this is news coming. pleas for peace in the military crackdown on pro-democracy protests shows no let up despite. calls for restraint but its failed attempt to convince the. international. also coming up. 6 used to be exploiting the.

facemask deal. is the scandal. with national elections looming. racism. in private. with the trophy presidency. turns to silence seekers in mexico they've waited years at this makeshift trap to plead their case was told in the us many have left their homes under threats of violence but there isn't over yet. good to have you with us the un security council has failed to agree on a statement that would have condemned the coup in myanmar. instead the council

called for military restraint following amendments by several countries including russia and china protesters are back out today in full force these demonstrators in da way in the south of the country to the streets and on wednesday despite a night of heightened police activity meanwhile 2 officials from the overthrown and l d party have died in police custody since monday police raids have also targeted independent journalists in recent days and revoked the licenses of 5 media outlets. well for more i'm joined by teens are surely a pro-democracy activist in the young dawn in myanmar thanks for being with us i understand you've been out demonstrating today you and the other protesters know that the army is prepared to use violence against you dozens have been killed how does that affect you. when the people are

out on streets we have. seen before us this kind of thing a like what it could do to us they are it hurts you kid you know that so this is the 1st family and respect you're going to waste the anger with the anger that they've been doing for so many years not just to us so they were pulled out before that in minority so many years so that you know we had that mixed feeling fit into the end we decided as 2 feet to tom i stay committed to the cost the revolution many all our common right they were they were being killed so we could end those this momentum so that we decided to keep going out on the porch on the street for a business. and you used the word revolution there do you believe that your protests and the civil disobedience going on a 1000000 mar will lead to a reversal of the military coup. so right now you know for the 1st few weeks after the coup and it was more like an anti and cool

protest now one nice thing escalates you know and also when the alan escalate we are so sure that we are going for a revolution not just one revolution we're doing. at rice and against the political dead low as well as old doubtlessly adjoin katar of illusion and look at the revolution so 0 we don't think the military would just you know gave up what we have down and say we have surrender you know we have to try to sort out we have already make that is a show and our duty to us and our hearts i read it got caught you know 2 people going to a mall only government so now the lead in haji is just our government and we are supporting that also they are in negotiations with the political dialogue with all of this a quarter inside the country without military this is a rare moment for as we don't think of all the military evolution anymore so this is a democratic revolution yes i am is or was not says about him

all credit you know we have we are all much things together toward bedroll democratic nation so we are looking for war to draft a new constitution that can govern democratic rights our basis rights and the feds were right all the ethnic minority in the country so we all are now having all of the good dialogue but they wanted. to make government and what the ethnic minorities she should. thank you very much thank you. it's catch up on some of the other stories making headlines around the world today greece's prime minister has condemned protesters were attacked a police station with in the capital athens the violence erupted after thousands of people turned out to demonstrate against a video of police officers beating a man over the weekend dorothy's are investigating the use of force in the video. brazil has again reported

a record number of daily coronavirus deaths on tuesday almost 2000 people died from calls as related to cope with 19 it paulo's the country's deadliest week in the pandemic so far authorities are warning that health systems across brazil are on the brink of collapse as. japan has decided to stage this year's tokyo olympics and paralympics without overseas spectators due to concerns among the japanese public about cove it 19 the games are scheduled to start this july after being postponed for a year because of the pandemic. here in germany a scandal over facemasks a lawmaker from chancellor angela merkel's c.d.u. party is quitting over payments he received for brokering facemask deals for local authorities and another conservative member of parliament from the cd used to vary in sister party the c.s.u. is quitting his parliamentary group following claims he made 600000 euros supplying

masts. what is being called the mask affair surfaced that the end of february when police searched the offices of gail newsline a member of parliament and prominent figure in the conservative c.s.u. party newsline is being probed for bribery he is thought to have accepted over 600000 euros biomass producer to lobby for its product but the affair doesn't stop here nicholas lobel a lawmaker with chancellor angela merkel c.d.u. party admitted his company received 250000 euros to act as a mediator for mask purchases prosecutors are now carrying out an initial review of his case both newsline and liberal have announced they're the parcher from the conservative blocs parliamentary group but while luba resigned from parliament effective immediately plans to keep a seat for the opposition f.t.p. party this is not enough for their scrutiny is needed. clarity must be

provided to the public millions of people fear for their existence and have seen their freedom restricting and the impression can't be that the few who want to do business from parliament using its letterhead are exploiting this crisis for their own benefit and these are. also the sister parties c.d.u. and c a sue say they want to conduct a comprehensive investigation into such practices and introduce a code of conduct that would prevent them. i think we need to go a whole step further and make it clear that what is legally possible is not necessarily acceptable for us we need a code of conduct that clearly states that it's not possible or acceptable under any circumstances to benefit financially from the already active role as a member of parliament. up your. the scandal risk spattering merkel c.d.u. party ahead of 2 important regional elections taking place on sunday in the states

. and ryan learned that recent polls have shown a dip in the party's numbers not good news for the seaview just 6 months before the country's parliamentary elections. political correspondent julia delhi is covering this story for she filed that report julia do we know whether these 2 parliamentarians from chancellor merkel's conservative block actually broke the law that is exactly what investigators are trying to find out what right now with their probe especially in terms of this line from the c.s.u. party they raided his offices a few weeks ago and they are trying to figure out whether the 6 over 600000 a year owes that his company made were actually. earned properly or whether it was money meant to promote him influencing politicians and the prosecutors have now

also started on their initial review of the case of. to try to see if anything illegal happened in this case now we have to say is that parliamentarians in germany are allowed to have jobs and they have to declare. earnings coming from these jobs but there are some great areas and investigators are trying to find out whether these gray areas were used. or calling for new regulations to help prevent the kind of corruption suspected in these cases how much support is there for new rules. the c.s.u. c.d.u. parliamentary group itself has said that it wants to implement a new code of conduct for its parliamentarians a code of conduct that would only not not only state what is legal and not legal but what is acceptable for the party in terms of side jobs and the closeness between political activity and economic activity in terms of what parliamentarians do there are also calls for us thank the name of

a lobbying rules the leading government coalition has recently approved a new lobby register for companies to register with but i anti corruption groups and the s.p.d. itself a member of the coalition government coalition say it doesn't go far enough well the corruption allegations are getting a lot of public attention up particularly those concerning newsline he wants to remain in parliament until the end of the legislative period here's what some people are saying about him in his own constituency good sport. grew up in my job a loser if you want and i can't work there anymore i. was trying to cover up this whole thing just doesn't work. if we actually did this one of them with 600000 euros then they were fooling us all. so surely how is all this affecting chancellor merkel's party the c.d.u. . it is a tricky moment for the party because it is

a very important election year and already this sunday there are elections in 2 lenda 2 regions here in germany and by them that american run platen it and we are seeing the c.d.u. numbers starting to tick down a little bit in. some polls say the c.d.u. is up to 10 percentage points behind the greens and in rhineland planet where the c.d.u. was leading it's now neck and neck with the s.p.d. the social democrats so it could be a tricky year if this affair carries on further julie thank you very much for bringing us up to date there that was the w. political correspondent julie suddenly. in the global race to vaccinate against covert 19 israel was the 1st several weeks the fastest country but now another nation has overtaken it chile after a chaotic response at the start of the pandemic chile is now bearing the fruits of

a well planned vaccination strategy that's down to the government's efforts to secure doses long before any back scene was proved to make the jobs easily accessible. a quick hello temperature check and a hand disinfection then into the vaccination center in this school in santiago know in person classes are taking place so 50 to 60 year olds are getting their passports nations and. a few over 60 is also one during the last ones receiving their follow up doses. the whole process is working really well with. chilean efficiency could be the reason we have x. 1000 people faster than in other countries. as if. chile has a vaccinated a greater percentage of its population than most other countries in the world the

government made vaccine deals with a number of different drug firms early last year here the beyond tech pfizer vaccine developed in germany and china signed a fact vaccine are available the only going to go away so the government didn't just buy enough vaccine doses. it also involved the health sector to even before the vaccines arrived we had received detailed not collation plans and information then you're going to see it's not just schools that are serving as vaccination centers but pocs too there's very little red tape and that's another reason for the vaccination success more than one in 5 have received at least the 1st. 20. $28.00 was the era of fear but 2021 will be the year of. when the pandemic began the government's response was chaotic strict lockdowns came too late and when they did many people were forced to rely on food

donations from charities. coronavirus cases so with them on poor child i am. now. and in some neighborhoods residents protested against quarantine or does now chile's vaccination campaign is going so well it has given away tens of thousands of doses to poor and neighboring countries. we are among the world leaders in times of vaccinations at least that some good news off to rule the bad were that there were. many more the 80 percent of the population in chile should be vaccinated by june. say look at some of the other developments worldwide in the coronavirus pandemic authorities in the state of raw just in northern india have started limiting vaccinations to major hospitals due to a shortage of doses a committee of british lawmakers say england's test and trade system has not yet

proven its worth and there is little evidence of its overall effectiveness scheme cost almost $27000000000.00 euros and johnson and johnson has told the e.u. it's facing supply issues that may call click a plans to deliver 55000000 doses of its vaccine to the block in the 2nd quarter of the year. you're watching t w news still to come a look at the long wait and struggles ahead for asylum seekers stuck in mexico during the trial presidents. the 1st the british royal family has responded to the explosive interview given by prince harry and his wife macon markel in a statement the queen said she takes their allegations of racism seriously millions have watched the interview which has divided public opinion in the u.k. and around the world. buckingham palace broke it silence on the

tell all interview a statement issued on behalf of the queen reads the whole family is saddened to learn the full extent of her challenging the last few years have been for her and make and the issues raised particularly that of race are concerning while some recollections may vary they are taken very seriously and will be addressed by the family privately. the accusations that make and marco experienced racism after she joined the royal family have set off a heated debate in britain. if the disc is to be quite honest i know we should be cheeky different because of the color of theirs to our being. such sure i get that they are and. how true how hard for anyone on the set of. it was someone different in the royal family being makes race heritage myself.

of our community black. friends so i'm not actually surprised. how the. child and i think it was a long time coming allegations of racism towards macon are not new prince harry said in the interview that racist coverage from the tabloid press was a large part of why he unmake and left the u.k. and moves to the us. the interview has ensured the couple are back on all the front pages but they say they wanted to share their side of the story. earlier we spoke to w.'s charlotte chelsea fill in london we asked her whether all this is going to do serious damage to support or the barky along the british public . yeah well you have to bear in mind that public opinion in the u.k.

is split about the royal family and that is very clear from the polling that you've seen that's come out since that interview add in fact the majority of the general public feel more sympathetic with the royal family than they do for obama than they do for meghan and harry which is extremely interesting given the nature of that interview i think there are some people here really found that lots of fans taste in their mouths not only the way that the megan and harry the suffixes left the world family but the nature of this interview the way it was conducted the fact that it was done while grandfather was in hospital for example is something that says a lot of people have talked about what is interesting though is that young people seem to have more sympathy in the u.k. for macon hari than older people this is that bus taste of a drama family drama old this nature i mean a lot of the older generation myself i would include in this remember what happened

with princess diana with with harry's mother and the scandal that then on fold it in the way that the world family had to really know the way that it's managed conducts itself remains to be seen now whether the reverberations like that will be felt for years to come off of this and. u.s. president joe biden's promise to these immigration rules is being put to the test with thousands of migrant children being held in detention centers along the border with mexico they're part of the surge of migrants fleeing poverty and violence in the central americas. correspondent carolina chinmoy met one woman trying to help them on their journey across the us mexico border. every morning at sunrise crosses the bridge over the. daily mission is to help refugees to get to the other side as immigrants re fair to the united states. people already

know her and are called some plea asking for help. now there is a possibility again to offer a person who is being persecuted and who has a life threat to apply for asylum. after 4 years the border is finally opening again for immigrants qualifying for asylum many of them have been waiting in mexico for years under inhumane circumstances this is a. terrible. period. and they need to that press is the fact that they're not alone. this is why he is here to guide them and assist them in the process these immigrants came together 2 years ago and created the informal refugee camp. ever since they refused to move insisting to stay as close as possible to the united states they came from haiti central america and also from parts in mexico where criminality is high that our

own 4000 refugees have been living in this camp for up to 2 years now they're only around 200 people living there every day small groups are crossing over to the united states the procedure is long and it ends with a coronavirus says before they go to the other site a total of $25000.00 immigrants seeking asylum have been stuck in mexico for years president biden said ministration has now allowed them to wait for their hearings in the united states. this is the culmination of years of waiting and for sister norma it's an honor to be part of it and screen care to mosul. finally this is hope you. the full i'm tired it has been a day full of emotions and very exhausting and it's really the mood for these families they have suffered a lot and now the united states is opening its doors for them. but i.

was on the u.s. side n.g.o.s are taking care of them 99 percent have family members or friends living in the united states but this is not the end of their treatment and that's been this long journey is just starting the goal it's not here yet and this is. meanwhile on the mexican side of the border more families who were forced to flee i arrive hoping that the new pattern administration will let them in the moment. we are on their threat to my family and i we had to skate because they said they want to kill us. as long as the root of the problem is not to address the increase of criminal activity in mexico and central america is still going to force families to abandon their hopes. or snooze and champions league football in the round of 16 but mostly a side door when have drawn 22 but advanced to the quarter finals on aggregate

after having won their 1st encounter young norwegian scoring machine holland netted both of dortmund's goals he's now scored in every champions league game he's appeared in the season also on tuesday porto have advanced to the quarterfinals even though they lost $3.00 to $2.00 events as the result left them level on aggregate but porto goes through by virtue of scoring more away goals. it's the end of an era for german football national coach your humor will step out after the summer's european championships the 61 year old led germany to win the world cup in brazil but has been haunted by a string of defeats ever since. germany's 2014 world cup triumph was your converts crowning glory. he had already been in the job the 8 years at that point but decided supply won't in search of more success.

4 years later and the mood was very different as germany return from the world cup in russia having been dumped out as holders in the group stage. fans were in shock but still earth out to continue more disappointing results followed down to the 6 nail hammering by spain in the nations league in november led to widespread calls for him to step down. live had been due to stay until the 2022 world cup but ahead of qualifying games later in march he has suddenly decided to give clarity he has announced he will leave after the european championship shuttled for june. he will hold a press conference on thursday but in a statement said i am taking this step very consciously full of pride and with enormous gratitude but at the same time with an unbroken level of motivation as far

as the euros are concerned. it's all different to the timing of his decision is good it means that won't be any speculation about contracts cheering the euros. now it means the decision has been taken and there is clarity and it could even give the team a boost knowing that it's the coach's last tournament and he'll want to make use of that of this blocking on the liverpool's german coach jurgen klopp has all. reddy ruled himself out of the running to replace love if that's the question we want to ask if i had waited before to drop off for the benefit of total to draw national team is almost no play euros being postponed from last year because of the coronavirus means there is little time for the successor to stamp his all for a 3 on the team because well cup kicks off in november next year assuming jim he qualified. are the top stories we're following for you here today on d

w news the u.n. security council has failed to agree on a statement that would have condemned the coup in myanmar instead they called for military restraint protesters have returned for another day of marches despite security forces spazzing crackdown. you're watching news from berlin coming up next a close up examines sex trafficking in europe and terry mark thanks for watching.

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