this is e w news live from bergland serious charges against myanmar is military from the un special rubber tour. knowing that this shame you know everyone related by the same . crimes against children. he adds that crimes against protesters including murder torture and forced disappearance is also coming up president joe biden announcing an ambitious new vaccination timeline for the united states he says there will be enough doses to cover all adults 5 the end of may and

several countries suspend their use of the astra zeneca jab they say is that it is a precaution until they ruled out a potential link to blood costs. i'm sorry kelly welcome to the program a severe indictment from the un's human rights investigator on me on maher who says that the new military regime is likely committing crimes against humanity with its deadly crackdown on people protesting last month's koop special raw power tour tom andrews told the un human rights council that the military junta had murdered at least 70 people and that more than 2000 have been unlawfully detained he is calling for sanctions against the country's military leaders. as of this moment credible reports indicate that me and more security forces have murdered at least 70 people

that a president those murdered were fathers sons mothers daughters fulton's and washed it were educators they were engineers they were students they were many ages but were going to half of those murdered were members of generation c. or young people under the age of 20. mattered president their country of being more is being controlled by a murderous illegal regime its current leadership perpetuated the atrocity crimes that are the focus of the charge of genocide before the international criminal court of justice and that is un special rapporteur on the on mar tom andrews speaking there is comments following news that 9 protesters were killed by security forces on thursday leaving more families mourning the loss of loved ones. like she has a son is 2 months pregnant and a husband who is determined to join protesters on the streets of me and. in the

early 2 he goes to the protest every day even though i ask him not to. the little i told him there be trouble if something happens because we have a child and another baby on the way. to go and i can't stop any money out i knew that i am what foods children will be raised without a father or husband chipman food shot dead by security forces at a yangon protest. so you know down or any said it's worth dying for now i know he's worried about people not joining the protests. if so democracy won't return to the country he's worried about democracy now what that has passed away. the violence isn't slowing down and me and my peaceful protests are met with the fishes for oppression and war rights group amnesty international is calling a killing spree. more protesters were killed across the country on thursday the

bloodshed not intimidating doors at the demonstrations. my lot when you're not we protest peacefully but they crack down on us violently it's ok the more they crackdown the stronger the revolution is we will continue until we win something now that. the protest started last month in response to the military seizing power and detaining civilian leader aung sun suu kyi. the ruling you into made their most serious allegations against her to date without evidence they claim suit she took illegal payments of $600000.00 u.s. dollars and gold and pay from her party denied the allegations. the military also reiterated that they will remain in power until the new elections are held but haven't offered a date that isn't good enough for the protesters who are valid to continue their

demonstrations matter the cost. of spring and journalists and knock him send his joining us from young gone enter tell us we just heard strong words from the un special rapporteur torque using the military of murder torture forced disappearances crimes against humanity is that what we are witnessing right now in me anwar. yeah i think he built a really strong case for that like he said we're we're seeing a pretty systematic coordinated widespread use of murdering peaceful protesters torturing people in detention and. it seems to be coming from an order straight from the top so i think he made a good case that we are likely seeing crimes against humanity you know the military for its part and says that force is only used where necessary the protesters however seem to have been on armed so i mean you know what is everybody making of

the military is defense of itself yeah i mean i just think that it's being dishonest we've seen the military shoot on our teenagers in the head at peaceful protest so i think we can't really trust their word they've told us all kinds of things that aren't true like that there's some 3rd party killing protesters from the shadows so yeah in this case a i just don't believe that they're being honest. and meantime we have the country's former civilian leader aung sang suu che she is now facing new charges they are alleging that back in 20172800 she was illegally given 600000 dollars in gold bars by a political ally how significant are these charges and and what could they mean for her and for the pro-democracy movement in the country.

yeah these charges are a big deal previously she had been charged for violating code 19 restrictions for illegally importing walkie talkies we had always felt like these were placeholder charges wall the military tried to figure out something more serious and it seems like this is what they've decided to go with we've seen high ranking government officials sentenced to as much as 30 years in jail for corruption charges so it really feels like the military is hoping to use these accusations to permanently sideline i'm suchi from politics we've also had the military saying that they will hold elections soon if anyone buying not. i think. most people think the military might not hold the elections at all there's also kind of if they do hold the elections very little faith that those elections will be free and fair i think at the very least they don't do you would be totally

barred from participating in the elections and you might see the end of the bargain and the elections breakdown top of that anyway journalist andrew not going to send joining us with you from downtown thank you. thanks and now let's get you have to speed with some other stories making news around the world numerous companies and websites in france continue to suffer outages and disruptions to services as a result of a blaze in a cloud computing facility some clients fear that their data was lost permanently in the fire that destroyed one of 4 data centers run by french internet storage giant o.-v. a cloud instructs park. israeli soldiers in the occupied west bank have detained 5 palestinian children aged between even 13 who were picking wild artichokes near a jewish settlement and israeli rights group says that they were held at a police station for 5 hours the 2 oldest for the order to return for further

questioning. officials in argentina say the forest fires in the patagonia region this week were set deliberately 7 people were injured and more than 15 were missing when the blazes ripped through the popular tourist area hundreds more were evacuated. and the judge in the george floyd case in the u.s. city of minneapolis has reinstated a 3rd degree murder charge against derek chauvin a former police officer now faces 2 charges of murder and one of manslaughter floyd died last year when show the knelt on his neck for almost 9 minutes. the u.s. president joe biden has announced a major boost to u.s. coronavirus vaccination program he said that his goal was to declare independence against the virus on july 4th the country's independence day a production of vaccines would be stepped up and a major logistical effort will have enough vaccine supply for all adults

in america by the end of may that's months ahead of schedule and are mobilizing 1000 of vaccinators to put the vaccine in ones on call active duty military freema retired doctors or nurses administrators and it goes to administer the shots and we've been creating more places to get the shot. a spring and teller millard who is joining us now from dallas texas with the view from the united states we just heard there biden saying that there will be enough vaccines for all adults by the end of may as to its weeks ago said it would be by the end of summer so how is it that this timeline is now being moved up well it really has to do with the supply according to what the president johnson and johnson is working with merck after talks with the white house fighting this counting on that

production plus continued work by the dirt to and pfizer to get the vaccine supply up higher than it currently is. tell us how are because i mean you know parallel to this announcement by biden and you know as as you're mentioning you know ramped up supply. from these companies you have the experience of americans who want to get vaccinated you know who are going on the respective websites of their states trying to make appointments. and it's a difficult process so you know binds announcement does this now mean that every american who wants a vaccine will be vaccinated by the end of may can be vaccinated. it really depends on the distribution policy from the various states because they're the ones who are determining where the vaccine goes and stead of living hospitals or pharmacies by direct from the drug companies texas announced thursday

it was making the vaccine available to people 50 and over starting on monday but other states in areas including washington d.c. and illinois are keeping a vaccine available the just to $64.00 and up so supply will have to keep increasing before other age groups are let in but it also depends on the state and the district ok meantime on thursday we have this massive mammoth 9.1.9 trillion dollar coronavirus relief package signed for the american public people are set to get stimulus checks if they are in below a certain amount of money what is this going to mean for the u.s. economy and potentially also for the vaccination strategy. from a vaccination strategy it really depends on which side of the aisle your are listening to i took a look at the bill earlier and it says if i read it right that 7500000000 is going

to health and human services to carry out activities to play and prepare for promote distribute administer monitor and track coach $1000.00 that seems there's also $6000000000.00 for the vaccine supply chain and a 1000000000 for vaccine confidence act. making sure of various different to age groups and communities feel safe about getting the vaccine so that's plenty of money however it depends on what the vaccine figures show at a later date it's possible there could be another vaccine stimulus package down the road there 6 why not go for a 7 tele millard with a view from texas joining us journalist with n.b.c. news thank you. thank you. president biden also urged americans to keep up coronavirus hygiene measures including mask wearing but a number of states including texas have been loosening restrictions in response to

falling infection rates for salat reports now from austin where some people are celebrating what they see as a return to freedom others are concerned at the prospect of a new search and infections a different kind of texas barbecue all that day they have all been waiting for the mask mandate is history and members of the w.t.f. biker club earn what they think is a symbol of suppression was 'd 'd. it is an extremely happy day for us we are elated out here we put this event together and invited the community to come out and it's been a great turnout and we are all celebrating you know our freedom and that's really what this is about. at the university of texas in austin vaccination is under way but with new variance spreading many here think that it's still too early to drop the masked men and we're nowhere near herd immunity so. myself i'm going to wear

the bastard truly doesn't mean the pandemic of over and i think it could like we were into another spike i honestly think it wasn't a smart decision made by i know that things next 2 months march and april are very important and crucial in 2 countries like being able to be more in control the pandemic mask or no mask the top league remains highly controversial in texas and it could end up in the courts. the city of austin has issued its own mask mandate and that has led to a new dispute the state of texas threatened to sue the city of the mayor doesn't drop his mask mandate the question of wearing a mask continues to be a highly divisive topic here in texas and across the united states bar owner to. zebul art has reopened his brewery but continues to demand masks for his customers he says the state left him and the hospitality industry alone with the pandemic

with a nasa mandate it gave us a little bit of power to enforce these rules and it's the onus is on us now too. p. for people safe and keep the public safe and we don't really have a you know a last line of defense there within the state friend or foe for now although w.t.f. biker club members are glad they've given their masks. now the european union has been lagging behind the united states with its vaccine roll out the e.u.'s medicines regulator has now given the green light however to johnson and johnson's shot almost 2 weeks after it was approved in the us in trials the johnson and johnson jap was 67 percent effective at preventing people from getting cold ed its advantage over the others currently available is that it only requires a single dose the approval comes in several european countries possed the use of the astra zeneca vaccine they say it's a precaution until they can rule out

a potential link to rare instances of blood clots. denmark norway and iceland have temporarily stopped all use of the astra zeneca vaccine after some people develop blood clots authorities say it's very rare and there's no known connection to the vaccine but they want to investigate that for she said to do i think it's the right decision to put the astra zeneca vaccines on hold for the time being until we have enough medical reasoning for continuing the vaccinations which of course i'm as upset as everyone else about this and the potential consequences but it's probably too soon to conclude on this matter when it has a risk of course it has to be uncovered and put in house saying no i am a basically just can see from. the european medicines agency says so far the data shows the incidence of vaccinated people getting blood clots is no higher than unvaccinated one's view echoed by the british regulator 11000000 doses have already been administered across the u.k. . those countries that have decided to polls delivery they've

made a choice on balancing risks i think ultimately it's likely that this will be found to be not a. not a cluster that is cold solely related to the vaccine book that choice is to wait until it actually proves. the french health minister said he saw no need to suspend use of the ester zeneca vaccine france and germany are among the e.u. countries that will keep using it. what we call the risk benefit ratio which are the benefits from the vaccination is at this stage judged to be higher than the risks and of course investigations into that are in progress in france and other countries. intensive research will now be carried out and only time will tell whether the health authorities in denmark norway and iceland were justified in making their difficult decision. and were heading to japan now which marked the 10th anniversary of one of the worst disasters in living memory the massive

earthquake and tsunami that was marked yesterday that anniversary you know that tsunami it caused the meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant as you'll recall back in 2011 more than 18000 people were killed and there was widespread devastation today a around 400 nuclear power plants are operating around the world 20 percent of them are built in earthquake risk zones after the fukushima meltdown energy policies worldwide they changed only a few japanese plants are still operating for example many countries are also considering a complete withdrawal from nuclear power in the wake of that 2011 meltdown germany and mounts that it would phase out nuclear power here's more. it's the stuff of nightmares a nuclear power station meltdown the disaster at the fukushima daiichi plant sent shock and fear around the world those shock waves hit german chancellor angela

merkel and prompted a remarkable policy u. turn just a few months earlier american had decided to keep germany nuclear overturning a phase out policy of the previous government japan's disaster changed her mind and germany's energy policy. today i say unequivocally before this house has changed my position on nuclear energy her government issued a moratorium on nuclear power it was a move strongly supported by parliament and by the people. germany's all this plants were told immediately to close all the rest were to be shut down by 2022 when fukushima prompted america's u. turn germany had 17 nuclear power plants 10 years after that there were just 6 and the deadline for them is approaching they can only operate till the end of next

year germany's phase out of nuclear energy is nearly done. the nuclear phase out was not only right politically but also the correct decision even nominally. finishes off part of the old energy where. at the same time germany strengthened its commitment to what it calls the energy transition moving to clean energy production the country set ambitious targets and poured money into green energy generation. last year germany reached its target of producing at least 40 percent of its total electricity from renewable sources such as wind and solar but the green party says efforts so far will not be enough to achieve the energy goals set for the future. we really need a great deal of renewable power and the government expansion targets are in no way

adequate for solar we need 3 times as much and for wind 6 times as much what we have sadly doesn't add up. there is another problem coal it still covers almost 24 percent of electricity generation and it's a big source of greenhouse gases but the industry employs tens of thousands of people many in depressed regions of the country germany does have a plan to abandon coal but it said line is 2038 far later than most other e.u. countries a decade after the fukushima disaster most in germany agree with decision to phase out nuclear power but germany's transition to a climate neutral country is still very much a work in progress. and we are joined now by your friend's last part he is state secretary for the environment in germany welcome to the program and thank you so

much for joining us i'd like to begin by asking you about what we've been hearing about in the piece basically the fact that germany looks set to achieve its goal of closing down nuclear power plants by the end of next year some however are saying it's a mistake because nuclear power is the only way to reduce emissions fast enough to meet global climate change targets do they have a point good morning knows they don't as is very close to a phrase all of our nuclear power plants the last. 6 months are remaining and they would be shut down by the end of year this year 3 of them next year the last 3 progress being on renewable energy quite fast last year we already had 50 more a bit more than 50 percent of the renewable electricity in our great we are developing the renewables very fast on the contrary nuclear power plants.

would come prior to late to meet to talk about targets not only in our country the strategy. based on nuclear power is going to favor be absolutely sure as it's a renewable tract is the right one ok so i mean you say that renewables are being ramped up but some might say not fast enough and in the meantime these fossil fuels like coal have been filling the energy gap while germany ramps up there were new opals we know that the deadline in the country to phase out coal for electricity is 2038 this is much later than some other european countries i'm thinking for example like france where nuclear power is is popular i mean they have committed to phasing out coal by 2022 for example so how do you defend the german position. you know we know that the french neighbors. strategize on using nuclear power plant much stronger than we do and maybe for forwards over cebu time we took him to

his or her decision as his final date and i would all for using coal good for the electricity production is 2038 but i'm absolutely sure that it be to be early already and the whole city 5 is fixed. emission trading system we might read true selves and 30 ok as you might reach by 2030 you know more broadly speaking no markel has called this is called germany's transition from fossil fuels to renewables the country's moonshot one of the most important tasks it's reunification when do you expect germany to reach that goal of being climate neutral while it is in our lawyer to be able to be a climate neutral by 2 souls and 50 for the whole economy. energy system has to be a climate in which much earlier i guess about 2043 would be based completely on

renewable electricity i'd like to ask you about some some recent developments this is from germany's environment minister who has presented a plan that would also close nuclear fuel your rainy and processing facilities in germany and i'd like to ask you if that means germany or could mean that germany would be asking other countries to essentially clean up its own nuclear waste mass i mean. it's quite clear all the countries are responsible for their own energy makes but each and every country is responsible for its own race there is no way that germany would ask other countries to take care about overseas it's a big deficit here in germany. and flat spot state secretary for the environment in germany thank you so much for joining us here on the that you news thank you.

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