this is d.w. news live from berlin the standoff in myanmar escalates reports of several people dead as the security forces use rubber bullets and also to live on the mission to try to end the protests but the demonstrators are still showing no signs of backing down also coming up. another 3 female media workers murdered in afghanistan why are militants targeting women journalists and watches anything it is the government doing to protect them. and germany's coronavirus dynamic pressure to relax

restrictions is growing but health experts say doing so will lead to more infections and tests and then more restrictions. on public yes welcome to the program. reports are coming in from myanmar that several people have been shot dead at new pro-democracy demonstrations this is the latest in a deadly crackdown by the military who are feared to have killed at least 21 people at demonstrations and seizing power just over a month ago several people have been wounded as protesters clashed with security forces in a number of cities around the country witnesses and local media say police opened fire and used tear gas to disperse demonstrators.

well a journalist am in town to joins us now from yang gone. a man and welcome to the program now what can you tell us about these latest reports of more deaths among the protesters. yes so local media is reporting that there's been death in at least 3 different cities jangle mantilly in mandalay there were 2 who are confirmed dead and the one and get go to be dead and it's unclear how many people have been confirmed to be dead in but it at least 2 have there are said to be injured there. a man it's pretty clear to say that protesting has become pretty dangerous in myanmar and how will that impact the pro-democracy movement. so we're already seeing fewer people out on the streets protesting now and the people who are out on the streets are

really well equipped or as equipped as they can be they're wearing construction helmets they have safety equipment they are you know creating barricades and have. says and i'm medics who sort of follow these protests around now. i think what will likely see in the future is a continuation of street protest but nothing sort of like what we were seeing in the earlier days where it was massive crowds of people kind of just milling around or even these long marches and might see a switch of focus by the c.p.m. went into focusing more on the striking part of civil disobedience as opposed to being on the street right so explain that a little bit more they'll be protesting but more behind the scenes what would that essentially mean. yeah so the street protests were really designed to show the military that the people and the vast majority of them don't accept the coup and

they don't accept military rule and that the other part of the protest is much more about denying the military rigidity as well as their ability to govern and so a lot of focus has been put by the civil disobedience broken on getting government workers to strike and getting non-government businesses to have essentially refused to cooperate with government directives. many thanks for that update. well the so-called islamic state has claimed responsibility for killing 3 young female media workers in afghanistan the women worked for a local afghan radio and t.v. station in the city of jalalabad burials are being held today 2 women were recent high school graduates were shot on their way home in 2 separate attacks they were working for the dubbing department of the media companies the broadcaster says 4 of 10 women working for the station have now been killed since it began in 2018 it's

the latest in a string of attacks targeting female professionals in afghanistan. well let's bring in correspondent in kabul hi ali now what do we know about the background of these attacks. so what we have to keep in mind is just as the t.v. station that said that it's been 4 of their female staff that have been killed since 2018 it's actually now. actually all 4 were killed in the last few months the previous incident was in december where television journalist another young woman from the same t.v. station was killed in the same city in the same sort of. way by a motorcycle attacked by gunmen on a motorcycle so it's really become all too common you know just in the last 3 months this has happened now twice in the same city so you've

mentioned that there we've already we've seen you know several such attacks now why are they being targeted. you know the exact reason isn't clear but i was with another female journalist about a couple months ago and she was talking about how she had received information that there were women that were allegedly working for the so-called islamic state who entire purpose was to find well known female journalists and activists and info and media influencers and things like that and to lure them in and basically lure them into their death so this has been something that's been around for a while and she actually said that she got that information from the intelligence agency of afghanistan so this is really nothing new in that sense right so if it's been happening and there is this information what is the government doing to

protect them nothing really. there's no. as far as i know there's nothing special that the government or media that journalists or media outlets are being given to help protect them if anything they may be allowed to have more guns or guards or something like that but there's no actual. movement and the most important thing is that there's always very few answers in these cases when these things happen it gets a lot of attention the government will be quick to condemn it but then investigations investigations are promised but the actual results of those investigations are rarely if ever made public so the people of the country who are shocked by these attacks often don't even understand why these why these attacks are happening who they're being carried out by how they were plotted how they were planned there is really no follow up besides just a rote condemnation. correspondent in kabul thanks for that update.

now to some other stories making news around the world as the ai director chris ray has told us lawmakers there's no evidence to support a right wing theory that the siege on the capitol building was carried out by people posing as trump supporters he described the events of january 6th as domestic terrorism and survived to hold the rioters accountable we again a strain is attorney general says he categorically denies a rape allegation against him the accusation was made more than 3 decades after the alleged incident when christian porter was 17 and the accuser was 16 years old porter says he had no sexual relations with the woman she took her allegation to police in 2019 but later took her own life. 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 the mood is changing despite warnings from medical experts. how much longer that is the question many are asking at the moment and the town that began in early november is dragging on and many germans are growing increasingly tired of it. amid 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 a month employed in that conduit anything 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 knocked 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 head dresses 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 patience she might have to be ready for some compromise as she heads into the latest meeting to determine germany's next moves in the pen demick right well let's take a look now at some other developments in the corona virus pandemic data from public health england shows the threat of serious illnesses caused 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 covert $1000.00 shots the children's charity unicef says more than 168000000 children aren't in school to to 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 rapidly spreading variants posed a threat of a 4th pandemic wave in the u.s. where shell wednesday is calling on americans to remain vigilant against

a krone virus. well 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 some adults think the move goes too far. dr seuss's books emphasize the weird and wacky the author's use of simple rhyme and wordplay has entertained and educated children for generations. but he's use of caricature of asian and black 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 movies and good many who claim it's just another example of so-called cancel culture. where people need to realize that if dr seuss king

canceled what can be. i mean really this is a kid's book to me i think everyone should be desensitized you know. i'm 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 and why you switch your hurtful and wrong the business made the decision after months of consultation with panels of educated isn't experts many of whom have applauded them or. 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 picton 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's provided to many of us

among the 6 titles discontinue dollar. if i ran the zoo scrambled eggs supa ellie gets pole 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. american country singer dolly parton has received a 1st dose of the krona virus vaccine and used the occasion to encourage others to do the same that seeing them see that scene then see. that he still has a tea bag c f c that scene then see this washer they did in that submit to. well the 75 year old was given them a turnover vaccine which she helped to develop after donating $1000000.00 in april last year or legend amount of voice well that's the

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