join us for. that he said to peter. speak up for. the news. i think striking it rich. against humanity committed. crimes against civilians protesting the. torture and forced disappearances also on

the program. of. teenagers from a college in the country's northwest police say they are working with the. country's health minister warns of tough weeks ahead but slow progress on fascinations and infections on the increase. stop reporting to the same build state of the 2022 world cup in qatar at least one supply. to the program. protesters have returned to me on mass streets repeating their

calls for a return to democracy despite the threats of violence from security forces in a moment we'll hear from the un's independent human rights investigator for me and why he believes the militias actions amount to crimes against humanity 1st of all look at how the violence is driving some police officers to flee the country rather than continue to be part of the crackdown against their own people. the demonstrations like these have become routine throughout the country every day protesters repeat the hard work of rebuilding protective barriers. they have no option but to flee when they are yet again broken down by security forces. yet there are those within the security forces who disagree with the brutality of the british broadcasting corporation has

interviewed police officers who fled across the border into india after refusing to carry out military orders they are among the 1st defectors to share eyewitness accounts of what is happening in myanmar. as protests were taking place my boss ordered us to fire at the crowd and i refused to shoot them. and i said i'd rather cite with the people later i told him i was going to visit my family that's when i run 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. while the un's a special report turned on human rights and manned mars tom andrews he told the w why he believes the country's military is committing crimes against humanity.

crimes against humanity are widespread there systematic they're done against a civilian population they're done knowingly and if you look at. these medical challenges 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 the evidence by the fact that the brutality is very systematic very much along the same lies no matter where they're occurring in the country people are being mowed down there over 2000 arbitrary detentions and counting in these if you throw me in water 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 democracy and a future that is not approved 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 the un special rapporteur on human rights in minot tom andrews now to nigeria where authorities say gunmen have kidnapped dozens of students from a school in northwestern can do in a state security forces were able to rescue 190 students and staff but 30 students are still missing it's the 4th mass kidnapping from a nigerian school since december another nigerian school bearing the scars of a kidnapping. authorities say a large group of gunmen carried out the abduction on thursday night at this forestry college in the state of katrina students and staff were taken hostage 180 people were rescued after the military 4th with the kidnappers but 30 people

are still unaccounted for. some of the rescued students suffered injuries and have been taken to hospital. this attack is the full of its kind since december in nigeria where bandits use it as a way to make money or push for the release of child members from their groups security forces say they are conducting an operation to find their missing students. they don't correspondent interests a nigerian told us why he thinks these kidnappings keep happening is similar to put the problems at the top on it is the growing insecurity displayed in there with insecurity has taken paul or die in nigeria and secondly is from the government's

side the government is seen not to be doing enough because this isn't the 1st time we're having this kind of kidnappings this was supposed to be protected by now in tell us who's in nigeria because when you see a problem and you started dad it is need for you to take a kind of precautionary action to be more or less a pro active in terms of protecting the schools and we're not seeing dad in them but that he does to like human boy i we going to use complete force to bring an end to this i'm bundy 3 do we give them an amnesty some governance i saying yes we are going to give them amnesty like this and said governor but it could not have gotten the is in the forefront when among the people who us in move we should use force to fight these bandits and finally did i say in that dead in the collective but governance didn't do enough for them so that is it. we'll take

a look now at some of the other stories making news around the world the u.s. city of minneapolis is agreeing to pay the family of george floyd $27000000.00 to settle a stiff a lawsuit over his death mr floyd was killed while in police custody in mad sparking global protests about racial injustice former police officer derek shervin is currently on trial for his murder with jury selection under way. germany says it will continue to use the astra zeneca corona virus vaccine despite some other european countries but in the temporary halt of its use the announcement follows reports of severe blood clots forming in people who received the vaccine though no link to the drug has been established astra zeneca insists the shot is safe. to buyers quote it's an epidemiologist and the public health expert at charity hospital here a burn led his his assessment about the possible risks of this vaccine one also has

to understand that it's clogging occurs also with out a truck and from the numbers that we know and that we see this is nothing and usual so let's say if we take it to an extreme level if all the vaccinations would cause flooding we would have seen it right away so obviously that's not the case so the question is is there anything with some of that seems so with this specific that it's county and best occasion so the answer right now is to what i don't know right now it does not look at this is the cause and what we also need to understand is that co gets the disease it's obviously also induces clotting of the body and this risk is much higher. so pretty village used to be a school for germany's health minister

a young man is telling people to prepare for a challenging weeks ahead as the country's coronavirus caseload has started to rise again meanwhile countries vaccination program remains disappointingly slow and progress only expected to pick up in april when family doctors are due to start administering the japs. the government's failing management of the pandemic is increasing ahead of several key elections as covert dying 1000 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 which 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 probably mused the pandemic is 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. parliamentary party have resigned in the past week over allegations that they misused their positions to make money nicole last. line face allegations they lobbied for companies to get supply contracts for coronavirus facemasks libby has said midget his firm received 250000 euros for such help. a 3rd lawmaker mark hope said he would resign after allegations he helped

contacts in azerbaijan with procurement. cannot call them. cases anymore. in short periods so many cases emerged and i mean the party issue of the conservatives is not yet sure but it's already. further cases will emerge the mass scandal has threat to public trust in the conservative c.d.u. party and the timing of the scandal is especially bad with 2 regional elections taking place on sunday the votes in the states on friday learned a lot in their back will be the 1st of 7 elections in germany this year that will call me an aide in a general election in september. but the european union has begun a pilot project in a small town in austria to determine whether the bomb tech pfizer vaccine works against the south african variant of corona virus the region of tiro has been

particularly hard hit by this strain now the e.u. has shipped in more than 100000 doses of the bomb tech finds a vaccine the w.'s funny reports from the time of shots where tens of thousands of people are being allowed to jump the vaccination queue. simon is relieved to get this message a confirmation that he will get vaccinated on saturday i'm very happy to help the help especially science to get new insights about the coronavirus about vaccines his friend raphael didn't get any appointment for a simple reason he's in the district of shots and i'm in the district of and regional religious and yeah that's unlucky for me it's received 100000 doses of the biotech pfizer vaccine allocated by the european union to stem the spread of the south african variant here you must be a resident of shots to receive the japs you the mayor here hopes this is

a chance to restore the region's image. as an important region for tourism we want to be attractive again for all those who want to go on vacation we want off of that in a secure way. and if it's benefits ultimately the whole state of 2 all can including the capital in spoke in dire need of tourists to be the east just around the corner that's the hope of governor who wants to spread some good news. we are noticing a decrease of the south african variant we had $193.00 active positive cases now we have 47 minutes in this field sic a complete eradication of the virus and is the goal only nobody knows how effective the biotech pfizer vaccine will be the medical university of in spoke will monitored a vaccination plan turning nearby schloss into

a real role to test. and. we want to see how many people get infected despite a vaccination over a period of 6 months and how many still need to go to hospital or will die on. the 1st album he steam will analyze the information provided by schwartz residence giving certain physical data habits and medical conditions at least 5000 people need to contribute to the study to get valid results and these people are the 1st to get their vaccine under this extraordinary plan $60000.00 people are eligible inch fahd's and more than 75 percent of them have registered they are sighs of relief from those who have gotten their 1st job today hoping that soon they can return to a level of normality in their lives because currently nothing is normal here once you are in shots you can only leave you the negative cronut test. take

a look at some order. since in this pandemic starting in italy where the government has approved plans to put half the country under a total lockdown because of a surge in cases schools shops and restaurants will close for monday kenya's president has extended the country's overnight curfew for 60 days as the east african nation deals with a 3rd wave of infections and chile is on track to vaccinate 80 percent of its population by the end of june 1 of the fastest campaigns in the world israel has been making swift progress in its a coded vaccination campaign it currently has the highest vaccination rates in the world but that's only for its own population and not palestinians living in the occupied west bank and gaza strip this week though the government bowed to international criticism and began immunizing palestinian laborers who work in the country w.'s tiny credit reports. a vaccination center at an israeli tech point between the west bank town of bethlehem and

a limb here only palestinians holding a permit to work in israel or in settlements are vaccinated by israeli o. smarties. as a young person and depends didn't work and i can take the vaccine but at the same time i think of my father and mother who didn't get it yet i feel better when all my family members have been vaccinated it. is rare aims to vaccinate about a $100000.00 workers who cross over from the occupied west bank to israel every day the country has faced criticism abroad and at home for not providing that seems to more of the palestinian population by the us or maybe not this is because interest is clear in order to open the economy and return to normal we need everyone who is moving around inside israeli borders to be vaccinated and safe here morgan but in the israeli occupied west bank ordinary people are still waiting for

a broader vaccination rollout in the malonis it tough has only a few vials to administer to have fellow medical colleagues. the modena vaccines were part of a one time delivery by israel a small amount but still seen as a relief for those having to deal closely with patients but about and i connect them daily when we as doctors and nurses are on the front line i wish that everybody will get back sedated like this so we will be protected and have to capability to move on and fight the disease had a lot of the palestinian authority says it has procured vaccines from different companies but it has come under public criticism for delays and delivery in february 10000 doses of this vaccine arrived from the russian government that seems through the kovacs program providing vaccines for nowhere and come countries also expect it. situation here is deteriorating in palestine but also as in several

countries around the world as a result of the late of arrival of the vaccines that feed a discrepancy in administering the vaccines does not bode well in bringing the end of the pandemic and he closer. about 2000 doses of the sputnik vaccines were sent from the hamas controlled gaza strip after israel approved to transfer the blockaded territory also received about 60000 vaccine doses from the united arab emirates for a population of 2000000 and its crucial infection rates in the west bank have soared in recent weeks and this private hospital on the outskirts of from a law medical stuff has seen a sharp influx of serious cold with 19 cases attribute to 2 virus variants more pressure until 15 days ago the corona ward was half empty and we were emptying

the department suddenly huge numbers started coming to the hospital all of a sudden the hospital became phone for christians for titan. once again and the west bank recently a curfew on weekends and night was already in place to correct the pandemic by the wait for more back scenes continues. preparations for the football world cup to be held in qatar in 2022 are in full swing but the allegations of human rights abuses of dogged organizers with media reports claiming that more than 6 and a half 1000 migrant workers have died on construction projects that's prompted one dutch company which is traditionally supplied the pitches for big oil events to boycott the event. grass grown in the netherlands is used in football stadiums around the world and organizers of the 2022 world cup hope to play on sod from hendrix could result in but the company has pulled out of negotiations pointing to

the staggering number of fatalities among workers in the run up to the tournament. the reason a report in the guardian newspaper shows more than 6500 migrant workers have died in qatar over the last 10 years most of them from south asia but the death toll could be higher reports from the philippines in kenya included in the guardian's report. officials claim there were only a handful of deaths are world cup construction sites which include stadiums and airport roads and public transportation projects. there are around 2000000 foreign workers in qatar and most of them come from south asian countries but some hail from africa nations like kenya. human rights organizations have repeatedly criticized the working conditions and despite new laws into taller they say that the conditions are still poor. look at this closer with a gentle do no don't do business welcome to now why is hendrix wouldn't only taking

this decision now well the trigger really does seem to have been that guardian report sallying the number of deaths in the last 10 years since qatar won hosting rights for the games the company has been quoted in the media saying this would have been a very lucrative contract in the millions but some things are more important than money although it would appear that this would have been crystallising for them for a while they said that they visited qatar a few times and saw that some of the construction crew weren't wearing proper protective clothing pointing to kind of alone safety standards and construction sites of course are very dangerous places to work you can fall things can fall on you you can get electrocuted and so wind but 6500 dead migrant workers that points a certain kind of carelessness towards the lives of people in dangerous jobs and that is the point where the companies said no actually this is untenable for us but they have this other point where they said that they referred to low quality norms

in qatar as they call it over the handling and the transport of the product that they were meant to deliver the turf or the stadiums and those things taken together cause them to boycott the games being by the way the 1st major supplier to do so right and how reliable is about 6 now 1000 death toll still you know 2000000 people were hired in qatar from other countries in order to work on various projects linked to the games now as such that would make it seem like the $6500.00 figure is quite a low ceiling fade. now just to review on top of 7 stadiums that they've already built they're also building a new airport roads public transport system hotels and so on and the figures from the guardian are you know are by no means comprehensive they only come from 5 countries so bangladesh nepal pakistan india and sri lanka but other countries are also a major. error are also major exporters shall we say of foreign workers for

qatar the philippines being one of them for example i knew plenty of people who went to qatar after we left school case in point a. new airport that i mentioned 65 percent of the construction crew is filipino i would be hard pressed to imagine that there isn't a single death case there but you know for its part qatar says that it accepts the fatalities it's in line with what you would expect when it comes to such an event on the other hand it doesn't help that these deaths of course are often listed as deaths due to natural causes due to acute respiratory or heart failure often listed without the benefit of an autopsy and that makes it easy to dodge accountability and blame and briefly does it look like other companies will join in. well i think the closer we get to the games and the more the public becomes aware of the migrant migrant workers issues in qatar we are going to see increased scrutiny on companies

some of them might decide the terrible p.r. isn't worth it others might make another. original dual from deliverance. for centuries 2 giant borders stood watch stood watch over afghanistan spammy on value until the taliban decided they were at odds with their extreme interpretation of islamic law and order their demolition 20 years ago the world watched in horror as these cultural monuments fell victim to a series of explosions today the valley is a unesco world heritage site and there is debate over whether to rebuild the statues or leave the giant alcoves empty as a reminder of destruction. mr hussein is a bike mechanic his workshop once boasted a direct view of the famous buddhist statues he was unwillingly involved in their tragic fate. i'm sad and disappointed that our statues have been

destroyed and they still haven't been reconstructed that's hard for people here the statues are part of a unesco world heritage site we want them rebuilt and soon. the taliban forced hussein to drill holes into the rock for the explosives that would destroy the ancient statues the monuments dated from the 6th century they were once the world's tallest statues of the standing buddha or inspiring symbols of buddhist philosophy . the islamist taliban destroyed them in march 2001 now the afghan government controls the area abdul hamad also has a special connection to the site he's responsible for the safe keeping of fragments of the figures of what there is to keep it but a construction work has stopped due to a lack of funds that's the reason the ministry for information and culture and unesco are working to secure donations so that work can restart next year his

biggest fear is that the taliban will take control again and put an end to reconstruction efforts. i'll leave you out with some new words by the french artist sipe for abuse this side of the grass as he's canvas and the last couple of years he's taken his bio degradable paint to 3 told him once painting these giant links hons so here's the latest from bennett. i'm.

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stone masons builders and architects compete with each other to even begin to project. this is how massive churches with towers that pierce the clouds like skyscrapers are created. contest of the cathedral starts people 12th on t.w. . u.s. president joe biden says he's hopeful that by independence day americans will also be able to mount that independence from covert 19 by celebrating together he was speaking on 1st i hear it's the day after the outbreak was classified as a global pandemic and the same day that he signed his $1.00 trillion dollar american rescue plan into law so what will old.