised for how it handled the 1st wave of the pandemic now would it be right to say that that image has been shattered. germany got through the 1st wave of the pandemic really well you have to say and then now we're seeing a picture of a country whose only solution seems to be extending lockdowns and the vaccine rollout has been very slow again and those tests have not been rolled out as they should have been and so it's not doing very well at the moment and scientists are already warning that we are at the beginning of the 3rd wave and that we if we open up too fast and not carefully enough that 3rd wave could hit germany really badly. our. political correspondent thanks for that update. time to take

a look now at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic data from public health england shows the threat of serious illness is cut by 80 percent in seniors even after just one shot of a 2 dose vaccine the u.k. was the 1st european country to authorize kovac 1000 shots the children's charity unicef says more than 168000000 children are not in school juta the pandemic the executive director says the situation presents a global education emergency as we reach the one year mark since the pandemic 1st took hold in many countries and the new head of the u.s. health authority says a rapidly spreading variance posed a threat of a 4th pandemic wave in the united states where shell will answer is calling on americans to remain vigilant against the corona virus. well u.s. president joe biden says there'll be enough coronavirus vaccines to immunize all adults by the end of may 2 months earlier than and michigan forecast many states

are now announcing plans to ease restrictions even as health experts continue to warn of the danger of new variants texas is already aiming to return to an almost preplanned demick normal as early as next week including lifting the state's mask mandate. one shot and the worry is gone several states have begun rolling out the single dose johnson and johnson vaccine the 3rd now approved in the country with the world's worst coronavirus death toll there aren't good signs good do it because it just takes so much pressure off of you worrying about you getting . more whole thing to buy than administration is now asking states to prioritize vaccinating teachers in hopes of reopening schools quickly but the president says it will be some time before the pandemic is over why do i think that you're back to the. caution given the issue that because we don't know for sure but my hope is by

this time next year we're going to be back to normal. but one very big city is pushing to reopen a lot sooner texas governor wants to put an end to the pandemics economic damage. but fact of next wednesday all businesses of any type. are allowed to open 100 percent also i mean in doing the stay wide mask mandate. one used restaurant owner welcome to the news but said most customers supported keeping the existing safety measures. we have all of our table spread apart. a certain distance which makes them feel comfortable and everyone likes the idea that we require people to wear a mast tux this isn't the only state easing restrictions in spite of health experts warnings about new variants of spreading. governments we watching closely to see

what happens as more of the us reopens. now to see some other news making news around the world f.b.i. director chris ray has told us lawmakers there's no evidence to support a right wing theory that the scene john the capitol building was carried out by people posing as trump supporters he described the events of january 6th as domestic terrorism and vowed to hold the rioters accountable. again the european union and the united states have placed new sanctions on russian officials and companies connected to the poisoning and imprisonment of friends and critic alexei navalny washington says its intelligence found that moscow was behind these closing with a nerve agent last august russia's ministry of foreign affairs says it will retaliate against the sanctions work. around $25000.00 african migrants arrived on the canary islands off the northwest coast of africa last year the spanish

archipelago has become the european union's new migration hotspot many refugees have already traveled from there to mainland spain and other e.u. countries but the spanish government is cracking down in an effort to prevent this summer ogles are sounding the alarm they fear that the islands could become a prison for refugees our correspondent philip schultz reports from going to. this spot is where up and his friend began their new life 4 months ago they had been at sea for 7 days traveling 1300 kilometers from their home and said they got to get on. just off the spanish coast a rescue ship took them on board and brought them here to the part of our guinea again in the south of the island. has happened since then i have no work i have nothing to do i just eat and sleep that's not what i came here for we comes to anything for our families in senegal like sending them some money for food for

example 23000 refugees arrived in the canary islands last year 10 times more than in previous years they are accommodation in hotels and makeshift camps however the spanish government is working hard to prevent the refugees from traveling from the islands to the mainland it fears this could create a new unchecked escape corey door to europe it's a clear violation of spanish law according to refugee lawyer danielle haven't seen it yet and if i knew. that in spain the rights to freedom of movement within the country is classified very high you can only detain someone if a judge has ordered that if a person is not in custody they can just be detained by the author or ities. if they did it. and that the islands have a long reach the sexual ration point videos protests and clashes between locals and refugees more and more on social media. and his friends are going to protests

regularly they normally work as a way to get the moment they are unemployed to the crisis. as larry important to us to make clear that we are concerned about the end action of our government and how illegal migration has been mismanaged we are not racists we have been living here on the island for many years with people from many different countries and cultures and 180 per cent of get an inhabitant slip directly or indirectly from tourism in addition to the refugee crisis they are also affected by the. worst economic slump in the last few decades due to the pandemic unemployed island us angry at the lack of support for them and frustrated migrants who perceive the island as a prison they are desperate to leave the situation on the canary islands is becoming increasingly tense local politicians are urging the government in the lead

to finally start moving some of the migrants off the islands to the mainland island mainland it doesn't matter to him i did you up and just friends jump in europe is all they want but their chances don't look good despite the corona crisis spain has started the parting people with no official groans cause the measure which is set should be expanded in the next few months. the youngest person to plead guilty to writing during pro-democracy demonstrations in hong kong has been sentenced to a detention center the correctional facility is an alternative to prison for young people the protester was 14 years old at the time of his arrest during demonstrations in november of 2019 he admitted to throwing a petrol bomb towards police in a tense late night standoff the court convicted him of rioting and arson the identity of the protester hasn't been released because of his age. well for more on this story i'm joined by news correspondent on the ground phoebe khan hi

phoebe now the defendant has been sentenced to a detention center is this verdict what was expected phoebe. what a sentence today is slightly softer than expected. the. the 16 year old boy now i he was 14 when he participated in the protest and the rest it in 2019 then he was sentenced to detention center today not only he stay youngest contact a full riot in charge of all. $2900.00 protest but also today sentence that made him the 1st of. 4 similar charges to forge friesen turns so this is whether the iconic case says for the 2019 protest and they're speaking about their detention. centers you will hear him he will have to

be remain in a detention center and receive counseling from the commissioners from ok russian service department and they were they saw i how long they will be detained and he may face 'd point we stuck to a point after he was released. briefly what impact could this action actually have on other teenagers who support democracy movement. other day sentences not as heavy as other. cases many of. the rest of the defendants have been sent to jail for several years but nevertheless the teenage protesters on the ground they are still they don't have any confidence in the judiciary system so. they're losing confidence and they may choose to leave hong kong leave because of the safety concerns. in hong

kong thanks for the update. 6 books by one of the world's best loved children's authors are being pulled from publication because of racist and insensitive illustrations the caretakers of dr seuss's legacy say it's a 1st step towards promoting greater inclusion for all children so models think the move goes too far. dr seuss's books emphasize the weird and wacky the author's use of simple places and to trained and educated children for generations. but his use of caricature of asian and. people in several stories has been criticized as being racist now in the business that preserves dr seuss legacy dr seuss enterprises is pulling 6 of his titles the move has angered many who claim it's just another example of so-called council culture. people need to realize that

if dr seuss king canceled what can. i mean really this is a kid's book to me i think everyone should be desensitized. not a guy who's gets offended easily and i think this whole society is way off that way off the hook but dr seuss enterprises says the books to try people in ways which are hurtful and wrong the business made the decision after months of consultation with panels of educators in experts many of whom have applauded the movie. they were very very thoughtful about the way they did this and i think they recognize that you know these 6 books really don't fit with the way we think today about to pick people and so i appreciate their decision and i think that they've done it in a way that still recognizes the vast works that dr seuss has provided to many of us

among the 6 titles discontinued our if i ran the zoo scrambled eggs super delegates poll and on beyond zebra but with dr seuss's catalogue including more than 60 classic titles it seems hard to believe that his stories are going to disappear from the pages of history any time soon and last year's berlin film festival took place just days before the coronavirus pandemic overwhelmed europe so this year the ballina has gone online and despite the lack of glitz and glamor the program still has plenty of thought provoking films here's a look at just a few. yes . the film who we were opens with those words

how will humanity be remembered in the future. director mark bowden meet 6 thinkers with special expertise like astronaut alexander gast they each share their perspectives from the bottom of the ocean from outer space africa for a buddhist monastery. we lived too long in isolation in a discipline of our problems we all sought orders as you were european context as an african context but to understand that everything going on right now is connected to other questions out of people out of settings i think this is an important angle. can the earth be saved the film showcases potential solutions a complete change of direction would be sensible continued over exploitation and unmitigated growth would certainly spell our hand. to

meet these people in the film. it was such a. mind opener to see you you don't have to wait until something changes you can do it by yourself and then you meet r.s. and then you meet again others and as like an internal movement. who we were used as powerful imagery to show what's at stake for humanity especially well done is the combination of different viewpoints on one central issue but there are also moments of hopefulness with a combined effort done right now humans would be able to preserve our habitat. the science fiction movie tide is less optimistic warfare pandemics and climate change have turned the blue planet into a flooded grey swamp contact with the ground is only possible during the daily low tide space colony astronauts are searching for

a new life they find it in the form of members of a creepiest mission. they crossed. we had a malfunction after entering the stratosphere. the suppose address q. turns out to be a betrayal told in a visually striking style 2 completely different films with the same message the earth doesn't need humans but humans need the earth. now american country singer dolly parton has received a 1st dose of the corona virus vaccine and used the occasion to encourage others to do the same back see that see that actually let's see i'm dead you know the please don't hesitate. extreme that scene there see this wash day in that's a bit too little. of the 75 year old was given them a durnovo x.

in which she helped to develop after donating $1000000.00 in april last year. well actually to now that's the latest on data new news this hour up next is close up our current affairs documentary with a look at hong kong exiles living and on that for me and the entire news team here in berlin take care and seize him.

from hong kong they couldn't be more different ways for activists have one thing in common. become enemies of the state in china and they currently live in exile in london. from there they continue their fight against political repression in their homeland. close up. next on d w. c co india. greenhow means

more than having lots of crops. the design the materials the energy source all have to be sustainable upcycling also reduces the climate impacts of. living an eco friendly life can be inspiring going green looks good to eco india the. team 60 minutes on t w. what is different on the islands of the south. here women are in charge. the archipelago has had a matriarchal system for centuries and. the rare form of society.

do women differently than men. what do they do with their power. and how sustainable is this culture. that the clintons of the rango starts march 8th on b.t.w. . my price tag was $100.00 as pot so if they cost me all maybe canet me all killed me then bit some people could get paid 410-0001. been the last became a chinese enemy of the state overnight he is one of a growing number of hong kong ours who are currently playing to britain. the trend has been sparked by draconian laws into.