my boss ordered us to fire at the crowd and i refused to shoot them. and i said i'd rather side with the people later i told him i was going to visit my family that's when i ran away the military is becoming more and more brutal. so far the protesters have refused to be silenced they are still taking to the streets demanding the return of democracy to their country. are now joined from geneva by tom andrews is the un's special report on human rights in myanmar tom you have told the group human rights council that the military in myanmar is likely committing crimes against humanity what are you basing that on. well 1st of all a court has to rule one way or the other in and this is not a court rule or state but i urged the members of the human rights council to take a look at the definition. of crimes against humanity and then look at the way in

which the people have been more being through his. crimes against humanity are widespread there systematic they're done against the civilian population they're done knowingly and if you look at. me to challenge that we're seeing every single day they were there indeed widespread 70 people have been killed in 20 different 28 different communities around and around the country you see a command and control clearly being evidence by the fact that the brutality is very systematic very much along the same lines no matter where they're occurring in the country people are being mowed down there over 2000 arbitrary detentions and counting in these in through out me and more and again these are not being committed against combatants they're being committed against peaceful protesters their own their only offense is to work peacefully toward the restoration of

a democracy and a future that does not approve this military junta so for all of those reasons there is very there's a lot of evidence i think striking evidence that crimes against humanity are being committed as we speak well despite all this evidence mass offense a mass of attention and condemnation not deterring the hunter so what actions need to be taken that could have a real impact by the u.n. for example. well number one speaking out rejecting what's going on in the strongest possible terms that's the 1st step but it's only the 3 step that we're hearing that by the way from nations in i.c.m. to neighboring countries a meeting that's very very important but action is required what i'm encouraging the that the members of the human rights council and in fact all u.n. member states is to form a coalition and emergency coalition for the protection of the people of the of the security council can't impose this tough clear sanctions on the military that

a coalition of nations can do so when i say enforce them or individuals in the junta their families and associates but also on economic institutions that are fueling this regime so for example $1000000000.00 u.s. dollars flowing into the pockets of the junta in the me and more oil or gas enterprise alone so if we can focus sanctions on those institutions which are fueling what in the revenue in their pockets we can make a step i think a significant step in the right direction ate an arms embargo was another step not recognizing them diplomatically is another step focusing resources outside of the hotel those resources going to humanitarian aid or development aid and send them directly to n.g.o.s how much of how much of meaningful measure has. the depend on russia and china to stop blocking any vote on sanctions and the u.n. security council. well that's

a big challenge needless to say and china has said made some i think encouraging statements calling for the release of political prisoners for example. but we know that this is a challenge we know that china provides the military for years with protection of the sick in the security council they provide them with weapons with trade so that is always going to be a challenge but we need to do is build a collective response outside of the security council. and focus that responds in a coordinated way to where it will hurt the most and i think it is not as strong or is ideal imagine that we could get through the security council for example this is purely council could refer to the international criminal court but at the same time we usually all the resources that we can take that we have at our disposal and usually as well as we can whether or not we have a shorter aggression fortune tom andrews un special rapporteur on me

a muffin you very much for time it's my pleasure thank you authorities in nigeria say gunmen have kidnapped 30 students from a school in northwestern condone or state security forces were able to rescue 180 people from the gunman but 30 students are still yet to be accounted for being the raid happened at a forestry college on the outskirts of the state capital it's the 4th mass kidnapping from a school in nigeria since december. and we'll be bringing you more coverage of this latest kidnapping in w. news africa that's in just over 20 minutes. let's get you up to speed on some other stories making headlines around the world. the king of the zulu nation in south africa goodwills willie the senior has died at the age of 72 he has been receiving hospital treatment for diabetes he was an influential leader for millions of zulus

and assumed a largely ceremonial and spiritual role after the death of his father in 1981. more twins are being born than ever before that's according to new research one child in every 42 born nowadays is a twitter account for 1600000 chickens every year a 3rd more than 40 years ago researchers say more access to i.v.'s and other for fertile ety treatments are behind this rise. germany says it will continue to use the astra zeneca coronavirus vaccine despite other european countries putting a temporary cause on that shows it for reports of severe cases of blood clotting in people who have received the vaccine as for senators it says the shot is safe. joe biden says the united states could make serious progress in moving beyond the pandemic by the u.s. national holiday on july 4th the us president presented his updated covert strategy

in a televised address and said the goal is to allow people to celebrate independence day holidays with their loved ones he hopes to achieve this by rolling our vaccines much faster than previously anticipated biden's appearance was eagerly awaited his speech emotional the message optimistic saying the u.s. lacks a nation program as well as the past the president's own hopes i said i intended to get 100000000 sharks in people's arms in my 1st 100 days in office tonight. i can say we're not going to meet that goal we're going to beat that goal. more than $81000000.00 shots have been administered in the u.s. since biden's inauguration just under 13 percent of adults and now fully vaccinated biden this plan is for everyone and over 18 to be offered the jap by early my country and that's a reason for confidence he said actually if we do all this if we do our part

we do this together by july the 4th there's a good chance you your families and friends will be able to get together in your backyard or in your neighborhood and have a cookout or a barbecue and celebrate independence day. shortly before his speech the president signed off a huge stimulus package for the country $1.00 trillion dollars to get the economy moving again. as i look now at some of the other developments in the coronavirus pandemic the italian government has approved plans to put half the country under a total lockdown again amid a surge in cases the plans would seize schools shops and restaurants close from monday kenya's president has extended the country's overnight curfew for another 60 days the east african nation is currently dealing with a 3rd wave of infections and chile is on track to vaccinate 80 percent of its population by the end of june the country can boast one of the fastest vaccination

campaigns in the world meanwhile germany's health minister against foreigners telling people to prepare for challenging weeks ahead as corona virus cases continue to rise meanwhile the pace of immunizations remains barrus in the sluggers sponsors germany will have to wait until mid to late april for the newly approved johnson and johnson bassy public anger over the government's failing management of the pandemic is nearing boiling point out of several feel actions. as covert 9000 cases in germany rise of thor it is a once again emphasizing the seriousness of the situation that's how it is to me we will have to brace ourselves for some very challenging weeks and bush will continue to try to balance the necessary public health measures against the normality we're all desperate to return to. our shared concern also for the country's public health

institute he pointed mused of missed the pandemic it's not over yet we're running a marathon when the last 3rd and that is known to be specially hard not least because there is now a race against the variance. the worsening situation comes at the same time as frustration grows over a slow vaccination rollout that has been marked by supply shortages and lead and bureaucracy. and there is also a corruption scandal involving several conservative m.p.'s. 3 members of angle america's parliamentary party have resigned in the past week over allegations that they misuse their positions to make money nicole last. line face allegations they lobbied for companies to get supply contracts for coronavirus facemasks lobel has said his firm received 250000 euros for such help

a 3rd lawmaker mark help said he would resign after allegations he helped contacts in azerbaijan with procurement. cannot call the. case anymore. in a short period. and. the party leadership of the concert it's not yet it's already. 'd emerged. the mass scandal has threatened public trust in the conservative party and the timing of this scandal is especially bad with 2 regional elections taking place on sunday the votes in the states of fry learned a lot in the back will be the 1st of 7 elections in germany this year that will call me an aide in a general election in september. you're watching news that's it for me on the news

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for. interactive exercises. everything is online. and interactive in german for free with d w. many of us may be completely unaware we. we have neanderthal d.n.a. but a strange reminder has come in the form of covert 19. linked to how ill people get with the corona virus that's what scientists are saying. modern humans and neanderthals split hundreds of thousands of years ago but they genetic remnants is still with many of us today. cates thought some of the genes help them fight infection. but today it may be

a different story let's look at the mysterious world of some of our ancestors and the coronavirus. a good topic for a friday see any similarities oh my back's not that hairy but on a serious note research is from the max planck institute suggests that one single promise on doubles the risk of getting severely ill and we can blame the prehistoric neanderthals for that as with copies of the chromosome from both parents could face an even higher risk this sequence of genes is more common in people from some regions of the world than others if you are of south asian descent you've got a much higher chance of carrying this ancient gene from africa chances aloa it appears the out of those never lived on the continent it's not all bad news researchers say that the neanderthal genes can also carry benefits when it comes to coat it well we have the pleasure to have a bag on the line he discovered a link and is

a medical doctor and works for germany's max planck institute in leipsic as well as the cattle linsky institute in stockholm so tell us how did you actually manage to discover these. big scientists across the globe. find the gene variants that people have read this in code might to. also work with the genome for the last couple of years and we discovered one big genetic risk factor for cohen mounted and i decided to compare it to none of those you know 20 surprise it was a perfect master that never touched you know what made you think too competitive. it just popped up my head was one of those cases where it just stumbled on something it was it was a nice surprise so what's this genetic link with the neanderthals actually mean for us it is the torah says this is. the interbreeding

without a thought i'm truly consequences have also been hospitalized and in a diet you've got a parent but there's also an upside to this i believe not not only does it mean for some people that cove it is most of via there's also a positive to this i believe is that right yes you're absolutely correct so when they discover just say can marry and actually protects against kobe bryant. it doesn't protect as good as the not wanting to preserve the risk of we actually have to bear is far from down to infest outcome a code might say and why is that why they had 2 very different opposing variants perhaps not such a big surprise as refined. both positive and negative variants so the prospect of

hopeful than the outcomes you know we scatter. people with results of that outside africa but it is surprising that we have 2 variants investing occurring back to how many people are we actually talking about who have this gene and where in the world . so the bad variant risks are around 16 percent in europe so why is 6 will carry this area and is out is a process that is all for all the people curious about this isn't usually much for being a doubt about it is missing in africa and it's missing is. the good variant of the other how to present the possibility of a 3rd of people outside of africa. does this explain why we've seen such a different reaction in different parts of the world i mean africa for example was so untouched early on in this pandemic. yes it is there's a role in genetics plays

a role we should remember or important risk factors in most important respect for many countries have done good demographics and i do think you know this place over in this so just explain to me and our viewers how your research could be useful in fighting this pandemic and also in the future and future pandemics so i think he's going to use this to a salon where it would be time didn't represent and this is very important. it might also tell us something about the disease and that's important for future drug . input is it information in many ways does it make you feel a bit more positive about how we're tackling this whole pandemic i think rationally very humble i am happy to see it and most scientists a lot of us have shift their focus going into the race. and i think that is very

encouraging who'd say that thank you very much for being on the show today a pleasure to have you along he works for germany's max planck institute in lights as well as the collins kate institute in stock i thank you. if the world health organization says there's no reason to stop using the astra zeneca vaccine thailand bulgaria added to the list of countries delaying the rollout on friday over suspicion of severe side effects in a tiny minority of cases that was among the 1st to announce a delay after reports of severe blood clots no definitive link between the jab and the clots as you've been proven but the european medicines agency said it will continue to monitor the use of the vaccine closely. stevens joins us from outside states to tell us more about this very complicated story can you just break it down for our viewers 1st of all it is necessary one batch of the astra zeneca vaccine is

being investigated by the european health authority now it cites one death in denmark for somebody who had the vaccine and if there is a small number of cases of that clubs as well if people have the vaccine now we're talking very small numbers so 30 cases out of 5000000 people have been vaccinated in europe so does that mean people should be worried about taking the astra zeneca job i mean there are a lot of people around the world who are getting it right now yeah look i mean my mom had the job so like everyone i'm going to be watching the news on this but we really have to think about ning links here you know there is no a link proved in the u.k. it's given the job 1011000000 people and it's not it's not planning on pulling it and it says that that's that's just what we'd expect not to leave her in the population anyway you know and you vaccinate millions and millions of people suggested you those people are just going to have things that would be caring anyway in the general population that's why we have health authorities to look into this for us so tell us what's astra zeneca say so it's saying that it's looked at the safety expense of going to nickel trials at the vaccine so i published this

recession pair if you gentles which is the goals on that in science one thing i would add is that the a.m.a. has been advised countries should post on the vaccine on the astra zeneca vaccine ok so it's a country by country choice and the yes yeah because they've been thank you very much for coming in today. williams time now to answer your questions on the coronavirus keep sending them in just leave message on our you tube channel. how to the spanish flu pandemic and even without treatment or a vaccine the influenza pandemic the began hammering the world in 1918 is this thought to have infected around a 3rd of the global population in the space of a couple of years though it's impossible to pin down exact numbers most calculations estimate that claimed between 50 and 100000000 victims now that's as

many or more as those later killed in the 2nd world war then by 920 the spanish flu seemed to fade away the pandemic just trailed off and nobody at the time could really explain why epidemiologists and historians no believe the beginning of the end of the flu pandemic occurred ben because in the absence of vaccine that's how long it took to achieve a measure of global herd protection through infection but it came at a horrendous price a disease killing the same percentage of people today would take hundreds of millions of lives. an interesting aspect of this historical narrative is that experts say even though the pandemic ended in the early 1920 s. the virus that caused it didn't disappear instead it looks like immunity and large

parts of the population drove it to mutate into a less virulent form in fact researchers who analyze genomes of modern flu viruses have identified genetic traces linking them to the original 1918 virus which. has been sequenced from century old lung samples so in a way the pathogen that caused such devastation back then is still with us today it's just evolved into less virulent forms that occasionally then evolve further back into deadlier variants and strains those so far never as deadly as its ancestors and many experts project something similar could occur with sars closer to. that this place behind me not that long ago and it looks very very different with

countries scrambling to administer the vaccine every possible space is being turned into a vaccination center in the u.k. even westminster abbey has become a kind of sacred walk in clinic. this is the view ordinarily seen by millions of tourists a year but this is something different and timely the royal church at the heart of london is doing its bit as part of the vaccination drive so charles dickens is buried just behind me geoffrey chaucer is a bit there as these people who look down just after they've been vaccinated they'll get only look at it is. it's an example of the lengths the u.k. has gone to and the success is showing. you look you know what to do when you're older so don't go over a 3rd time brits have got their 1st job far ahead of european neighbors i didn't sure thing it was extraordinary until to do it here westminster abbey the nation's

great great seat of coronations and goodness knows what goes through in the sights of oscar wilde and john dryden robert browning and poets corner for brits praying for lockdown to be over soon they certainly come to the right place. and frank as for watching stay safe and see who gets an.

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i'm going to mount on and you never thought i'd have a 4 surprise yourself with what is possible and who is medical really what and who sat i want to also talk to people who follows her mom the way maurice and critics would like to join us from apple sauce stocks. this is developing news africa coming up on the program will the fees finally fall south africa's government bans to student pressure and acts on university to asian costs but will this come the protests also coming up. another school abduction in nigeria gunmen seize a group of students in the north of the country we all.