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this is news coming to live from berlin the search for survivors after deadly explosions and. the blasts flattened just military camp and nearby neighborhoods in the country's largest city people are taking to free victims from the rubble at least 20 were killed and hundreds more are. also coming out as international women's day kicks off we look at nurses here in germany on the front lines of the
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coronavirus pandemic why do many earn less than men doing the same. and calls for justice to minneapolis where once again this time again and again for george boyd just hours from now the trial for the white officer charged in his death gets underway plus the u.s. is the country hardest hit by coded 19 we'll take a look at the response there where 2000000 people a day are now being taxed in the. oh i'm sorry martin good to have you with us the search is on for survivors after a series of powerful explosions in equitorial guinea at least 20 people were killed hundreds more have been injured the blasts tore apart tamil. terry based in the
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country's most populous city. residential areas near the base were obliterated trapping people under the rubble the country's foreign minister has called for international assistance in dealing with the disaster. panic confusion and flight and the city of the largest getting. shock over the disaster that struck in their midst. we don't know we don't know what caused this. we don't know what happened there was a fire. according to the government dynamite exploded in the city's military barracks setting off a series of blasts that left few buildings and damaged. from the. situation in the city of is that there were
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a couple of blasts during this afternoon. and they have cost the loss of several human lives. as well as substantial material damage. and flattened neighborhoods survivors are pulled from the rubble. there brought to hospitals suddenly overwhelmed with people injured by the multiple explosions. over half of equitorial guinea's 1400000 inhabitants live in. the powerful blast have shaken not just the city but the entire country. 5 hospitals and universities in the largest city and gone there are also reports they've arrested hundreds of people involved in protesting last month's military coup despite those protesters continue to defy a violent crackdown. hundreds more in the city of da way on monday after
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a coalition of labor unions called for a large scale general strike un says more than 50 people have died in the protests so far. off the very latest let's bring in journalists min time. in the yang gong tell us more shooting reported there overnight what can you tell us yeah so what we saw for knight was a targeting national league for democracy which is a former ruling party are there members as well as activists and people who are involved in the civil society or civil disobedience movement we also have new reporting and very recently there have been violent crackdowns on protests that are ongoing today on international women's day as well as this as part of the general strike and the protest movement and at least one more protester has been shot that
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tell us more about the general strike the unions have called on it to keep up pressure on the military what effect is it having. so it's having quite a large impact we also discovered reporting this morning that many gas stations around the country especially in and go are closed and that because of the strike you know quite a lot of logistic and transportation as well as people as well as goods have been impacted and are set to run out of reserve fuels quite soon because shipping has been disrupted all throughout the country we are also seeing closures as well as the closure of many government institutions such as schools and hospitals with protesters setting up alternative services outside the military spectrum. according to the u.n. over 50 people have died so for since february 1st including
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a former government official how does the military justify this level of violence. so the military has really had a 2 pronged approach to how they've been explaining the violence that people are seeing on the street one is simply denial they have denied that people who have died in police custody have died from the injuries sustained under police care as well as existing bodies the dead and saying that the bullets found in their heads for example are not from military or police weapon and are in fact gunshots from other perhaps instigators in the crowd and then they have also said so they said that police have been responding within the law and with them sort of reasonable measure to violence from protesters and have accused protesters of things like having bombs and such to justify the crackdowns. him in turn in you're going to
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thank you for bringing us up to. let's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today britain's prince harry and his wife megan have spoken on t.v. about their exit from royal life megan who has a white father and black mother revealed one member of the royal family had concerns over their son's skin color she also said intense pressure pushed her to the brink of suicide. new york governor andrew cuomo says he will not resign in the face of fresh allegations of sexual misconduct over the weekend u.s. media reported 2 new allegations of wanted sexual advances by kumo on young female members of his own staff the democratic governor once hailed for his initial handling of the pandemic now faces demands for his resignation from members of his own party. a saudi led coalition has mounted series of airstrikes
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on yemen's capital sana which is held by the rebels you know strikes come after the rebels ramped up attacks on saudi arabia yemen has been the center of a power struggle between its saudi backed government and the iran aligned these since 2014. today is international women's day chance to honor the contributions women are making around the world and this year women have played an essential role in tackling the coronavirus here in germany most nurses are women they've risked their physical and mental health as caregivers during the pandemic though they often earn significantly less than their male colleagues many say it's time for that to change. here in the hospital there is a strict protocol when it comes to putting on your protective clothing but that's been back a it has become a routine she is one of the many female nurses who have been pushing their limits
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day and night for year now taking care of coronavirus patients. as a speaker violet about the physical strain is an enormous working in this kind of is exhausting but the psychological component plays a big role too we always have to take care of critically ill patients that's part of our job but now we have seriously ill patients can also endanger us that is really stressful. stressful is also how to describe her last year she it works as a nurse in an old people's home and burning up and demick made her job even harder and again the burden of carrying for society's elderly was mainly on women. luckily men i increasingly interested in being and my husband does also work but
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otherwise it's mainly women probably because of the pay if it were a male domain then women would also a very different set of aries on and on and on and ask for. more than 90 percent of the people fighting the daily battles on the nursing front are women and they are up to 10 percent less than their male counterparts according to the chairman federation of trade unions the chances of promotion are slim and they often are white nights hammon says she appreciated the gesture when people around germany stood at their windows at the beginning of the pandemic and applaud at the nation's nasa's and carrots but it was no more than a gesture now she says women also need to play a role in changing how society treats them it would i'm afraid if. my wish for women in this profession is that they stop. themselves down and that people are aware of their contribution people need to understand that we are not just not as clean as the kitchen wife is that the world only goes around when we all work
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together as a team and for that one of us can't get by without the other things and i know for the one and an anonymous. the time bagenal is that too after what she likes to go for a walk in the woods to switch off to that is important to support people who walk in care for now but don't want and. may be here to stay and we need to develop strategies we need enough stuff enough equipment and whatever else it takes to help us do our jobs and as i stand khan offices all of us. both not agreed these improvements have to come and they have to come soon. let's bring in ricardo long now she's the deputy leader of germany's green party and the party's speaker on women's affairs thanks for being with us sunday w. news 1st of all we've just watched good morning we just watched report on women
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nurses on the front line of the covered 19 crisis how do you feel about the way they're being treated and compensated for their work. to be honest as a politician i feel kind of embarrassed because to have been lot of thank yous to them domenic perre working in these charts many people left penton also many politicians have thanked them but we see now we saw this and you would you not enough have changed if you look into working conditions if you listen to what do you have paid destitute so many steps to take until they reach the quality and until we reach a society where the people who are society into our economic wealth depends on a paycheck what they are worth the pandemic has disproportionately impacted women how concerned are you about the. we assumed at one hand women are working in tops with a high infection risk kid we saw just thought it and then get it hence women have
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been tackling double burden of home office and home schooling in the many cases parents have taken over to work that's before have been done in the schools and 80 percent of these parents were women this is a big problem but we have to see this is not something that the coronal last created it's the structural inequality that has been damaged off who is the person who is more likely to give up that chop your independent make is to person that had us already worked part time all earned less before hand and this has been there before coronado deferent put politics that change distracts us and if we do it is then her own medicine that's not test worsen the situation of women if you cannot do this with. you talking about structural discrimination there what more do you think lawmakers should be doing right now to protect women's rights we need a change in our tax system in the moment our tax system is and my guess is as good
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as structural inequality for women we need to have an equal texas to need to strengthen wages in the systemic rather once and chops as we just saw and i think we need to talk about working time women off not working as much as men and therefore earning less and i think we need to start to talk about how we share the work burden and the burden of unpaid work at home and therefore we also need rights to return to full time when you have been working pop time this month thank you very much for your insights that was recovered a lunch she's the deputy leader of germany's green party. now pope francis has concluded his historic trip to iraq and is returning to the vatican today the pope brought a message of peace and forgiveness as he urged iraq's dwindling christian community to stay in the country and help rebuild on the 3rd day of his visit the pope held mass for some 10000 people in or below he also visited mosul
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a city heavily destroyed during the war against the so-called islamic state will journalist sophia barberini joins me now from bill in iraq so the politics has wrapped up his trip there how has it gone down with the general population in iraq yes the pontiff left about 20 minutes ago half an hour ago on his plane back to rome after a 4 day visit 3 of those days were jam packed and i would say that overall it was a huge success there were a lot of concerns in the lead up to the trip namely security and of course coronavirus in terms of security for the pontiff thousands of additional security personnel were deployed across the country the pope shall hold across the country on his in his armored car as is customary and so i think
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what was more of a concern rather than the security is actually the coronavirus situation in iraq there has been a spike in the cases recently ok so the pope managed to get in and out safely and corona didn't doesn't seem to have gotten him or you know as far as we know but what again what about the people in iraq what did they make of his visit. well there you go the people corona was the last thing on the people's minds they were joyful it was really a moment of 1st spite for iraqis who have gone through a very tough year and a very tough few decades let's say and so really they found a moment of joy in his visit and not only within the christian community it was truly all across iraq they were able to meet and greet to all come together and share in this message that the pope was bringing to them of fraternity and
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coexistence now the pope talked a lot about diversity on his trip stressing the need for peaceful coexistence hope warner ball are iraqis today too sectarian hostility. i think the. the theme of what is sick tarion sectarian divisions within iraq is very much overplayed abroad within iraq securing ism sectarian division is not as strong as we might think in the west for example having said that we have seen moments for example when the islamic state rose to power in 2014 when sectarianism was used by outside powers in order to create a division among iraqis but when it comes to your day to day truly in iraq there is very little division among the different factions whether it be sunni shia christian even using the however i think it was very important for the pope to come
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here and just remind the country a country that is has so many different pieces of a puzzle to have to remain united to stay united so here barbara any journalist in erbil thank you very much thank you. just a few hours from now the trial against a police officer accused of killing george floyd will open in the u.s. city of many a list thousands of people took to the city streets for rallies on sunday chanting no justice no peace floyd a black man died in may last year after a white police officer. knelt on his neck the city is bracing ahead of a much anticipated trial that could spark more civil unrest and division in the u.s. downtown minneapolis has the flair of a ghost town these days city hall and all the municipal county and state government
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buildings have been fortified the city spent several months planning and preparing for what is likely to be the highest profile trial in the history of minnesota razor wire brand new fencing and concrete barriers this is how many apple is try to secure the hennepin county government center this is where the trial will start in just a few hours there will be national guard troops here police will be out in force here to secure the proceedings inside all around town there's a noticeable strain in the air because of the trial. there's a lot of tension especially. all the defense is going up it just seems. almost like they're already coming for the worst if it doesn't say peaceful it doesn't but it just isn't is not think it will and it shouldn't know. the trial will begin with the potentially lengthy process of jury selection the
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court has allocated up to 3 weeks for that. x. minneapolis police officer faces charges of 2nd degree murder and 2nd degree manslaughter for the death of george floyd the 46 year old black man have been detained by shelving at this street corner 10 months ago on may 25th last year many say what has since become george floyd square is foremost a symbol for the pain and grief this community is still experiencing emotions are running high firmly rooted in deep mistrust for the police and the u.s. justice system as the floyd leads a local neighborhood organization called the adopt a movement it aims at improving relations between the community and law enforcement he is concerned the trial will reopen wounds. more closer we get more intense and more emotional the more triggers reappear you know it becomes more broad. that what happened what we went through. minneapolis still shows
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plenty of scars from the injury protests the rioting and the violence that followed the death of george floyd burnt out and completely destroyed buildings piles of rubble and surf as a reminder of what potentially can flare up and happen again here the worst scenario protest get aggressive from the beginning that's the worst. in anticipation of reigniting social unrest during the trial which is expected to go on for months minneapolis has spent millions on beefing up security half a $1000000.00 alone on barricading the city's police precinct it's horrific as the world is watching what happens next many here say that there will be a much higher price to pay if justice is not served for the killing of floyd. will stay in the u.s. when president joe biden took office in january he promised his government would make fighting the coronavirus a priority now mass vaccinations in the u.s.
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are ramping up according to the centers for disease control and prevention more than $2000000.00 people each day are receiving their shots but much depends on local organizing to get the jobs in our. marjorie drummond was having difficulty getting a covert 1000 vaccine appointment that is until the social worker who brings the 8 year old her meals at home got involved thank you yeah got a list of the way we can help you get a vaccine. easily you want with if there is a massive there will be very. little he made of her for a day. today marjorie is waiting for her follow up shot this doctor's clinic is funded by donations from a charity organization which supports communities in low income areas of washington d.c. this danielle stout and her colleagues are taking it upon themselves to vaccinate
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patients the clinic dropped out of the city's central online appointment portal because it was leaving their patients waiting too long. a lot of people don't know that they can get a lot of people don't realize that we're offering it and also they have a relationship with this so they feel probably more comfortable x. and those questions and they know that this is a judgment for insults of you have any questions about the vaccine your doctor is going to ask them right there in that moment. that's an advantage of decentralized organizations and that could be the secret of the u.s. vaccination program success there are huge vaccination centers across the country and drive through locations even pharmacies offer the shots and not just the large chains but small rural pharmacies this is how the vaccination program is being rolled out there's no central control over who gets vaccinated and when and that speeds up the process but the medical staff have a big responsibility. we all take ols and that's to do no harm and one of
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the pieces of doing no harm is following the guidelines a step for us then we haven't for a reason we are targeting people that are older because they're more fragile and people with health conditions because. they need it. not all the states of vaccinating quickly but the overall speed is picking up last week health authorities said more than 2000000 people per day were being vaccinated and now doses of a 3rd approved vaccine are on the way. so you look at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic vietnam has launched its vaccination program frontline health workers and people living in or new york over 1000 hotspots will be among the 1st to receive the doses there in new zealand has bought enough of the biotech pfizer shot to an ocular its entire population of 5000000 people the country's prime minister just an hour down says having one type of
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vaccine will simplify its rollout and the european medicines agency has urged member states to refrain from granting national approvals for russia's sputnik vbac scene it is he says it's still reviewing the shot safety and efficiency. in the bonus league on sunday that eunice hectare scored a late equaliser as cologne picked up a valuable point at home to braman american forward joss sharjah. sargent gave braman the lead in the 66th minute with his 2nd goal in as many games but cologne hit back 7 minutes from the end substitute hector taking advantage of a mistake by the visiting keeper of the draw leaves cologne 3 points above the relegation zone. in sunday's late game armenia bielefeld and both failed to find the net bielefeld new coach frank comma took charge of his 1st
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game for the club until his focus on the when closest for them when his shot across goal was saved after the break. and had a golden chance but he fired wide draw lives people fell out of the automatic relegation spot. and let's see how those results of a fact in the standings by owns wind keeps them 2 points clear of chasing leipzig of the top of the table despite their slip ups and frankfurt remain in the top 4 at the bottom shaka are now 11 points adrift of safety after house or berlin's win but it's still very close for how to and several others in the relegation fight. just remind her of the top story we're following for you here today on d.w. news at least 20 people have been killed by explosions at a military base and that's what tauriel beginning hundreds more are injured
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