the military too has ramped up its response with a show of force scrambling fighter jets to make several low altitude passes over mandalay. such violence continues the question remains who else will lose their life today for the chance of a democratic future he. said i don't think you know and i'm not joined by a young former un special rapporteur on me m r a human rights expert 38 dead yesterday still people are back on the streets protesting is there really nothing that can intimidate demonstrators in myanmar. i don't think so. the people of myanmar i did 10 it will not. live under it is illegitimate military junta. so what makes the myanmar case so special. well

you know if you go back to the history of myanmar they have done during the military junta their 1st could it was in $62.00 and they've lived under several credit times within the coup it. and it was a dreadful period of time but it is civilians have to endure you know in history me and my used to be very prosperous and one of the leading countries in southeast asia with 50 years of severe brutal military rule you know mine has turned into not a very prosperous country and now since 2015 they've started to enjoy what i don't like very close to a democratic country but and then military is cracking down again on the peoples of the emma so that we've seen a lot of international condemnation and even some sanctions if the international

community giving enough support to the democracy movement that. i really think that international community can do more they can go the extra mile but they really aren't doing more to a lot democratic transition in a free democratic society in manama and what you can see yesterday was another terrible day and you can see that there's been death by gunshots aimed at the head and several die with gunshots to their head and we are i am informed that there were 2 under aged children in those casualties to victims who are 14 years old and 16 years old and since the 1st if that were 8 we have about 5 children that have lost their

lives so what else then could institutions like the un for example do to end these atrocity and restore democracy what instruments does it half of. what the u.n. has. now dr resolution to security council can a doctor and a strong resolution. against and manama but right now the security for security council is almost the front when he comes to issues that do not please the fancy of the russians and the chinese especially if it's really in their and their negative interest so do you think it's russia and china that need to be convinced to do more. yes i think. among between those 2 from goes to

china and has to be convinced that it can do more in china i recently came out with a statement that it. will not have it will not support in unstable neighboring country and that it will support 3 in democratic transition for me emma now that i think it's time that china really make sure that this is what they plan to do and that they aren't willing to deliver and at the same time member states of the united nations can do more bilaterally by seizing all it millet our. economic engagements with military enterprises in myanmar seizing any military to military corporations in manama and i speak also to international financial institutions such as world bank and i.m.f.

the only human rights expert and former special report from the un on myanmar thank you very much for this inside. and are some of the other stories making headlines around the world this hour thousands of members of china's communist party are gathering in beijing ahead of the annual national people's congress which begins on friday the congress largely rubber stamps laws already made by the party elite this year's meeting is expected to focus on climate change the economy and the unrest in hong kong. international international criminal court has opened a probe into alleged war crimes committed in the palestinian territories since 2015 investigation will target both the israeli military and palestinian militant group hamas it comes after the i.c.c. ruled last month that had jurisdiction over territories occupied by israel including the west bank and the gaza strip. police in sweden are investigating

after 8 people were wounded in a stabbing rampage prosecutors now rule out terrorism as a motive for the attack or was shot and arrested by police following the incident in the southern town of atlanta. now germany is extending its coronavirus shutdown by 3 weeks until march 28th but some restrictions will be eased to allow non-essential stores and other businesses to reopen in those areas with relatively low infection rates chancellor merkel announced the plan after extensive talks with state leaders they read new measures intended saw for at least a glimmer of hope that life will at some stage return to some kind of normality. on the streets of berlin the government's new step by step plan met with little criticism even some sympathy. is ready to understand if i don't want to you mrs merkel shoes i couldn't do it any better that's why i'm cautious we got it just as

i'm thick. it's going to be step by step isn't that it's the only way to do it. i don't know what the alternative is opening everything up again i think you have to do it partially simply because the people want to see some restrictions easy problem mr yeah. but there was also a fair amount of confusion critics say the careful opening strategy that anglo-american and state leaders agreed on this too complicated. because every song i have to say that what's written there is pretty unclear very confusing it's almost as if people aren't supposed to understand what's meant to happen. restrictions will be eased in 5 steps each dependent on infection rates remaining below a threshold of between $50.10 per 100000 people access to certain services will also be based on a negative corona test to make this possible people in germany will get at least

one free rapid test a week and to boost germany's slow moving vaccination campaign jabs will soon be available at many family doctors. this strategy marks a significant shift from the chancellor's very cautious approach to the pandemic in the past then 15 feet i in my we're at the threshold of a new phase of the pandemic in annoying thoughts or depending me it's a phase which we can't go into carelessly but i think it's important to say with justified hold the heated argument that if the. game going the plan has already come under fire from opposition politicians. not even sleep percent of germans have been fully vaccinated or despite of that they've decided to open up even though enough tests and available yet i hope the news doesn't end vajrayana just a warning that with infection numbers inching up again and new more infectious

variants spreading fast the government's new opening strategy could prove very risky. but our political correspondent. standing by to shed a bit more light on this 1st of all just an hour ago germans vaccinations already has approved the use of the senecas short for people over 65 will this help to overcome the vaccination drama that we have here in germany it is of course extremely good news and it will hopefully help ease the supply of constraints which have led to this very slow vaccine rollout was in this country because of course here in germany we're working with priority groups when it comes to vaccination and the vast majority of people in the 1st priority group where the elderly people above 80 and they couldn't be vaccinated with astra zeneca because the official approval is lacking and they have still not all received their 1st thought but

having said all this that is not the only aspect of the car in fact the nation drama many people ask why local g.p.'s will only be allowed to offer their jobs in their practices from the end of this month on woods some say better late than never so far that's being done in vaccination centers and that did make sense at the beginning but is very complicated so johnson america announces step by step approach now to open up is this the much awaited change of strategy. it is a change of strategy and just how sustainable it is a different question germany has been in lockdown for 3 months and the new more contagious variants already make up about 50 percent of new infections here and so the infection numbers have started rising again despite the current lockdown and if you add to that the start to the vaccination process and a complete lack of national testing strategy you've got a situation where many people are losing patience because the only solution seems

to be extending the lock down over and over again and i call had wanted to allow opening up of areas only if the number of new infections was very low but she's now been overruled by the 16 leaders of the federal states here who say we can cope with slightly higher infection figures and open up carefully if we do step up vaccination and testing massively at the same time in practical terms you've looked into this what does this new strategy. what does it mean for you and me what does it mean for average joe. i have looked into this just as the people have done in the report that we just saw and i've brought this very complicated chart with me it is very german it is only in german that's one of the things where the opposition are saying the government is not doing a good job when it comes to communication and management of this crisis because it is not very clear but essentially you've got those new rules that detail the 5 step

plan of opening up and the bottom line is you need to know just where your local area stands in terms of new infections and depending on that figure your regional government can then decide just which areas can reopen so here in berlin we're below 100 new infections per 100000 people in one week and that means that regional government can allow for museums to open from next week on once then we have to wait for 2 weeks to see whether the numbers remain stable and if they do then berlin can allow outdoor dining if people bring in the negative test result with them and so on but it is very hard to understand. our political correspondent here berlin thank you know. a new global study shows that countries with higher obesity levels far higher death rates from covert 90 report from the world obesity federation found that the covert death rate is 10 times 10 times higher income trees where more than half the population is overweight study does not address who

catches the corona virus but who dies from it the authors are calling for people living with obesity to be given vaccination priority livia bharata cover company is joining me now the director of science's science and programs at the world obesity federation joining she joins us from london tell us more about the study findings has this been an overlooked factor in looking at covert mortality. so in the last year we have been studying this at rapid pace and we have been finding associations between obesity and cold 1000 complications in the last few months from studies from several countries i think what our report shows is that 90 percent of all coleridge $1000.00 related deaths have been in countries that had at least 50 percent of their population with overweight of or obesity so it's something that is coming to like now people are starting to pay attention unfortunately it is too late has been the ears that all of us public

health professionals have been advocating for more action on obesity and unfortunately now we're paying a high price for it the countries suffering most mainly which countries all day yes right now that's what we're seeing but i think it's also important to note that some countries that right now have low rates of obesity and low rates of or to of coping $1000.00 mortality like for example vietnam also have very rapid rising rates of obesity so even if right now those countries are not suffering if we were to have another pandemic in a decade or so those countries would suffer as well so the problem really is urgent and concerns all of us tell us also about the effect the obesity factor has on public health systems in the pandemic. well the problem is that people with obesity are suffering because they can't access or treatment they can have surgery they

have problems just checking in with their own physicians and even before defend them if we know the health systems are not prepared to handle to handle obesity most medical schools don't even teach obesity in their curriculum so we have right now a disease that is so prevalent and so urgent and at the same time health systems that are not prepared at all to manage it or to treat it and to prevent it you also the mom priority for the overweight and then getting the job and the other recommendations from your study. i think the important thing here is really to look at the science and not the narrative you know unfortunately the narrative that we are fed is that people with obesity i lay see if they lack discipline and willpower when the reality of the scientific reality is that obesity is a disease and if we look at the contributing factors for a cold 1000 complications the 2 main ones are age and b.m.i. so based on science we need to peretz high speed all with a b.m.i.

over 34 vaccinations and besides from that we just won governments to really take action against obesity to adopt the roots framework which is recognizing obesity as a disease ensuring obesity monitoring of visitor prevention treatment for obesity and adopting a systems based approach we need the coordinated response because this is a really complex problem here it's just telling people to you know it last and move more it's not going to cut it it's not enough. believe it or else a couple comes in from the well to b.c. federation thank you very much for this insight. that's a look now at some other world news space x.'s latest unmanned rocket exploded just minutes after landing that test was initially declared a triumph with the start of s n 10 performing space companies only successful vertical landing for this particular type of spacecraft but shortly afterwards it burst into flames the

prototype rockets are being developed to carry people to the moon and then on to mars israel's environment protection minister has accused iran of links to a catastrophic oil spill off the israeli coast the spill is one of the country's worst ever ecological disasters israel says it's fun to ship responsible for the slick as calling it environmental terrorism has been no immediate comment from iran . buckingham palace says prince philip has undergone a successful heart procedure the 99 year old husband of queen elizabeth the 2nd tower's been in hospital for 2 weeks the palace says he was treated for a preexisting condition and will remain in hospital to cuba right. all of the 279 nigerian schoolgirls released by kidnappers this week have been

reunited with their parents but the reunion was overshadowed by violence began throwing stones at officials and one person was shot in the stomach when security personnel opened fire the government has vowed to prevent such kidnappings in the future but nigerians want actions not more promises a moment to savor for police and top security officers the kidnapped girls are abused in front of the prius they don't beguile the stayed overnight in government facility after spending nearly 5 days in the hands of their key do not prez. it's a big relief to them and their parents. i'm really happy i came back home with time gone for everything. on sunday we spoke to some cigar do a parent whose daughter was among the 279 he kidnapped girls. i went back to

meet him after his daughter was set free got to could only speak to her on the phone. i hear. so it in throughout my system of political and their. early saw. that yes this is my daughter. the release of these girls is no doubt a big win for politicians but when they wake up tomorrow they will be reminded that they need to do more to protect their citizens is pressure children for the militias state officials have told me that they are going to beef up security at schools and they will prevent such good developing in the future but they dearly and say that similar promises have been made in the past and yet there are people being killed all kidnapped by the gunmen. i asked this

a few sure what his government was doing to put an end to the violence is not something that you could finish and within one year this is just a gradual forces so gradually all those 100 will be different and compared to their normal activities for the gals their resolve to continue their education has not faded though the kidnappers give them a strong warning. the bandit said to us that they will return to attack us when they finish their money. it's defies crew we got that they kidnapped we have paid off though officials deny they paid a ransom to secure the freedom of the girls and the nigerians won't take pretty shuns word for e taiba. berlin's international film festival often showcases documentaries which thanks lost its streaming services have moved from

a more niche offering right into the mainstream of the festival's 3rd day we're taking a closer look at 2 films in particular. long before me to a woman in showbiz showed how to deal with harassment and violence from men in 1978 tina turner divorced her husband ike and started a solo career bigger and even more successful than before. describing her marriage to ike turner she said i was living a life of death but the divorce brought her liberation and she triumphantly rose to the heights of pop music fame. in some ways we are telling that story to a new generation. but we are also hopefully exploring it through point of view and what it means for her to be kind of. so associated with some of the worst times in life. the documentary tino gives

a chronological overview of all the ups and downs of the life of the woman who was born as am i made public while it offers few new insights it is thrilling to watch . this next film could not be more different in anime says 2 filmmakers meet stefan who was in prison for having murdered a woman in order to interview him. and his response of his story are retold by 2 puppet tiers. doesn't. come on your i phone or next time i'm type to stay in we want to pop it. look sometimes looks really threatening sometimes also really childlike but you

know all the time the person is a performance you know it's always an interpretation of the way that we see him on the way that the property is react to what they're performing a moment. the directors try to avoid a supposedly objective point of view because their film gradually reveals that there are at least 2 truths but the justice system requires an unambiguous account of events because only then can it declare the accused guilty or innocent this is an exceptionally intelligent film but also an uncomfortable one raising more questions than it can or wants to answer. this is d.w. news coming up next then did every news asia chinese lawmakers gather to rubber stamp president dejan things agenda one that includes an even tighter grip on hong kong. and the race for souls next mayor heats up on the winner could make history.

plus how one man in fukushima copes with the aftermath all $32011.00 disaster. and more news asia coming up with melissa chan right after this news broke remember there's always more of the w. news out on our web site d w dot com. in berlin many thanks for watching. why

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