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this is if you didn't use lot from berlin london police are under fire after clashes at a vigil for the murdered english woman sarah and her. there have been calls to investigate the officer's response after politicians describe it is unacceptable and deeply disturbing tensions run high at the memorial the men being held for the woman's murder is himself a member of the police force also coming up. voters in 2 of germany's federal states go to the polls on sunday after campaigns dominated by the government's response to the pandemic and hobbled by coronavirus restrictions. and in bundestag
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a football fired munich show there are still the ones to beat. they travel to braman on saturday and easily took down the home team coming away with a 31 victory. i'm exposed her welcome to the program there is anger in the united kingdom over the police handling of a vigil in honor of sarah after art the 33 year old woman was kidnapped and murdered allegedly by a police officer while walking home in london on march the 3rd on saturday are gathering to honor her and other victims of male violence was broken up by police citing coronavirus restrictions officers arrested 4 people. but i think.
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outrage of one police officer becomes anger towards many arrests turned ugly as police attempted to enforce pandemic controls at a banned vigil the offices response drew criticism from london as mayor who said they were not appropriate or proportionate britain his home secretary has demanded an explanation from scotland yard london's metropolitan police said the event had become a public danger we absolutely did not want to be in a position where for some to action was necessary. but we were placed in this position because of the overriding needs to protect people's safety. earlier crowds had turned clapham common from a place of fear into one of defiance reclaiming the park close to where sarah ever rod went missing. i think it's important for all of us to as especially as women unit see it with sara and the pay our respects as well and back.
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away instead and just example of trust or have this presence we could all be sarah . the 48 year old policeman charged with ever rudd's kidnapping and murder appeared in court. searches continued at the accused murderer's home and the site where everard's body was found press police collect evidence against one of their own the incident has shaken trust in the police and raise concern about women's safety everywhere. and everard's murder has hit a nerve in the united kingdom correspondent charles charles until has more on how people there reacted to the case you know this is a case that sent shock waves not just through the u.k. but around the world as well it's boxes of debates online and in people's living rooms with loved ones friends family balance the fear this so many women feel when they're walking alone experience rather as they're walking alone on the streets
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particularly at night there's been a real conversation about how we talk about that how we reference. aggression then and harassment that is experienced by women as well men at being brought into this conversation a lot of questions being asked including by the men themselves about how what they can do to make women feel more comfortable indeed to keep them safe on the streets . time to take a look at some of the other stories making news around the world. demonstrators in the united states gathered in louisville kentucky to mark one year since the killing of briana taylor whose death became a focus for the black lives not her protests the medical technician was shot in her home in a botched police raid no one has been charged in direct connection with her death. bolivian police have arrested former interim president john nina and yes on charges of terrorism sedition and conspiracy she succeeded abel morales as interim
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president for a year and 2019 when he fled the country because of widespread protests against his disputed reelection and yesterday and says the move to arrest her as political persecution. in brazil rising corona virus infection rates are close to overwhelming health services on saturday the country overtook india with the 2nd highest coronavirus caseload in the world a year into the pandemic many people there feel the biggest problem is not the virus itself but those who don't take it seriously including the brazilian president. patients just keep arriving at hospitals in sao paulo public and private clinics are stretched to the limits for the president where in the middle of an emergency and young brazilians are still going to parties they don't understand how serious the situation is. in many parts of brazil the health system is
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overloaded and close to breaking point there have been delays in setting up new emergency hospitals people furious. a lot more people are dying in here this is not a game. graves of being dug across the country currently more than 2000 people a day a dying with corona virus but experts believe the worst is yet to come. it's possible that brazil will soon be recording around $3000.00 victims per day that is an acceptable. the country's vaccination campaign has been sluggish with frequent interruptions many say the brazilian government waited too long to order vaccine doses as the number of victims grows so does criticism of president john paulson otto who repeatedly downplayed the threat posed by the virus. the
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leader of a group of civilian politicians ousted from in mars' government has vowed to support revolution as he calls it against the military that seize power last month speaking from hiding for the 1st time since the coup man when king said that this was quote the darkest moment of the nation and the moment that the dawn is close at least 11 protesters were shot dead by security forces at demonstrations around the country on saturday as. and david who is an activist from mandalay joins us now or not using his full name to protect his identity david thanks for joining us do people find this address from the civilian leadership is something that can actually change the situation. thank you nic i think it's a really positive message that the president has delivered and the whole nation is . quite energetic now and also he also what the prioritizing at the
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moment and what to expect in the coming moments and what to prepare. for ourselves and for the coming days. there is a curfew last night david and as you know those people still gathered in and young gone is there some way to measure if there is still the same turnout and commitment by demonstrators as before. i would say and not just in yangon because i'm based in mannerly and i and my people use mostly use facebook and we can see on the news feed that it's it's almost the whole country who turn out last night we had lighted candles and chanting for democracy so now we are shifting hours east of expressing ourselves to night time so that they limit their military has limited person now so they cannot crockett's tao as vigorously as the has been during daytime so the number of people because the protesters are now are very confortable
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because they are just shouting in front of the homes it's easier to disperse it's easier to. do so many things we can defend ourselves in our neighbor do the military do not easy get into the neighborhoods because it's not the whole group of course so i think that this strategy going to last longer than you know gathering at the published all that was my next question amir understand there's been a change of tactics that perhaps makes it easier to gather but it's been 6 weeks of protest dozens of people have died in the military crackdown is intensifying and if it continues to intensify well how will you respond. quite frankly we have just one message back to them we're going to protect ourselves and we're going to defend our lives. so if they do not
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harm is we won't do anything else will live on our we will just live peacefully but if they started harming all parents all family all neighbors there is a limit and. we will not stop the fight but if they stopped we will have rights to defend ourselves and we will to. thank you so much for that insight david in mandalay and for joining us once again thank you. we come back to here in germany where 2 states are going to the polls today it's a vote that's being closely watched very closely forgive me head of germany's national elections in september this will be the 1st chance voters will have to make their choices about how the government has been handling the coronavirus pandemic the candidates are putting all their energy into this campaign but because of the pandemic things feel decidedly different. campaigning in times of a lockdown. it's
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a strange state election where voters only get to see the politicians on posters online instead of meeting them face to face it helps if you're already well known. at the headquarters of the social democrats granlund politeness current state premier. is getting ready for her daily life stream. that because of corona i can travel to all the constituencies to have our usual big campaign events with the candidate zadi having south invited all candidates to come here and i try it we try to convey our political messages yeah my effort and i want to end the common milo's digital and it looks relaxed but it's actually a well practiced routine over the past few weeks kyra has hosted 52 individual s.p.d. candidates from the various constituencies the live streams of broadcast why you tube facebook and instagram small tenuously what is missing is face to face interaction with the voters. in a kind of battle. of course the kind of that still need people but in
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a very limited way they might do that from time to time and i meet individual people but try to keep my distance and you carry a basket full of flyers which you try to hide eyes are touching the other person but it's all a bit tedious but it's nice because you get actual feedback and lack of feedback is the big disadvantage of the online campaign is our live lives but digital campaigning also opens new doors get china general secretary of the opposition christian democratic union sees a digital campaign as an opportunity he and his party had the more difficult job of making their relatively unknown top candidate more popular very posh i don't think of your home government advertised event in the past there was always a relatively high reluctance to attend you had to have a really good speaker for people to say i've never gone to see do you party event but i'll go to this one that meant that we often had about 100 people at these events and that was fine but we also. and you all of them are on social media it's
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different their reluctance to just watch a live stream is much. needed because. most importantly though says china is the relatability of the candidate which is why in his instagram life talk with a startup founder china focuses more on his guests and only highlights his own political ambitions at the end of the live soft skills one might say. back in the social democrats living room chat up to 300 people have queued in the numbers far cry from those of the big name influencer but the politicians are satisfied after all these original elections and for many a purely digital campaign is new territory. and it's time for some sports now in the bundesliga byron york have been in this a ball since their surprise last i talked frankfurt in february the champions have rattled in 13 goals and 3 games since then amassed a 25 it was very rare brahmins turn to suffer. byron loss to frankfurt just 3 short
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weeks ago but the notion that the champions are vulnerable now seems quaint indeed luck to cologne and darkman have felt their wrath since then no it was blame and turn the hosts held out just 22 minutes before liam god sculpted by in front. of 30 minutes later it was to know through search nobody i too must miller's delightful piece of control set up the winger to fire home. robot level obligatory goal arrived after the break because 32nd of the season moves him closer to the legendary get miller's record of 40 in a single campaign this was a poacher's goal of which miller himself would have been proud. that. was famous nicholas true kook took a little sheen off the score line 4 minutes from time i got by on luke rampant as they move into the final straight of the title race. and you are of course watching
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